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This. Book. I can babble about it for hours. So much has happened! Hold Me Like a Breathe was a refreshing contemporary/thriller that leaves you eagerly turning the pages with its twists and turns. All I have to say:

Pen has lived a sheltered life, suffering from a rare autoimmune disorder where she bruises easily living a normal life wasn't an optional. She is part of the Family, the underground organ trafficking and transplants. Pen is getting restless now, she wants to go to school, have friends and live life, she doesn't want to be treated like a doll that no one can touch. She craves normality. Soon Pen's world falls apart and she must escape into New York.


Pen was easily a character that I liked. She didn't let her illness get in the way of her, she was determined and strong. Pen from the beginning of the novel to the end are two different people. The girl at the end has grown up and experienced lost and trusting the wrong people. I questioned a few things that she did at certain times, (and I can't share them without spoiling the novel!) left me a little thrown off about how she was actually dealing with everything that was happening to her. But everyone handles trauma differently too, that may have just been how she dealt with it.

Pen had feelings for her brother's best friend/body guard, Garrett. Which in my honest opinion was the only young attractive guy that Pen had ever met, so her choice was limited. But I liked them. In the first part of the novel she is head over heels for him. There are several times they almost kiss. *swoons* It was adorable! Then enters a new guy, Char. This is were I am torn. Garrett knows everything about her, but Char was easier for her to relate too. I don't consider this a love triangle though, it is something you have to read if you want to know more about.

Overall I really enjoyed Hold Me Like a Breathe and I can't wait what is in store for book two!