Review: Amazing Beautiful Book
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 26, 2013
Absolutely A-Maze-Ing. Amazing!Dare to breathe takes off right from the first sentence where we meet Sam in the middle of a nightmare.  It does not let up after that.Sam has been through hell.  She has been through more than any child should ever have to witness and though she is damaged from it (seriously, which one of us isn’t damaged somehow) she is a survivor.  In my opinion, it takes a lot of strength and courage to make it through what she did and not break completely.Back to the nightmares, she woke from this first nightmare to her roommate saying this isn’t going to work out.  She really didn’t care what was causing Sam’s nightmares, just that it was causing her to lose valuable sleep.Sam, being the sweet person that she is, goes to housing and finds a solution, she moves into a co-ed house with Carrie, Mandy, Ben, and Nathan.  She hits it off with everyone from the start, except maybe Nathan, though there is definitely an attraction there.And so it goes.I loved the interaction with all of the roommates, though the book is primarily about Sam and Nathan, that isn’t all there is to Dare To Breathe, there are friendships to be made, hurdles for all of them to overcome, and so much more.  I loved Sally and Beth, Sam’s boss and more or less surogate parents while she is at college and away from her adoptive parents Mr and Mrs Marsh.There is just so much more to this book than just a romance story.  For those who can’t handle reading books that go into horribly traumatic experiences, especially when they happen to children, you should have no problem reading this.  While we know what happened to Sam, the author goes in to just enough detail where we get an idea, without giving images that will be traumatic to some readers.It is just a beautiful story.I am so glad I was able to be part of this blog tour and received an ARC.  I truly feel I would have missed out if I would have not heard about this book.  M. Homer is an author to watch.  I have a feeling she is going to be truly amazing.  She is definitely going on my favorite author list.