Review: HOLY TATE CONNORS!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 25, 2013
Fabulous 5 star continuation of the Breathe Series!When I heard that Rachel Brookes was going to be writing a novella from Tate’s POV, I could barely contain my excitement. Let me tell you, IT DOES NOT DISAPPOINT. I was so excited to get into Tate Connors head and see things from his perspective. He is such a swoony book boyfriend. One of my absolute favorites!“One night hadn’t been enough for me—it would never be enough. She was the perfect drug to me. She gave me the hit I needed and kept me craving for more.”Breathless picks up where Just Breathe left off, with a pregnant Sav heading to New York City for a month to work. To say that Sav leaving was hard on Tate would be an understatement. I thought our strong swoony Tate was going to fall apart until he makes the decision to go to New York City for a visit.“She would forever be the person who threw me on my *** and made me take the shaky steps to become whole again—slightly fractured but still as close to being whole as I had been for so many years.”Nothing bad can happen when you decide to surprise the love of your life in NYC right?Wrong.Emotions run wild as Tate announces his decision to delve into the past in order to move forward in his relationship with Sav. In Breathless, we see the first real fight between Tanzi and Tate over their past. Will his persistence to dig up the past change everything or will it end up bringing them all closer together?“You are going to get hurt, Tate. You know I can’t handle it when you get hurt. I don’t have a good feeling about this. You don’t have to prove anything to anyone. Why do you have to be so stubborn?”Though there isn’t as much angst in Breathless as there was in Just Breathe, I really enjoyed seeing a softer side of Tate. He had his hot headed moments, as you will find out when you read, but he really showed a different demeanor in this book. Of course, the reader also gets to see Sav be her feisty self as well.One thing the book doesn’t lack is steam. Rachel Brookes definitely knows how to write steamy scenes. Office rooms, hotels, etc. The chemistry between Tate and Sav is always evident. The connection they get from being intimate shows just how strongly they feel about one another.Trust issues and misunderstandings triumph in the end and the readers are left with a heartbreaking cliffhanger. Obviously, I can’t wait to see what happens next on the crazy ride that is Tate and Savannah.“The feeling that my world was crashing down around me consumed me and I couldn’t do a thing about it.”Book 3 cannot come soon enough!(Oh and I would like to add that I loved Jack and Tanzi just as much in Breathless as I did Just Breathe, maybe even more! I would love to read more about them!)