Review: Love, Coming of Age, Earning Trust
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 8, 2014
In spite of being beaten down at almost every turn, Lacey is desperate to make a better life for both herself and her younger brother. After the death of her stepfather, and the emotional cave in of her mother, Lacey, her brother and her mother are forced to move in with her abusive, vile grandmother. She is drowning in the abusive behavior of both family and her boyfriend, trapped in a world full of lies. Enter Everett, one of those boys you instantly care about, house sitting at a mansion on the beach. His attraction to Lacey is immediate and his determination to protect and help her is heart-warming. Can he be her happily ever after? Can Lacey finally trust in someone not to lie or hurt her? Everett may not be who he claims to be, and Lacey must come to terms with his lies or leave him, because no matter how much love there is, how much tenderness and caring, a relationship built on lies just can’t work. Or can it?Breathe Into Me by Sara Fawkes is a tale of love, coming of age, and learning to crawl out from the abuse of the past, feeling worthy of all the good life has to offer, including trusting in the generosity of real friends. While this plot may have been done before, there is something special about Sara Fawkes writing style. Is it the inner strength of the heroine, who avoids the whining, but fails to see an immediate way out of her situation? Could it be the warmth, devotion and strength of the hero? The support of newfound friends? Whatever it is, Sara Fawkes has put her own special twist on New Adult turmoil and romance that rides the waves of emotion with a special flare that brings the pages to life without drowning the reader in angst.