Review: 5 BIG, GIANT, PERFECT, EMOTIONAL STARS!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 12, 2013
I think it is officially safe to say that author Jessica Sorensen is the Queen of New Adult emotional romance novels. I don't know how she does it, but Jessica is able to create such dark, complex characters with so much baggage and make her readers fall in love with them while needing them to have a happy ending. It happened in The Secret of Ella & Micha, The Coincidence of Callie & Kayden, and now in Breaking Nova. I absolutely LOVED Breaking Nova in every way possible; my heart is again broken for these two broken characters Nova and Quinton.First be warn, there is a lot and I mean a lot of drugs in Breaking Nova. I wasn't expecting all the characters to be high almost all the time or the constant drugs being used throughout the book and not just pot. I did not mind reading about the drugs because I found it important to understand why both  Nova and Quinton turned to drugs, even if it wasn't the right thing to do, you understood it. It did not glorify drugs at all, it was the complete opposite to see how used up drugs can make a person.Breaking Nova is told in the point of view of both Nova & Quinton alternating between chapters; I think it was essential to be able to know what both characters were thinking because they both do not let their feelings show and have deep emotional past they do not tell anyone about.We are first introduced to Nova; she is coming home for the summer after her first year away at college. Nova not only lost her father when she was young but a year ago her boyfriend who she loved committed suicide. Nova has lived in a state of numbness since his death and while home for the summer begins to go down a dark path of smoking pot and hanging around drug addicts to help her forget the memories, at least for a moment. Then there is Quinton who she meets with the other druggie group. He was once a good boy who followed the rules, made good grades, wanted to go to college, marry his high school sweetheart and follow his dreams of being an artist. One night that all changed when he was driving late at night with three friends and they had a car accident killing his girlfriend and cousin; part of him died that night and now he uses drugs to make him not remember.The story is told in present time but the author has flash backs from both Nova & Quinton's past relationships to the moment that changed their lives. It was extremely difficult to read about both their pasts. When the two meet, it's like fireworks; there is a connection between the two. Nova wants to save Quinton while Quinton feels guilty for having feelings for another woman but he wants to protect Nova, take her away from this drug world he is in that she has surrounded herself in.They do not have a real relationship in fact it's a slow build-up to even a friendship forming but the connection is there. They flirt and kiss but Quinton is still that good guy he was once before, even being on drugs all the time. He doesn't take advantage of Nova but they are both there for each other. I can't wait for book two and hopefully they will finally get to be together completely.Jessica Sorensen is one of my all-time favorite writers. I enjoy her books so much and I feel like I want to save everyone and take their pain away as I am reading. Nova and Quinton are special characters I am looking forward to continuing their story in book two, scheduled to be released in February of 2014. The book doesn't leave off on a cliff hanger pre-say but it does end right when there is a shift in the story and you want it to continue right away, I seriously do not know how I will wait!I give Breaking Nova (Nova #1) 5 STARS!book provided by the author in return for an honest review.