Breathe (edition 2011)

I've been meaning to read this for a while. I devoured the Vincent Boys and Brothers in one sitting and have the feeling I'll be doing the same with the Sea Breeze series.

Jax Stone is a rock star of maximum proportions. He can't go anywhere without being hounded by teenage girls screaming his name or wanting his attention.

Sadie White is your not-so-average 17-year-old, dealing with a pregnant mother who acts more like an adolescent than she does. When she should be spending her summer hanging out at the beach, she's instead juggling a full-time job and taking on the role of the adult in her relationship with her mother.

Working for Jax, she didn't plan on falling in love with him but when they meet, there's an instant chemistry - one they don't try very hard to fight. That's where their troubles start.

In between the press painting Jax as a teen heart-throb with girlfriends on rotation and Sadie being constantly told what she has with Jax will never last, you know something's got to give.

Jax has to decide whether Sadie is really the girl he can't live without or whether to let her go and let her live a normal life. And Sadie has to decide whether she wants to be the invisible girl forever or whether she can find a way to fit into his world. Either way, it's going to be a lot of work for both of them. The question is, is their love really worth it?

This is a really cute novel. I wasn't enthused with the whole, let's fall in love immediately but that didn't stop me from getting sucked into the storyline anyway.

Breathe is well written, enjoyable and a great YA read for anyone who is looking for a light read.

It's clear to me that Abbi Glines is becoming one of my favorite new writers. She has the talent to create characters that you can't help but fall in love with and Jax is another one of them.

If you've read this novel and you want to read more, I'm going to have to suggest The Vincent Boys, because Beau is still on my top ten of favourite male characters to read about.

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A very sweet romance story! I reely love how the author has potrayed the personalities of both Jax and Sadie! The story wont let us readers be bored at all! Itz a perfect story showing us that such fairytale romances exist! :D ( )

“I am agreeing to your working for me, but you are not going to be confined to the servants entrance only. You’re with me, Sadie. When you’re off the clock, you’re not my employee. You’re my...air.”
I frowned at him. “Your air?”
He grinned. “Well, girlfriend seems to be too shallow a word for what I feel for you. These past two weeks it’s been as if you control my breathing. When I watched you with Marcus, my chest would tighten, and it became hard to breathe. But then I would see you smile or laugh, and I could take a deep breath again.”

BUHAHHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

‘Nuff said.
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I have decided I am another one of Abbi Gline’s biggest fans. Breathe is another awesome read by Ms Glines and it certainly is an addictive one as well. The writing style is fantastic and so easy to read that you don’t even notice how fast you’re turning the pages. Being book one in the series, it was a great introduction to all the characters, but of Sadie and Jax in particular.

Sadie has had a tough life, being a teenager of a woman that doesn’t want to grow up or take responsibility for her own life or her daughter is never easy. They moved to Alabama for a fresh start and got more than they bargained for. Sadie has had to be the adult and now that her Mother is pregnant to some low life man, it is even worse. Sadie doesn’t make friends and just wants to be invisible. Her Mother is beautiful and always tells Sadie how plain she appears, but that is only because she doesn’t want to become like her Mother.

Sadie was to help her Mother work over the summer, but her Mother just couldn’t be bothered. Sadie at the last minute had to rush to her Mother’s work and try to be hired as her replacement (otherwise they were in trouble). Sadie rocks up to her Mother’s workplace, an enormous mansion on the island. She is allowed entrance and talks her way in to being put on trial. Of course Sadie is a hard worker and everything goes smoothly until she finds out that family returns to the summer house and it is the infamous rock star Jax Stone.

Sadie not being the typical teenage girl takes it all in her stride; she just tries to ignore the fact that she is working for the most famous teenage rock star in America. Jax on the other hand is confused why a teenage girl has been allowed to work in his residence. Usually they’re not allowed because of the fact all his groupies try to attack him.

Right from the get go, Jax is attracted to Sadie. She has a beauty that is untouched and seems mature for her age. As time progresses, Jax and Sadie see each other around the estate and Jax seems to be protective of her. They both know that nothing can ever happen between them because they are from different worlds. The deal was they would hang together over the summer and then go their separate ways. But things get more serious as time goes on.

Can Jax and Sadie be together forever or is it just a summer fling? How will Sadie and her Mother cope with a new baby? What about all the Hollywood photos of Jax with famous women, can Sadie overcome her jealousy?

This is such an emotional rollercoaster for Sadie and you can’t help but feel for her and despise her Mother. I was in tears near the end; it was such an in-depth read and I had to grab Because Of Low straight after. It’s ready to go and hopefully I can read it next week. This is an awesome series and another great hit from Ms Glines. ( )

Jax Stone is a young rock star and Sadie White is working for him this summer in place of her pregnant dead beat mom. They never should have fallen in love, that was clear from the beginning, Sadie has to time or room in her life for love, and Jax knows his life style and who he is will destroy Sadie. I feel like Sadie carries the weight of her world on her shoulders and feels the need to take care of her mother seeing as her mother isn't taking care of her. When she first starts working at Jax Stone's house she meets Marcus and dangit, you're immediately drawn to him and completely fall in love with him, he's the perfect best friend to Sadie and is always there for her, unfortunately he want's more from Sadie than Sadie wants from him. Jax's life isn't as perfect as it looks from the outside, and he himself didn't even realize something was missing until Sadie walked into his kitchen. Jax is instantly drawn to Sadie and wants to know her more... only problem is he's not the only one. They find themselves falling for one another but knowing before they got into it that they could never work and they're relationship is strictly a summer fling and when summer ends they both know what must be done, but as summer approaches they both realize they're never going to be able to let one another go.

“Sadie, when you smile at me it makes my heart do crazy things.” -Marcus

“If hearts could shatter, mine just did.” -Sadie

“He seems like a man who knows what he wants, and the problem is he wants what I wants. If it were anything or anyone else, I could stand back and let him take it, But I can't let him have you.” -Jax

“I might never breathe again once he walked away from me.” -Sadie

“He doesn't deserve it. he can have any girl in the world's love and he took yours. someone who deserves so much more than a summer fling” -Marcus

“I want whatever part of you I can have.” -Jax

“You're with me, Sadie. When you're off the clock, you're not my employee. You're my.. Air." -Jax

“Don't frown beautiful, you fascinate me.” -Jax

“That's okay. You an be selfish with me all you want. I'm yours.” -Jax

“If you were mine, I would never let you go.” -Marcus

“You're my present and my future Sadie, I will use whatever power I have to make you happy.” -Jax

“No matter where I am, I will always be there when you need me.” -Jax

"I swear, Sadie, if you ever scare me like that again, I'm not sure I can live through it." -Marcus

"You're everything I write about in songs, but can never have." -Jax

"You're ever song I have ever sung. I'll never let anything hurt you again. For the first time in my life, my dreams aren't about me. They're about you." -Jax

"I'm here because the reason I get up each morning, needs me as much as I need her." -Jax

"I never stood a chance. He stole your heart first." -Marcus

"Just to make your eyes sparkle, I'd do anything. I could give it all up to know you were my girl. Just being with you and listening to your laugh is what makes up my other half. I was lost and cold inside when your heart called out to mine. Now I know you're the only thing that keeps me hanging on, when the rest of the world seems to come crashing down." -Jax

"He stole my breathe away the moment we first spoke. He's my air." -Sadie ( )