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A review by agiali
The Air He Breathes by Brittainy C. Cherry
4.0
I'm going to write an awful review for this book solely because I stayed up WAAAY past my bedtime to finish this book.
First and foremost, Brittainy Cherry did THAT. I've always heard wonderful things about her books, but I didn't realize how amazing it would be. Cherry's writing is so simple yet so impactful and beautiful. It touches your soul in ways most books can't.
The Air He Breathes follows widows, Tristan and Elizabeth who meet under circumstances and fall in love. Elizabeth is a newly widowed single mother and has decided to move back to the town she and her husband lived in together a year after his death. Moving back isn't easy for her or her baby girl, Emma, and transitioning back into a neighborhood full of judgy PTA moms isn't helpful either. Tristan Cole is known as the town asshole. No one likes him and even though he is stunning the town believes he's a waste of face with a personality that reeks almost as much as himself. As these two navigate their loss and find the same loss and emptiness in each other's eyes, they go from neighbors to semi-friends with benefits and use each other as surrogates for the partners they've lost.
This was BEAUTIFUL. Their story was so heartwrenching and the end took such a romantic suspense turn that I wasn't expecting. Emma is such a sweet girl and Elizabeth was doing her absolute best to step up. Once I found out about the white feathers on the cover my heart was so warm.
Tristan is an asshole at first, but once you realize it's a front to help him cope with his loss and all of the hurt in his heart, you realize he's just a guy who doesn't know what to do.
This is a beautiful love story that won't be for everyone. It's full of angst and of course, the thriller plot line thrown in at the end felt slightly sudden, but I loved it.
My only issue was the jokes that you can tell are a product of 2015. "Fatty Matty" and The Hulk jokes are things I could have lived without.
First and foremost, Brittainy Cherry did THAT. I've always heard wonderful things about her books, but I didn't realize how amazing it would be. Cherry's writing is so simple yet so impactful and beautiful. It touches your soul in ways most books can't.
The Air He Breathes follows widows, Tristan and Elizabeth who meet under circumstances and fall in love. Elizabeth is a newly widowed single mother and has decided to move back to the town she and her husband lived in together a year after his death. Moving back isn't easy for her or her baby girl, Emma, and transitioning back into a neighborhood full of judgy PTA moms isn't helpful either. Tristan Cole is known as the town asshole. No one likes him and even though he is stunning the town believes he's a waste of face with a personality that reeks almost as much as himself. As these two navigate their loss and find the same loss and emptiness in each other's eyes, they go from neighbors to semi-friends with benefits and use each other as surrogates for the partners they've lost.
This was BEAUTIFUL. Their story was so heartwrenching and the end took such a romantic suspense turn that I wasn't expecting. Emma is such a sweet girl and Elizabeth was doing her absolute best to step up. Once I found out about the white feathers on the cover my heart was so warm.
Tristan is an asshole at first, but once you realize it's a front to help him cope with his loss and all of the hurt in his heart, you realize he's just a guy who doesn't know what to do.
This is a beautiful love story that won't be for everyone. It's full of angst and of course, the thriller plot line thrown in at the end felt slightly sudden, but I loved it.
My only issue was the jokes that you can tell are a product of 2015. "Fatty Matty" and The Hulk jokes are things I could have lived without.