Review: A Beautifully Breathtaking, Emotional, Passionate & Ponding HOT Story!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 20, 2013
Lindy's Thoughts:Breaking Brandon by Elizabeth Reyes is the second book in the Fate Series, a spinoff of The Moreno Series.  We first met the delicious, BAMF Marine, Brandon in Sweet Sofie.  Brandon and Sofie came from the same neighborhood, and had become close friends their senior year in high school.  Even though Sofie had been in love with Eric, Angel's best friend, for most of her life, she was really attracted to Brandon.  When attraction between Sophie and Brandon sparked, along with Sofie's curiosity, they shared an intense and passionate kiss.  However, Brandon's heart was broken when Sophie admitted that the kiss they shared was a mistake, and she was in love with Eric.When Breaking Brandon begins, we get a recap of what happened between Brandon, Sophie, and the Moreno brothers through Brandon's point of view.  We quickly learn that Sophie was the only girl that Brandon ever loved.  Afterwards, fate deals Brandon a very tragic and unlucky hand, and he is left all alone in the world, without family, friends, or a woman to love.  These events end up shaping Brandon into a very hard edged, cold, callus, and serious man who learns how to live without emotions influencing his daily life.  Brandon decides to focus on his career as a Marine, and he quickly and successfully moves up the ranks in a short amount of time.  He gets offered a promotion, leaves North Carolina, and returns to San Diego, the place he grew up in and vowed never to return to.On his flight to San Diego, he quickly becomes fascinated and annoyed by a beautiful woman talking on the phone with her "daddy."  She has expensive luggage, and as he hears her conversation, he comes to the conclusion that she is a spoiled, rich, brat.  He also notices that she is absolutely beautiful, has a knockout body, and very kissable, pouty lips.  She flashes him a few smiles, but he never returns them.Then, Brandon ends up running in to this woman at his new job on the military base.  He learns that her name is Regina, she is an engineer, that many of the men on base flock towards, and they can't do enough for her.  This irritates Brandon even more, and he acts like a total a** towards Regina.  It really bothered me the way Brandon treated Regina at the beginning of the story.  His preconceived ideas about her were completely wrong.  She was sweet, gentle, kind, and friendly to everyone.  Regina had a dark past, and felt very alone in the world.  Her and Brandon had a lot in common, and I could tell right away that if Brandon ever gave her a chance, he would realize what an amazing person she was.  Thankfully, fate intervened, and when circumstances pushed Brandon and Regina together, the story really took off!Breaking Brandon was an amazing story.  My heart broke numerous times when I watched both Brandon, and Regina deal with tragedy in their lives.  All of Ms. Reyes stories are special because they feel very "real" to me.  They deal with authentic characters, realistic trials and tribulations that we as readers can relate to and connect with, along with sexy and steamy, hot alpha males, that scorch the pages, and make me swoon with their words, as well as their actions.  I was excited to get reunited with some of the amazing characters from previous stories!  My heart was so filled with joy to get to revisit some of my favorite characters of all time, and see how they were doing.  It was like being surrounded by family, and made me realize how much I've missed them.  Breaking Brandon fit perfectly in to everything that I have come to love about Ms. Reyes' stories, and is a perfect example of why she is one of my top favorite authors.My Rating:Breaking Brandon by Elizabeth Reyes was a story that tugged on my heart strings.  Brandon was an unforgettable character.  I felt all of his emotions as he went through them, as if I was experiencing them for myself.  I felt his grief when tragedy struck, the darkness that constantly surrounded him, the numbness as he merely existed, and finally his annoyance, excitement, desire, and love when Regina unexpectedly came into his life.  I loved Regina.  She was very vulnerable, and broken, but tried to be strong and start her life anew. She had a heart filled with such kindness, and love for everyone around her.  She was very special, and she was the only one that could break Brandon out of his cold, numb, shell of existence.  This story was filled with anticipation, excitement, plot twists, and a great surprise!  I give Breaking Brandon, 5 Beautifully-Breathtaking, Emotional, Passionate, and Pounding H-O-T Stars!  Read Breaking Brandon, or anything by Elizabeth Reyes, for a beautiful and passionate escape!My Favorite Quote:"He may never beg, but spoiling and appeasing his girl he could do.  In fact, he couldn't think of anything that felt better than seeing that beautiful smiling face or, in this case, her crying out in pleasure. Just like the spoiling, he wanted to make something perfectly clear: she didn't need anyone else spoiling her or making her cry out in pleasure ever again."  (Kindle Loc. 2854)~Brandon*To Read More Book Reviews, Visit A Bookish Escape