Kacey Cleary’s whole
life imploded four years ago in a drunk-driving accident. Now she’s
working hard to bury the pieces left behind—all but one. Her little
sister, Livie. Kacey can swallow the constant disapproval from her
born-again aunt Darla over her self-destructive lifestyle; she can stop
herself from going kick-boxer crazy on Uncle Raymond when he loses the
girls’ college funds at a blackjack table. She just needs to keep it
together until Livie is no longer a minor, and then they can get the
hell out of Grand Rapids, Michigan.
But when Uncle Raymond slides
into bed next to Livie one night, Kacey decides it’s time to run. Armed
with two bus tickets and dreams of living near the coast, Kacey and
Livie start their new lives in a Miami apartment complex, complete with a
grumpy landlord, a pervert upstairs, and a neighbor with a stage name
perfectly matched to her chosen “profession.” But Kacey’s not worried.
She can handle all of them. What she can’t handle is Trent Emerson in
apartment 1D.
Kacey doesn’t want to feel. She doesn’t. It’s safer
that way. For everyone. But sexy Trent finds a way into her numb heart,
reigniting her ability to love again. She starts to believe that maybe
she can leave the past where it belongs and start over. Maybe she’s not
beyond repair.
But Kacey isn’t the only one who’s broken.
Seemingly perfect Trent has an unforgiveable past of his own; one that,
when discovered, will shatter Kacey’s newly constructed life and send
her back into suffocating darkness.
My thoughts
I really tried to get into this book. It’s not a bad story or poorly
written, it’s just that I couldn’t connect with the main characters.
Ten
Tiny Breaths is a story about learning how to cope with the pain of
losing the loved ones. The journey to recovery of a girl who lost her
entire family in one night.
Like I said, I don’t know what to
say about the characters. Both Trent and Kacey are messed up. Really
messed up. That night has changed everything for both of them.
He had lost his friends and had been a witness to the destruction of other lives as well.
She has lost her best friend, parents, boyfriend and all her hopes and dreams.
Now, four years later, neither has dealt with the pain.
It
wasn’t a big struggle to keep reading. Even if Kacey and Trent were a
little bit of an issue, the other characters are easy to like and they
complement the story beautifully. Everyone has a specific role and a
well defined purpose in the development of the plot.
There’s a lot of humor also so that’s a pleasant bonus.
The
writing is good but, I think the story was a little bit rushed. The
lack of details regarding certain parts of the plot was obvious.
I
think that, when a book treats a subject as this one, a little more
details are necessary. That trip to recovery, details about the
survivor’s life after the tragedy and the tragedy itself. Jumping from
one to the other by skipping large amounts of time is confusing and lets
the reader wondering. I, for one, don’t appreciate this at all.
All
in all, it’s a good book worth a shot. It managed to make me curios to
find out more about the other characters so, yeah, I’ll probably
continue the series even if not right now.
Happy reading!!
1 comment:
cartea imi aminteste putin de If I stay, desi cred ca cea de urma este mult mai reusita decat Ten Tiny Breats
coperta este foarte draguta, pacat ca nu a fost pastrata si in editia romaneasca
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