Broken Elements

Brittainy C. Cherry amazed me with her brilliant talent and as I sit here and write this review I honestly don't know what I was thinking for waiting until now to read this author's work.

The Air He Breathes is so hauntingly beautiful that it will surely take your breath away and make you feel so many things.

Tristan lost his whole world and in turn it made him a broken, tortured, bitter and lonely man. Elizabeth has not only known, but experienced loss and with the help of her daughter, Emma and her friends and family she's learning to see life in a light and slowly but surely moving on.

He's cruel and goes out of his way to be seen as a monster. She gives Tristan that ray of hope. Together, Tristan and Elizabeth come together during a time in each other's lives when loss is so unbearable it's hard for them to function.

This story was gut wrenching and heartbreaking, yet so freaking beautiful at the same time. It sucked me in and didn't let go until the very end, and even then I still felt the words moving through me!! I'm privileged to have experienced such a beautiful story and characters that made me love them with my very being. Be prepared for one hell of ride, I swear I've never felt more alive. I'm looking forward to read many more of Brittainy's amazing work heart emoticon!!

This what happens when you base your choices on appearances. I confess that I purchased this book merely on the fact that Franggy Yanez is the cover model. Alas that's the best thing about this book.

I always hesitate to say that a book is awful because my poison may be someone else's nectar and as far as the theme of this book I'll acknowledge that I'm not heavily into the so-sad-and-broken theme but I'm not averse to it either. My problem is with the uncommitted & lackluster execution.

The dialogue in this book seems lifted from a combination of self-help books and rejected Hallmark cards, the setting is Hollywood stock small town complete with hateful and judgy book-club ladies, wise-beyond their years kids and that current favorite: the über sassy best friend with zero verbal filter but a heart of gold. And then the wheels really come off both MC are widowed by the same accident which it turns out was caused by a guy suffering from the unrequited blues .

In the end none of this would have been so bad as I've traveled to crazy town often enough and enjoyed it but this didn't even provide that kind of fun. It was an overdose of sweet and I just didn't buy into the love story or the authenticity of the sorrow that came before.

But that cover though sigh