Pages: 258
Publication Date: March 8th 2012 by Crescent Moon Press
Age Group: Upper YA/Adult crossover (New Adult)
Source: blog tour
Series: Stealing Breath #1
Challenge(s): Ebook challenge, 150+ reading challenge, Debut Author Challenge, Witches and withcraft challenge, ABC challenge
Summary(from Goodreads):
Deep in the backwoods of North Dakota, twenty-one year old Sarah Ross is searching for a missing child when she is attacked by a glowing-eyed, transparent… creature. Sarah survives, destroying the monster by using mysterious abilities she didn’t even know she had. Bloody and bruised, Sarah flees the scene and runs directly into Evan Valente, a handsome, charismatic stranger who helps her back to safety. But what is Evan doing out in the forest at five in the morning?
Turning to a healer, Sarah is shocked to learn her eyes bear the mark of the Indigo Child-an evolved human with the ability to feel the emotions of others. But her indigo aura also makes her an easy target for those who wish to consume her powerful essence.
Soon, Sarah is falling deeply in love with Evan and wants nothing more than to follow her heart and trust that he is the man he says he is. But she can’t ignore the lingering feeling that Evan is hiding a terrible secret. The deeper she digs, the more danger she faces, leading her on a course that will force her to face the darkest, innermost parts of her soul.
Stealing Breath starts in the middle of a scene. So you get thrown right into the middle of a story first off. It’s not confusing or anything but it starts out with a big action sequence right away. That kind of sets the mood for the book. There is a lot of action with only a few lulls in between. So the pace is fast and there was a lot going on. I enjoyed Stealing Breath; I thought it was a good book.
Sarah is so unique and I loved learning about all the lore and legend that surrounded everyone. I do wish there was a little more background info on their town and their beliefs. She did seem to be a little too trusting though. It seemed like she just met Evan and in no time she was spilling all of her secrets to him. I, on the other hand, was a little more skeptical. Skeptical of Evan and of some of the elders that Sarah knew. She is this incredibly unique and special person, and she lives very close to all these spiritual and magical people. (one of them was even her best friend’s mom) So I found it a little hard to believe that Sarah really had no idea about some of the mystery surrounding herself. But I still found Joanne’s ideas fascinating. I loved learning about skinwalkers, and I’m sure there is still a lot that we have to learn. There were certainly some unanswered questions that I am interested in seeing in the next book.
Evan was really sweet, but I was pretty skeptical of him for a while there. I would love to hear other people’s take on Evan, so if you have read the book please let me know what you thought of him. I felt like there was a lot of learning going on in Stealing Breath. Especially between Evan and Sarah. Evan seemed so accepting of everything strange and crazy going on, which was weird at first. But I really enjoyed the way they discovered more about themselves as individuals through their time together. They work well as a couple.
Overall, Stealing Breath was a good book. There was a lot of action and fight scenes, and there were very few slow moments. I was a little skeptical of some things and how they worked out, but the plot was really interesting and I am certainly interested in reading the second book to see where Joanne Brothwell will take the story.
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Author Bio
Joanne Brothwell is the author Stealing Breath, a paranormal romance from Crescent Moon Press, who has also published Vicarious, the prequel to Stealing Breath. Joanne lives in the country with her family where her stories are inspired by the dead things that appear at her doorstep on a daily basis. You can find her online at www.joannebrothwell.com
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Thanks for having me, Michelle!
Thank YOU for allowing me to be a part of the tour 🙂
Sounds like a good book to look out for. I like it when books drop you into a scene and the action starts straight away.
You should def check this book out then. There is a lot of action 🙂
That cover is kinda haunting. I like action-packed books! 🙂
Hey, I have a $25 Amazon Gift Card Giveaway on my blog if you’re interested. No catch, I promise! 🙂
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Lei
I agree about the cover! I love it! And thanks I’ll def check out the giveaway
Some authors and I were just debating the merits of starting off a novel right in the thick of a scene. What do you think of that? I’m loving the New Adult genre and look forward to reading more of these stories, but I’m more into human stories than paranormal at the moment.
I like it, as long as it isn’t TOO confusing. A little cryptic can be fun and intriguing but if I start off too confused for too long sometimes I get frustrated or put off. But it can be a great technique to grab the readers attention 🙂
This book sounds so great. Thank you for sharing. I have added this book to me TBR List. thanks again. Love your blog.