Review: I could not put it down!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 5, 2013
Breathe, the debut novel of author Elena Dillon, took me by surprise. I went in knowing it was a Young Adult novel, but when I heard it was a mystery/thriller, I had to read it! I lost myself in the well-written story of a sixteen-year-old girl trying to be a normal kid at a new school. Sounds easy, doesn't it? Throw in the horrid fact that her older sister was recently kidnapped and murdered by an unknown serial killer, and her struggles are understandable. She has reason not to open up to the other kids. She doesn't want their stares; their pity. She wants to be liked for `her'. The mystery of who killed her sister hovers in the background, but the author only brings it back to haunt Jasmine at the best--or should I say worst--of times. Try falling for the school hunk...literally. Jasmine does this by fainting from fear. She has plenty to fear! I loved how the author got into the head of this girl, and how I could not put it down. I came for the mystery, lost sleep over the thriller, and fell in love with her life-like characters.