Review: Breathless left me Breathless
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 28, 2010
My First Thoughts: Lovely girl, non-traditional family and supernatural hunk of unknown origin blows into town to sweep lovely girl off her feet with his devastating smile, extreme charm and worldly knowledge of all things. WRONG!My Review: Lia Jameson, Cordelia actually, is a senior in high school. For the past month or so she is so plagued by disturbing dreams that she's become sleep deprived. On the negative side, her grades are dropping but on the positive side her looks are improving because she has more time in the morning to tame her curly hair, apply make-up and put some effort into her choosing her wardrobe-most of the time things that Lia doesn't spend all that much time at. She'd rather grab a little extra sleep then primp at the mirror. But Addie, Lia's best friend sees Lia's insomnia driven dreams as a fast-track to popularity.When Chaseyn arrives as a new student to her high school all eyes are on him but he only has eyes for Lia. Lia is as taken with Chaseyn as he is with her. It seems that no matter where she goes, there he is. There's something eerily familiar about him and when they finally officially spend time together she finds that the more she's with him the harder it is to be away from him.I'm not going to take this to much more in depth for the simple reason that the story completely owns itself and to tell too much would spoil the story for others.What I will say is that with Chaseyns introduction into Lia's life, many things change. An age old family curse comes to light, danger seems to lurk around every corner, romance abounds and adventure keeps those pages turning. There are also some really bad dudes waiting in the wings.My Summary: I truly enjoyed this book; the story itself is very different from those within the similar genre. The characters are all richly defined, real and likable/unlikable depending on the character. The storyline and plot matched up beautifully---I didn't have any of those annoying questions like "Well, what about [fill in blank]. The ending was just perfect enough to give me hope for a sequel.