Review: LOVED IT
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 20, 2014
SUMMER'S BOOK BLOGBreak Me by Harper James is a sweet, young love romance novel. It is a stand alone novel but the author will be writing a second book about two of the secondary characters. Gemma is a seventeen year old girl who is forced to spend two months every summer with her father, step mother and half siblings.She makes it no secret that she hates it and wants nothing to do with them, her father abandoned her mother while she was pregnant and Gemma doesn't plan on forgiving him. She is looking forward to turning eighteen and never having to see them again but this summer is different, she meets a hot, sweet lifeguard Abe. He opens up her heart and maybe she will let more than just him in, maybe she will learn that her family isn't all bad.Break Me was a very enjoyable novel and Harper James is a talented author, her writing style grabs the reader quickly and her characters are well developed and their relationships grow naturally. Break Me is a captivating story of first love and the love is so intense that the reader can't help but be pulled into the story. The relationship builds quickly, as they say "sometimes you just know". The emotional aspect of their relationship is fierce and passionate but I really liked that they waited to have sex until Gemma was ready.Abe is the type of guy the reader will wish they knew when they were teenagers, he is sweet, considerate, sexy and open with his emotions. Gemma is a moody teenager when it comes to her family but she is also a firecracker and I adored her. Of course I loved the sweet romantic aspect of this story but I loved the family aspect more. When we first meet Gemma she is full of hate, anger, resentment and it affects everything she does.Throughout the story her heart begins to thaw and she starts to let her family in, watching their relationships develop was my favorite part of the story. The author managed to take a very complicated family situation and really work out the issues making the reader fall in love with the whole family. Kate was fantastic and an absolutely amazing sister and friend to Gemma when she needed her and I'm really excited that the next novel is her story.The story is told mostly through Gemma's point of view with a chapter here in there in Abe and Kate's which worked perfectly for the novel. The author throws in a dramatic twist that will leave the reader heart broken and devastated but it is one of those situations where everything happens for a reason. Sometimes there needs to be an obstacle to really learn just how perfect a relationship is. This twist also brings about huge changes for the family and their relationships, we learn some things about Gemma's Dad that really made me love him.I was slightly disappointed with the after affects of the plot twist, a secret is revealed that made me furious but then the characters sort of just let it slide. I would have liked a little bit more about that. Overall I loved this novel and can't wait to read Kate's story in the next book!