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Breathe With Me (2014)

by Kristen Proby(Favorite Author)
4.27 of 5 Votes: 3
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Ampersand Publishing
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With Me in Seattle
review 1: If you've read previous stories of this series, you would remember Luke's brother, Mark, liked to flirt with any women he met, including his sister-in-law. Their group of friends always thought he was a man-whore, but seldom knew he was heartbroken ten years ago. Mark and Meredith were each other's first, and they promised to be each other's only, but Meredith had to break up with Mark due to her pursuit of dancer dream. This story did occur the way as I expected, cause there were no misunderstanding between H and h, their reunion also had no drama due to their feelings for each other had never changed. It's all happened to quick that I was afraid something big was going to happen, fortunately, HEA was always on the way!I liked the group of women's gossip when they got dru... morenk, it's funny! And Sam and Leo got their HEA in this story, too!
review 2: Breathe With Me is book 7, and currently the last released (don't worry, one more book is coming), in Kristen Proby's With Me In Seattle series. This book follows the reconnection of Mark Williams and Meredith Summers, high school sweethearts who never let go of their past, even though they thought they did. This book starts with a flash back - Meredith first reliving her seventeenth birthday when she gave her virginity to Mark, and then reliving the moment she tore both her and Mark's hearts out in order to fulfill her dream of professional dance. It wasn't an easy decision for anyone involved, but for her it was the only decision.Fast forward ten years, and Meredith has returned to Seattle first time. Death in the family brings Mark and Meredith together once more, and in her grief she throws herself in his arms, feeling like no time has passed and he is the only one who can truly comfort her. On that same day, Mark believes he's finally said his last goodbye to the love of his life. It's less than 20% into the book, so it's obviously not the case. A brief time later, Mark is in the audience to watch his nieces perform in their dance recital, coached by Meredith. After some awkward tension and jealousy, it is revealed that neither of them are in serious relationships, and Mark gives her his number, leaving any further communication to her. It seems to me that their relationship is always left in her hands. I'm not sure how to take this from Mark.Overall, the story of their reconciliation is uneventful. The thing that made this book for me was the mash up of all the past characters, the way that M & M blended with the rest of the family in a way that brought a formerly lonely woman into the fold of a large and rather hilarious family. They are celebrating births, engagements, marriages, and just about anything they can celebrate just to be together. I am honestly jealous of this family, and will be devastated when I am no longer able to lose myself in theirs lives for the first time. "If she ever tries to leave me, I'm going with her. This life doesn't work without her." - Luke Williams"My life doesn't work without you in it, M." - Mark WilliamsWhen finally their story does reach the rough patch that we've learned is the the crux of every With Me In Seattle story, a conversation that Mark had early on with his brother is the heart of it all. When Luke confessed that his life didn't work without Natalie in, Mark knew that the same was true for him with Meredith."It's okay, M. Just breathe through it."Mark talks Meredith through her fear of losing him, and refuses to give up on their relationship. In the end, they find their happily ever after, on the dance stages, in my opinion a symbol of where Mark both thought he lost it all and what eventually brought the love of his life back to him. I had so many feels through this story that I'm not sure how I'm going to move on without feeling like I'm cheating on these characters. I may actually need to go back and read through every one of the stories to tide myself over until the release of Forever With me. less
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sarahp98
Bintang 3.Buku ke7 seri With Me In Seatle."If she ever tries to leave me, I'm going with her. This life doesn't work without her" ~ Luke Williams.A love like yours doesn't come along everyday. Love him. Let him love you. Make the most out of every single day, so at the end of it all, you can say you don't have any regret. Life is too short for that and no one knows that better than you and me" ~Natalie WilliamsBuku kali ini mengetengahkan kisah cinta Mark yang terputus dan nyambung lagi setelah 10 tahun berlalu. Bahwa Mark masih mencintai cinta pertamanya disaat mudanya itu dan masih mengingatnya. Mark masih mencintai meredith.M & M against the world... (seperti iklan produk coklat ♡ it).Selama 10 tahun Mark menyimpan kekecewaan dan juga harapan pada Meredith, cinta yang pernah pergi dari hidupnya. Meredith lebih memilih karier menarinya di atas segalanya termasuk pria yang dicintainya, Mark.Meredith kembali setelah 10 tahun berlalu, saat ibunya yang mengidap kanker meninggal. Bersamaan dengan itu Meredith kembali kekampung halamannya Seatle bersama partner tari, bisnis, dan apartemennya; Jax. Meredith dan Jax adalah guru tari di sanggar tempat para montgomerys/Williams/Mc.Kenna cilik belajar menari.Cinta lamapun bersemi kembali. Mark meminta Mer untuk memberi kesempatan pada mereka menjalin cinta yang pernah ada diantara mereka. Mereka berusaha untuk saling mengenal lagi dari awal. Hubungan mereka sangat posesif dan dipenuhi dengan ketakutan. Mer sangat cemburu saat mengetahui banyak teman Mark yang berjenis cewe yang dekat dengan Mark. Mark sendiri menyimpan ketakutan kalau Mer akan meninggalkannya lagi demi karier menarinya. Mark juga sempat cemburu pada Jax yang kelewat perhatian dan protektif pada Mer. Sampai pada akhirnya Mark sadar kalau Jax itu seorang gay (Jax mendapat kehormatan untuk bergabung dalam kelompok perempuan Montgomerys/Williams/Mc.Kenna karena statusnya itu). Tapi ketakutan terbesar ada pada Mer. Mer takut akan kehilangan Mark. Mer tak ingin Mark yang dicintainya akan mati dan meninggalkan dirinya seperti halnya ibunya yang sakit serta ayah dan Tiff, adiknya yang menemui ajal pada sebuah kecelakaan. Mer merasa tak beruntung bersama orang orang yang dia cintai. Dan Mer lebih memilih berpisah dari Mark.Setelah mendapat teguran keras Natalie, akankah Mer lebih memilih berpisah dengan Mark dibanding dengan menjalani kebersaman bersama Mark dengan penuh kebahagiaan dan cinta hanya karena takut pada takdir kematian yang tak dapat manusia ketahui?QUE SERA...SERA.
Toasty
I love the with me series, but I think the steam has run out a bit, I loved Luke and Sam, loved Nate and Jules, adored Will and Meg, but the rest are less awesome. This one was so obvious in the plot that it's really just a way to update us all the going one in all the couples. I think I'll be glad to see the end of it, cause would it be better to start of whole new awesome series? The negative: Back to this one. M&M really did start out perfect, I think it would have been better to give more background from the seventeen years... We almost started with first time they had sex to they had to break up. It didn't get the big buildup before I had to just be told they were meant to be. I don't really understand Meredith's hang ups, after all she was the hardass who had to focus on dancing, which I actually do understand, so much is riding on it, it would be understandable to just make sure you give it your all. But I don't get the insecurities, Mark didn't do anything to deserve all that drama. I also didn't understand the big Mark-is-a-genius-scientist only to just become foreman in construction. Not that it's a bad job, but it's also not aerospace engineering that others claimed he loved and came easily to him. The positive: yes I did rate it a 4 star, so I do like it. I really loved Jax and Logan, I kinda wish they got their own book, cause they're really cute together. Logan really sounds delicious, and I wish we had more of him. Jax is of course to die for cute and hilarious, made the best gay best friend ever! And the easy chemistry between the H and h is really Kristen Proby's forte, we didn't get the background we wanted, but you still wanted them to get out of their stubbornness and make it work. Can't wait for the last book!
rosie
No me gusto esta pareja!!!no soportaba a la protagonista!
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