Title: The Air He Breathes
Author: Romance Elements #1
Cover Design: Brittainy C. Cherry
Genre: Romance
Release Date: September 25, 2015
Blurb
I was warned about Tristan Cole.
“Stay away from him,” people said.
“He’s cruel.”
“He’s cold.”
“He’s damaged.”
It’s easy to judge a man because of his past. To look at Tristan and see a monster.
But I couldn’t do that. I had to accept the wreckage that lived inside of him because it also lived inside of me.
We were both empty.
We were both looking for something else. Something more.
We both wanted to put together the shattered pieces of our yesterdays.
Then perhaps we could finally remember how to breathe.
The Air He Breathes
was by far the most beautiful, amazing book I’ve read all year. I honestly am at a loss of words, and that
NEVER happens. If you’ve read any of my
recent reviews, you would know that lately I’ve been in a funk. I mean some of the books I read recently were
great, but I honestly haven’t felt THIS way about a book in what feels like a
long, long time. I’ll be honest, as I was
reading The Air He Breathes, I knew
at 25% that this would be my favorite book of 2015, but honestly it was so much
more than that.
“You know that place
in between nightmares and dreams? The
place where tomorrows never come and yesterdays don’t hurt anymore? The place where your heart beats in sync with
mine? The place where time doesn’t exist,
and it’s easy to breathe? I want to live
there with you. –TC”
The Air He Breathes
was the most gut wrenching, devastatingly beautiful story of two lost souls, desperately
trying to find what they lost, within each other.
“He and I together was
a terrible idea. We were both unstable,
we were both shattered, and there was no getting around it. He was thunder, I was lightning, and we were
seconds away from creating the perfect storm.”
I know that no matter what I say, I will never, ever be able
to explain my love for this story. This
was the second book of Brittainy’s that I’ve had the pleasure of reading, the
first being Loving Mr. Daniels, but
it felt like a completely different author wrote it. It was so different than Mr. Daniels. Not that Loving Mr. Daniels wasn’t good because
I freaking loved that book, but The Air
He Breathes was just so amazing, and different. I was literally frozen in place as soon as I opened
this book, and I didn’t move until I read the very last word. I cried for both characters in this book. I
felt their pain. I felt their loss. I felt their longing to be loved. I felt everything in this story, and I’m
still feeling everything.
“I wasn’t him. She wasn’t her. But my God, it felt good to lie to ourselves.”
The writing in this book was just brilliant. I was lost in Brittainy’s words, lost in the
feelings and emotions of the characters.
My heart hurt so much while reading this book. It’s so hard to explain. Though this book was an ugly cry, it was so
much more. I can’t just categorize it as
an ugly cry because it’s simply more. It
was beautiful. It was raw. It was pain.
It was beauty. It was love. It was hate.
It was a feeling of loss, before a feeling of being found. I hate to even say it was beautiful, because
that too doesn’t do it justice. I don’t think
anyone could say or write anything about this book that would really do it the
justice it deserves. I seriously have
never felt so much while reading a book, and after. I finished this book at 230am, and had to
message the author, and all of my friends.
Telling them they had to read it, and thanking Brittainy for writing
such an amazing story. One I know I will
never forget.
“You’re enough. You’re perfect, scars and all.”
I try not to be the blogger/reviewer that forces books down people’s
throats. I mean of course if I love a
book I will say it. I’ll tell all my
friends they need to read it or recommend it to them. But honestly I need EVERYONE to know, this is
a book you should read. Everyone should
experience this talented, beautiful, amazingly written story. There aren’t many books that I feel an aching
love for. I can be honest and just say
that this is one of my all-time top 5 favorite books that I’ve ever read in my
life. I seriously can’t get over how
amazing this book is. I know I keep
saying it but it really was that amazing.
“I want to kiss
you. The real you. The sad you.
The broken you.”
Brittainy, though I told you a hundred time already, you are
amazing. Your writing is beautiful. It pulled me in and didn’t let me go. It still has a hold on me. It really is authors like you that make me
love the decision to enter this world of books, blogging and reading. This story will forever stay with me. You have a forever fan in me, always.
<3 JMAC
Author Bio
Brittainy Cherry has been in love with words since the day she took her first breath. She graduated from Carroll University with a Bachelors Degree in Theatre Arts and a minor in Creative Writing. She loves to take part in writing screenplays, acting, and dancing--poorly of course. Coffee, chai tea, and wine are three things that she thinks every person should partake in! Brittainy lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin with her family. When she's not running a million errands and crafting stories, she's probably playing with her adorable pets.
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