Breathe (Sea Breeze, #1) in The Indie Bookshelf

Nov 20, 2011 Splage rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2012-read, rock-and-roll-baby, boss-employee-work-together, highly-recommended-by-others, 1st-in-series, down-on-luck, hero-heroine-famous-person, jealousy, ebook, hero-heroine-virgin-innocent

4 Stars
Genre: Contemporary, Young Adult Romance
Heat Barometer: 1 out of 5 flames
Written from alternating POV’s of Sadie & Jax

A super sweet, clean with a little sexual tension, love story between a teenage rockstar and his young maid. I loved all the characters from the innocent Sadie whose life situation was hard and sad, to her protective friend Marcus who was in love with her, but she didn't see him in the same light, to the supporting cast of Jax's servants who Sadie wormed her way into their ...more

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Aug 06, 2012 Nina rated it really liked it

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 o 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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Aug 17, 2012 Keighley rated it liked it

A sweet story but too YA for me! Especially as I read Seabreeze 3, 'While it lasts' first, which is pretty steamy.

Plus I couldnt shake teh mental image of Justin Bieber which is NEVER a good thing! ...more

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