Where the Mountains Meet the Sea

by A.R. Breck

Where the Mountains Meet the Sea brings you a new standalone romance filled with heart-stopping angst and heartbreak. He's a rock star, she's a ballerina, together they're soul mates, apart they're tragedy.

Soul mates.
I met mine when I was seven.
Roman Hall.
I knew the moment my eyes landed on his that my life would change forever.
All it took was one glance at him and I could feel my heart intertwine with his.
It was hopeless to deny destiny.
Our love was an inevitability that all the power in the world couldn’t avoid.
It was fate.
But fate is cruel, and life had other plans.
I wish I would’ve known that our love was doomed from the start.
That the world would attempt to destroy us at every turn.
Our love should’ve been effortless, but it wasn’t.
Maybe we were never soul mates to begin with.
Maybe we were just,
Calamity.

TRIGGER WARNING: This book contains sensitive subjects that may be triggering to some readers.

Genres: Romance, Emotional, Dark Romance, Second Chance, Friends To Lovers, Contemporary, Contemporary Romance

431 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 8, 2021

About the author

My life in a nutshell: Writing, reading, family, traveling.

-A.R. Breck

Reviews

[❥ KAT ❥ Kitty Kats Crazy About Books · Rating 5 out of 5]

'WHERE THE MOUNTAINS MEET THE SEA' Is a full length coming of age/romance book by A.R. Breck. Spoken in 'Dual perspectives/Roman & Luna' Broken down into 3 parts.

I knew I wanted to read this by the synopsis alone, then I glimpsed the cover and I was all in.

This was the kind of book where I wanted to read as fast as I could, but slow down at the same time, to prolong my time spent reading it.

I never wanted it to end. It’s broken up into 3 parts, and something within kept telling me that it wasn’t going to wrap up how I wanted it to. This story was so poetically tragic! Soul mates that loved like no other characters I've ever encountered, they knew at such a young age that what they had was special. A tether that was unbreakable even when apart their hearts were still entwined beating in synch.



The ending ripped my heart in half, so tragically raw, this story had such a hold on me, I felt their love, their struggles, their pain as though it were my own. My nose is blocked, my eyes are swollen! Usually I run towards emotional books wanting those feels to hit me, but this felt like I was hit by a Mac truck! This author steamrolled over my emotions and obliterated them into smithereens without so much of an apology!

So ones who love a good tear jerker, then here’s your book! Grab some tissues and let your heart feel!

                  

[Crystal's Bookish Life]

DNF at 19%

18% of this book was the "couple" at 6 and 7 years old having the sort of internal dialogue a 32 year old would have. I could not suspend my disbelief enough for any type of romance based on a child just out of kindergarten.

A simple change to 3rd person pov or making the kids like....at least 12 would have fixed that problem.

[Michae · Rating 5 out of 5]

My shirt is soaked with my tears & my cats are concerned about me after finishing this book…🥲 5/5⭐️ and 5/5 emotional damage

[Claire Louise¤°.¸¸.•´¯`» · Rating 2 out of 5]

I usually avoid books like this like the plague because they're so depressing to my emotions that I derive zero pleasure from reading it. But I have FOMO and I saw the book being talked about on social media so I dived in.

I don't have triggers, so the content warning didn't bother me but I do have two things I dislike for any book and this one had them both. sleeping with others, especially detailed and on the page. And death of a main character

It was just drone after drone of angst, dude, I nearly took to drugs myself just to get through it. But I liked these two characters and hoped for the best and wished they'd stop being so stupid and just be together because the author did a wonderful job of showing their soulmate connection, I could feel it on every page. But ugh, their decision making skills were horrendous. The hope of a better outcome was the only reason to keep me reading, I'm a damn book masochist like that, but as the spoiler showed, this didn't go as I wanted to and I'm left utterly miserable for wasting my time but also because by the end of a book you want a happy ending, that feel good factor and there was none to be found.

I did enjoy the author's prose a lot. So that's a positive, but the story for me was not enjoyable whatsoever. I was actually pretty glad for the epilogue, as vague as it was.

I saw on Amazon this is in the romance category.... not a romance. It needs a HEA to be called a romance, but it was a very depressing but well written story about love.

[Aly Lauck · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book has such good bones, but I think it needs a little more structure and depth. The characters when we start out are 6 and 7 and have the vocabulary of people in their mid 20s. Their relationship grows into something more when they’re in their early teens. Believable, but that transition seemed rather abrupt. Without spoiling anything their reactions seem really big to smaller things.

I love a good love story. Truly. I just want to tweak those characters a bit and give them more depth and life.

Great bones as I said. I can tell the author loves to weave a love story.

[Alina Syrotiuk · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ця книга розбила мене…💔😭


По сюжету у нас є два головних герої:

Луна Левіс — 6-ти річна дівчинка, яка переїжає в нове місто майже кожного року, через роботу батька. Боїться, що не знайде нових друзів, або знову доведеться переїжджати.

Роман Холл — 7-ми річний хлопчик по сусідству, який мріє стати рок-зіркою як його тато.

Поступово авторка познайомила нас з головними героями, їх сім‘ями і друзями, захопленнями та рідним містечком.
Дружба між Романом та Луною склалась не відразу, він хотів гратися тільки з своїми друзями хлопцями а не з дівчинкою. Та коли одного разу почув як Луна плаче, тому що їй приснився кошмар, без роздумів заліз до неї в кімнату через вікно, і залишився спати біля її ліжка щоб вона не боялась. І тут скажу відразу один мінус, який я знайшла для себе в цій книзі: моментами авторка настільки детально описувала думки головних героїв і що почуття вже стають далеко не дружні а більш глибокі, таке відчуття що я читала думки людей яким 25+ років а не дітей яким 6 і 7 років🫣
Навіть з‘являлась ідея покинути читати, але не робіть цієї помилки продовжуйте - далі краще.
Спостерігати як невинна дитяча дружба переростає у симпатію, а потім з дорослішанням у перше кохання - це неймовірно.
Їх слова підтримки один одному, те як кожен хотів здійснити свою мрію: Роман - стати рок-зіркою, а Луна - відомою балериною. Як вони опинилися перед вибором здійснення цієї мрії, або кохання. Чи може відстань зробить ці почуття ще сильнішими?
Це більше ніж просто про кохання, це про те яке життя може бути складне і що робити інколи не правильний вибір це теж нормально. Що повернутися до того звідки пішли і почати все знову - це теж нормально. Потрібно боротися за кожен шанс який дає життя і брати з нього максимум.
Будьте готові, що книга розтрощить вас емоційно🥲

Це 5/5💔😭

« - Ти станеш балериною, а я — рок-зіркою. І одного разу ми зможемо поїхати туди, де був твій сон.»

« - Там, де гори зустрічаються з морем.»

[Samantha (SamReadsALittle) · Rating 1 out of 5]

If this wasn’t for a video I would have dnf’d

[Tori - Novel Life · Rating 5 out of 5]

5 Stars

This is not a romance. I repeat. This is not a romance.

and I am not okay.

[Pam · Rating 5 out of 5]

Me and title we like this 🤞cause I'm about to jump off a mountain and then drown into the sea right after because of this book

[hannah | hannahh.readss · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5⭐️
i didn’t finish this book, this book finished me

[aNneMarLi - Chatterbooks Book Blog · Rating 5 out of 5]

Raw, Heartbreakingly beautiful and tragic,Angst and feels that went on for forever, Where the Mountains Meet The Sea had me from the very first page to the last. I was suck right into the story so wonderfuly woven it's etched in my heart and in my soul. I sobbed and ugly cried until I think there's no more tears left for me to cry. My heart is badly bruised and broken but I wouldn't want it any other way. This may not be your usual HEA romance book that you want to get lost into but damn I assure you, you'll not going to regret getting lost into Luna and Roman's journey.

Kudos to A. R. Breck for leaving me with snot, puffy eyes, soggy tissues and one of the best book hangover! I will definitely not forget this book. This story is permanently embedded in me.

[Bailee Latham · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 stars

Told in 3 parts with dual POV from both of our main characters, Luna and Roman, we get to watch their love grow from the very beginning. Two hearts that find each other when they're only 6 years old, and we read about how the love they have grew from a best friend kind of love into something so much more. This story shows that you can make all the plans you want, have all the expectations, but life and fate might have other plans for you entirely.

Part one was sweet and beautiful. Part two was a big plate of "Wtf? Get it together!!" and part 3... let's just say if you are in public, wait to finish the book when you get home. I just finished this at work an hour ago. I feel attacked. I cried. People saw, it was a whole thing. I do think that I would've rated this higher if it was written in more of a dual timeline way instead of a 3 part way. But, all in all, I enjoyed it... even though it gutted me.

I don't want to spoil anything, so, if you want to feel pain and love, read this book.

[Mandyloves2read · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was beautiful and heartbreaking it gutted me ! This is another new to me author that I’m kicking myself for not reading sooner. I don’t know where to even begin with this one so I’m just going to say trust me you are going to want to read this story there are some triggers so make sure to read the trigger warning but this story definitely deserves your attention and all the stars!

[𓍯 · Rating 3 out of 5]

the first few chapters being them at the ripe age of 6 and 8 thinking and acting like they were in their 20s actually sent me to space anyways this book was hella predictable and kind of a bit boring i might add lmao

[zara]

tyler hawkins from remember me (2010) would love you roman

[Jamie :) · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am crying right now. CRYING 😭

This book has literally shattered my soul and obliterated my heart. I am not okay. Oh my god it has been so long since I’ve read a book that has made me FEEL this much😩😩😭 I have never been so invested/involved/heart attached to a couple like I was LUNA AND ROMAN and this love story was epic and tragic and heart achingly antsy in more ways than one and I’ll truly never forget it. I loved the way Luna pursued her ballet career and Roman lost himself to his music and how time and life and tragedy pulled them apart and thrust them together… “meet me where the mountain meets the sea” just the way this two LOVED each other AHHHH I am just emotionally distraught rn 💔😭😩

I am emotionally wretched and unavailable until my mind can figure out how to process that ending.

A book I will not soon (if ever) forget. Amazing.

5 stars 🌟

[Adriana · Rating 5 out of 5]

THIS BOOK IS EVERYTHING!!! Based on true Events!!
I would rate this book 5+++++

I've been waiting for this book ever since i heard the name of the book and the author, i didn't need to read the blurb to know this book was going to break me, i knew that because A. R Breck is QUEEN of heartbreakingly emotional stories. So i was ready but damm i was not ready for how much my heart would still be broken the next few days lol

Roman meets Luna when she moves in next door, straight away there is something about her that intrigues , and the more time they spend together the more they realized they are meant to be, more importantly they are soul mates one heart cannot beat with out the other, as they grow up they get closer and closer when eventually they become more. But this story would not be what it is if there wasnt one hell of a rollercoaster of a ride, this story is a tale of love and passion and heartbreak, of lost souls trying to find their way, of soul mates and the journey they go through to finally be happy, this story is of two souls so connected that even when apart they are still one, of a love like no other.

This book really broke my heart in two, and its still not recovered. A. R Breck you have outdone yourself with this one, i have loved every book you have written but this one is by far my favorite of hers. I RECOMMEND THIS BOOK TO EVERYONE BUT BE AWARE THERE IS A TRIGGER WARNING FOR A REASON.
Bring on the next book !!!!

[Alliy Scott · Rating 1 out of 5]

this book was NOT for me, strongly disliked this entire thing and I no longer trust the person who recommended it lol 😬 i wanted to DNF it sooooo bad, but reviews about the ending had me so curious that i kept going, but it wasn't worth it. spoiler alert, heres what happens so that you don't have to read it (he dies working as a firefighter on 9/11 and then she jumps off a cliff to unalive herself)

most of the book was so hard to read because they are actual children (!!!) like 6/7 years old, talking and having the internal dialogue of 30 year olds, it was extremely cringy to read and felt wrong honestly. even when they were teenagers it just felt off. I don't want to read smut about characters that are freshman in high school. I had to skim most of the book.

would never recommend, I wish I could get the time I spent reading it back 🙃

[queen_of_the_books_18 · Rating 3 out of 5]

Whether or not she wants to believe it, I think my heart has been taken my entire life.

What was that ending? 😭

I was told this was rockstar, childhood to lovers romance and I was sold but I really wanted to love this more than I did. I felt like this was very plot based and not a lot of romance. Some of it was unnecessarily descriptive and I felt like it slowed the story down a lot.

Now and always

That being said, the moments we did get with Luna and Roman were angsty, heartbreaking and just downright painful and I loved every minute of that!

Trigger warnings for drugs, suicide and rape.

[Kristina · Rating 4 out of 5]

I can’t decide between a 3.5 or a 4 star rating

but what the heck just happened? i feel dumb for not seeing that plot twist at the end coming! That was so heartbreaking. Roman & Luna’s love for one another was so wholesome. They made me frustrated sometimes because of moments of miscommunication, but ughhhhh. I just wanted a happy ending after seeing what they both went through on their own…especially LUNA. That poor girl. I have mixed feelings about this book. I liked it but i also didn’t. The story was beautiful & yet so painful.

[kina · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 stars

Is there anything better than an ugly cry?

[beca · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5 I'M DESTROYED

[candace mai | candacereads · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is why trust issues exist.

[TheHobbyest · Rating 5 out of 5]

Grab some tissues and settle in for an absolutely beautiful story!

Where the Mountains Meet the Sea was so unlike anything I normally read, but I was so intrigued and had to pick this one up. It is also based on true events which just made the story so much more.

It starts when Luna is seven years old and follows her story with Roman over the decades. Their story definitely has some ups and downs, but is truly an epic, once in a life time love. A story of firsts, from first crushes, to first heart break, A.R. Breck wrote these characters so well that they ingrained themselves into my heart and brought back all the joys of young love.

Make sure to grab so tissues, and read the trigger warning, but definitely worth every ugly tear cried! I am blown away with the pure emotion and talent in this book!

[Safaereads · Rating 5 out of 5]

“Meet me where the
mountains meet the sea.”

Trope;

Childhood lovers
Second chance
Tragedy???

This review is gonna be the shortest you will get from me because everything I expected from this book was not it, this just blew my mind away. This story is just
tragedy but it’s so beautiful in it’s own way too.Especially since it’s based on actual events just gives me goosebumps.Roman and Luna deserved everything in life, I swear I will trade my life for them to have a peaceful life 🥲 You know that tiktok sound “That’s good, yeah that’s good, That’s GOOD it’s enough slices!” I was screaming that thru the book 😃 I honestly don’t even know what I’m saying, Just read it.

TW;

Drugs addict
Alcoholic
Rape
Suicide
9/11

➖ Safaereads recommends it 💯

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

they were soulmates since they met as children, but the universe had it’s way of keeping them apart. I think it was a beautiful story of a wannabe rockstar/ballerina dancer, and that they both made some mistakes in their lives. I felt horrible for Luna and what she went thru with willie (the name itself is a red flag 🚩). Roman’s letters and addiction going from bad to worse to clean, his journey was crazy.
I didn’t like how slow the book was, like it did not need to be 400 pages. I was also promised tears which now i feel like a psycho bc i didn’t tear up even. I felt horrible for her and them, but no tears unfortunately :/ a good solid 3 ⭐️ for me.

[T Rojo · Rating 1 out of 5]

I’m so annoyed I finished this book. This shit dragged on for almost their entire lives and it was so stupid. Once I read the date he was going to work I rolled my eyes so hard.

[Reaux]

Dnf @ 24%. I cannot handle the seven and six year olds talking like full blown adults.

[𝓢 · Rating 1 out of 5]

this book promised me winterdamon 2.0 but IT GAVE ME NOTHING.

[malen · Rating 5 out of 5]

speechless