Breathless by Jennifer Niven

Release: September 29, 2020
Format: Ebook
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Source: Rockstar Book Tours
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Before: With graduation on the horizon, budding writer Claudine Henry is making plans: college in the fall, become a famous author, and maybe–finally–have sex. She doesn’t even need to be in love. Then her dad drops a bombshell: he’s leaving Claude’s mother. Suddenly, Claude’s entire world feels like a lie, and her future anything but under control.

After: Claude’s mom whisks them away to the last place Claude could imagine nursing a broken heart: a remote, mosquito-infested island off the coast of Georgia. But then Jeremiah Crew happens. Miah is a local trail guide with a passion for photography–and a past he doesn’t like to talk about. He’s brash and enigmatic, and even more infuriatingly, he’s the only one who seems to see Claude for who she wants to be. So when Claude decides to sleep with Miah, she tells herself it’s just sex, nothing more. There’s not enough time to fall in love, especially if it means putting her already broken heart at risk.

Compulsively readable and impossible to forget, Jennifer Niven’s luminous new novel is an insightful portrait of a young woman ready to write her own story.

About the Author:

Jennifer Niven is the New York Times bestselling author of All the Bright Places and Holding Up the Universe, as well as the popular Velva Jean series. She is also the author of several non-fiction books, including Ada Blackjack, The Aqua-Net Diaries, and The Ice Master, which was named a top non-fiction book by Entertainment Weekly. Also, her New York Times bestseller All the Bright Places is soon to be a major motion picture starring Elle Fanning. Although she grew up in Indiana, she now lives with her fiancé and literary cats in Los Angeles, which remains her favorite place to wander

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Breathless Review:

“Claudine Henry. Thank you”
“For what?”
I sit up and look down at him, lying there. His eyes meet mine.
“For you.”

Breathless is beautiful like a gentle breeze after a turbulent storm. It’s bittersweet, sad, yet hopeful, romantic, and sweet and I loved it.

Words cannot express how this story had an impact on me. I recently lost a dear friend at the time when I was reading this story. I felt a strong connection to Claude because I could relate to her. Life is very unpredictable and you don’t know when your life would change unexpectedly. Initially, it is difficult to move on and look forward to anything. But, as time goes by, we remember the memories and start to move forward. I loved how the author interpreted this in the story.

But I digress. Coming to the plot, I loved every minute of it. Claude has wonderful chemistry with her mother and Jeremiah Crew. Although the story focuses on Claude, I loved how the author gives importance to the other characters to highlight their problems as well. At times, Claude is immature and impulsive, yet you see her grow and mature as the story progresses. Similarly, Saz, Wednesday, and Grady are interesting and added well to the storyline.

I have not read the author’s previous novel, but I desperately want to. She knows how to connect to the reader in an emotional manner. Moreover, this is not the traditional romance where you can predict how it will turn out. The characters will surprise you with their behavior, and it might not be what you hoped for. However, you can still understand their motives and root for them.

Overall, this is one of my favorite contemporary novels and one which I will cherish.

Giveaway Details:

3 winners will receive a Finished Copy of BREATHLESS, US Only.

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