Review: 5 Fraking Fantastic Stars
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 2, 2012
Angels deserve heroes and heroes deserve angels. So true, so true... Faye and Chase were each other's destinies and I loved reading their story!I had big anticipation for Breathe because the Colorado Mountain series is what really started me on my Kristen Ashley crazy reading obsession. I had read Rock Chick years ago when it first came out. I loved it and KA's style, but she didn't have any other books published at the time. It seems now I can hardly get through a week with out reading or rereading a KA story to get my fix.Her typical elements were all there. It started with a bang, Chace had his share of A-hole moments to get my juices flowing and it had a hot, stirring romance between a virgin and a broken cop. The courtship was very arousing because of Faye's inexperience and Chace's he-man qualities in the bedroom. I still blush occasionally when KA writes her sex descriptions and dialog. Sometimes Chace's choice of words were shockingly direct and made me flinch...in a good way.Faye has to be one of my favorite KA heroines. She was innocent, vulnerable and sweet; family oriented, dedicated and such a big, fat LIAR! I loved her backbone! Faye had a brand of quiet that was strong and fierce and boy, could she grandstand when she got pissed. A couple of scenes I was cheering her on, thinking you go girl!There was a murder mystery to solve which was introduce in Lady Luck. This was my only slight criticism because I didn't really care about it. There wasn't a huge plot development or new information to make me overly concerned. I think mainly it lacked my interest because there was another side story that overshadowed it so greatly. Malachi/Miah was a homeless boy that totally stole the show. His story had me holding my breath with anticipation. His life was harsh and brutal and I was so into finding out about this fierce, broken boy that my focus was completely surrounding his circumstances. He brought out my emotions several times. It was heartbreaking, but yet beautiful in how Chace, Faye and her family took care of him.The story was also about Chace's evolution. He had a lot to overcome from the ending in Lady Luck, going from bad cop, worse husband to hero. I knew eventually all those wonderful attributes I have to have in my heroes; possessive, confident, protective, as well as, gorgeous, sexy, and all alpha, would reveal themselves in Chace.So yes, the story structure was familiar, with amazing characters, mystery and violence, and at times the hero's crude dialog was present, but "if it ain't broke don't fix it" is my motto. You won't be disappointed if you are a fan of Kristen Ashley, with her alpha heroes and her style of writing.The epilogue was so precious and just how I like my endings. It was like the energizer bunny...it kept going and going and giving and giving until my satisfaction was guaranteed. I mean let's face it, I never want a KA book to end, I am too in love with the characters so it was perfect for me to have a gazillion happy endings.