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Break You (2013)

by Jennifer Snyder(Favorite Author)

3.42 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

149372004X (ISBN13: 9781493720040)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

CreateSpace

series

A Coldcreek Novel

review 1: I received this book from the author in exchange for my honest review. This was my first book to read by Jennifer and I can tell you it will not be my last. Jennifer did an amazing job of writing in both the male and female point of views. The chapters went back and forth between the two main characters, Blaire and Jason each telling their thoughts. Jennifer was able to express the thoughts and feelings that Blaire and Jason were experiencing in such a way that I was able to feel what they were feeling. The characters were so like able, people I would call my friends.Blaire and Jason knew one another in High School, but both felt the other was unattainable. So they never became more than acquaintances seeing each other in passing through the hallways going to and from clas... moreses. The story takes place years after high school. Blaire is a CNA at a nursing home and going to the local college working on her Nursing degree. Her life revolves around work and studying.Jason is going to college in another state working on his degree in psychology. Jason left home right after high school to get away from all the sadness at home. His father had unexpectedly passed his senior year and he ran from the sadness going to college in another state. Leaving his mom alone to dwell in her sadness. While away his grandmother passes and this brings his mom into a deeper sadness. A year has passed since her death and his grandfather is now dying of a broken heart. He has been put into the nursing home where Blaire works and Jason has come home to help his mom get his grandfather’s house ready to sell. He realizes his mom needs him and that it was wrong of him to have left her to deal with the passing of his father. Finals are over and as a way to unwind Blaire’s two friend’s dragger her out to a party to celebrate. This is where she and Jason run into one another, Jason is home for a visit and his friend takes him to the same party. They end up talking to one another and both realize they are attracted to the person they once felt was unattainable in high school. This is the part of a review I hate… do I tell more of the story or do I leave it here. I hate to give up the whole story line, but I also hate to fell I have left you hanging. What I can say is that Blaire and Jason do date and reveal the way the felt in high school for each other. They have more than their fair share of obstacles that get in their way. All in all this was a great story and I would love to read more on Blaire and Jason. I see there is a book two of the Coldcreek Series and I am looking forward to reading the sequel. I without any reservations give this book a 5 start rating! Awesome job Jennifer, I look forward to reading more of your books.
review 2: Gorgeous story! Full review to follow. Edit.Within a few pages of starting this book, I knew that this story was going to be special. Everything about it felt real to me, the characters, the settings, the feelings and emotions that people were experiencing. It just felt like real life, which is something that always endears me to a story. As nice as the 'heroine meets hero and they live happily ever after' is, it is always comforting to see realistic characters overcome hardship, much like we do in everyday life. Blaire was a character that I identified with so much, and I really felt connected to her, feeling her emotions and pain as the novel progressed, and I wanted more than anything, for her to have her happy ending.Jason was a great character. I have a feeling some reviewers will say that they couldn't identify with him, but I thought that the way Jennifer Snyder created him, and gave us peeks into his way of thinking, really made him a real and flawed guy. I also didn't feel like I was reading a woman trying to write a man's point of view, it felt very male and that is something that is particularly difficult to pull of so I commend the author for her talent. I liked seeing how Jason changed throughout the novel, almost starting off as a boy with few responsibilities, and having to learn very quickly how to become a man.The pace of the character and story development was done to perfection, and not at one point did I wish that the story would speed up or slow down. I loved that there were bumps and stops in the story, and these had to be overcome throughout the journey and not just at the climax of the book. I liked the little things that built up, making Blaire and Jason feel hopeless, rather than one big event causing them to struggle. More than anything I adored Blaire for her kind nature. The situation she found herself in she could have taken an easier path, but she didn't even consider it, and instead accepted the new path that her life would take.Overall, this was a gorgeous story that I adored from start to finish. I loved the ending, as despite it being bittersweet, it echoed real life incredibly well, in which not everything in life can be fixed, but we have to fight for the most important things.5 Stars! less

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