Review: Left me wanting more....
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 8, 2014
I am a total cover whore so the cover of Breathe Into Me was the first thing I noticed. Then I started reading it and my feelings were all over the place. Breate Into Me starts off high octane emotion and then sputters.Lacey is beat up by life. She has a reputation that she does not deserve through events not of her own making. Her father dies and her mother moves them back to Lacey's grandmother who is EVIL to the core.  Then Lacey finds out her father really was not her father.  Her mother is too busy living from the bottom of a vodka bottle to do anyone any good. Her "friend" (Ashley) is a piece of garbage user/thief. Her boyfriend (Macon) is an abusive, drug addict rapist.  Her one bright spot is her little brother Davy. He keeps her putting one foot in front of the other instead of slipping into complete despair.She meets Everett an outside who turns out to be otherwise. It turns out they have more in common that Lacey could ever imagine.  The sex scenes were well done. Hot without being tacky. There were too many rotten people in her life for me to believe this girl would maintain her mental stability.  The user friend could have been eliminated altogether.  Then there were other things that were too tidy like her new best friend, who keeps pursuing her even though Lacey discourages her at every turn - and their boss then end up in love. Also the fact that Davy was being abused, Lacey knew it and allowed it to go on seemed out of character for me.  I didn't buy it.My favorite character was actually Cherise.  Her I'd like to read more about. Find out how she ended up where she ended up.  The scene where she faces down Lacey's crazy stalker ex-boyfriend was hysterical. "I know places to dump a body where you'll never be found." she says while poiting a shotgun at him. It was awesome! Just the right mix of affection and crazy. I loved it!I absolutely would give another Sara Fawkes book a chance.  Her writing though good did not elevate this story to the promise of the synopsis. There should have been more emotion, more angst - I just expected more all around.