Review: just wanted more from Just Breathe, I wanted a reason to root for Savannah and Tate
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 07 10, 2013
What happens when the bad boy/player meets his match?  Tate Connors finds out when Savannah Rae moves from Australia to Los Angeles.  Can they put aside their love'em and leave'em ways or are some habits just too hard to break?I enjoyed reading about a female character that wasn't pure, virginal or self-conscious;  Savannah is a naughty girl and she embraces her assets to get what she wants.  Rachel Brookes does a good job with the slow build up of tension between Tate and Savannah, you get to see them circling each other and gauging just how far they are willing to take their flirtation.The dialogue was fun and flirty in the beginning, Savannah being Australian was very entertaining, making for some comical moments with her word choices.  As the book wore on I was left wanting more dialogue between Tate and Savannah, I really felt disconnected and lost interest during the last half of the book.  The back and forth in their "relationship" and blow-ups just took over and left me frustrated and more interested in the cast of secondary characters.  I would have liked to get to know Mr. Davenport, Tanzi and Jack a better, I found myself wanting to read more about them than Tate.  Tate Connors was too angst filled for my liking, he came off as a childish and immature and just rubbed me the wrong way.I love a drama, dark and angst filled read, but this almost too much.  I felt they were making a bigger deal out of stuff than they needed too. The back and forth and fighting in this story was too much for me and the ending didn't make sense to me (this is a first book in a series so there is a mild cliffhanger).  I just wanted more from Just Breathe, I wanted a reason to root for Savannah and Tate as a couple and I really didn't understand what they saw in each other.To be fair New Adult is always an iffy genre for me, being in my thirties I sometimes expect the characters to act more grown up than what a typical 20-something may act, so that is my hang-up.  No two people read the same book so definitely read the prologue and first chapter I have linked to see if this is something you would enjoy.  Even though this story wasn't my cup of tea, Rachel Brookes is an author I will keep my eye on,  I am curious what she will come up with next.