Title: Fighting to Breathe (Shooting Stars #1)
Author: Aurora Rose Reynolds
1st Date of Publication: June 19, 2015
1st Date of Publication: June 19, 2015
ISBN: 9781514394632
# of Pages: 202
# of Pages: 202
Genre: New Adult
Age Rating: 17+ (Sexual Content and Language)
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Book Description:
Lea Lamb and Austin Wolf were young when they fell in love. They never imagined the future could hold anything other than together-forever.
When Lea’s father dies in a tragic fishing accident, she's crushed under the weight of her grief and catches a glimpse of another type of future, one she knows she's not strong enough to face.
Austin is angry. For the past fifteen years, he's believed the woman he loved with every ounce of his soul left him without so much as a backwards glance.
When Lea unexpectedly returns to their hometown, all the years of heartache inside Austin bubbles to the surface and presents itself as blinding rage.
Faced with the truth about the past, a newly discovered secret, these former lovers will learn that if they want to have any chance at the future they’d given up on all those years ago, they will have to rescue one another from drowning in pain so debilitating it will leave them both fighting to breath.
Warning this book is intended for mature audiences and may contain triggers for some.
Setting: Cordova, Alaska in the 21st century
Point of View: 1st person- Lea Lamb and Austin Wolf
Lea Lamb and Austin Wolf were young when they fell in love. They never imagined the future could hold anything other than together-forever.
When Lea’s father dies in a tragic fishing accident, she's crushed under the weight of her grief and catches a glimpse of another type of future, one she knows she's not strong enough to face.
Austin is angry. For the past fifteen years, he's believed the woman he loved with every ounce of his soul left him without so much as a backwards glance.
When Lea unexpectedly returns to their hometown, all the years of heartache inside Austin bubbles to the surface and presents itself as blinding rage.
Faced with the truth about the past, a newly discovered secret, these former lovers will learn that if they want to have any chance at the future they’d given up on all those years ago, they will have to rescue one another from drowning in pain so debilitating it will leave them both fighting to breath.
Warning this book is intended for mature audiences and may contain triggers for some.
Setting: Cordova, Alaska in the 21st century
Point of View: 1st person- Lea Lamb and Austin Wolf
Goodreads Rating: 4.08
My Rating: 4.15
Part of the Book that Caught My Attention: Cover
View on the Cover: It looks like the girl is drowning. Why is she drowning? Is she literally drowning or drowning in a figurative sense?
View on Title: Why is someone fighting to breath? Are they sick or are they going to die?
View on Title: Why is someone fighting to breath? Are they sick or are they going to die?
Pros:
- It is not your typical love story. It's about second chances and not to throw away an opportunity or disregard a person simply because she or he left. It encourages the readers to seek the truth than believe what is being said or perceived while following the gut.
- I really enjoyed that the story had two different perspectives through the two main characters. I really liked how the perspectives didn't alternate in a consistent pattern, which made it more interesting.
- The secondary characters were a great edition and allowed the book to become three dimensional.
- The setting was new for me. I have never read a book that was set in Alaska so there were some aspects that I read that seemed to be different culturally.
Cons:
- The beginning seemed really slow and then it suddenly felt like everything was rushed. I was ready for something to crash and burn and then suddenly everyone act like nothing happened.
- I believe that Austin's reaction after Lea's mom confesses to him. It didn't seem very realistic because it was as if a flip was switched and he didn't even think about it.
- The cancer story involved seemed very cliché. I understand that it helped the plot, but I'm getting tired of the cancer bombs these authors continue to use in their plots.
Other Recommendations:
My Skylar by Penelope Ward
Sinful Intent by Chelle Bliss
Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire
Ladies Man by Katy Evan
Ladies Man by Katy Evan
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