I loved the romance! For teachers and librarians worried about content, it definitely has mature content. This is more than your typical NA read–PTSD is not something I’ve seen explored in fiction for young adults, and Tucker handles it realistically and with sensitivity. The characters are well-developed, as is the plot, which tackles post-traumatic stress disorder. If I had an upper-high school daughter, especially one who didn’t like reading, I would totally give her this book. BUT, for older high school students who can handle it (the majority, in my opinion), Ten Tiny Breaths is an absolute gem. And sure, there are some high school students who are not yet mature enough to handle that. Any book that can do that is worth its weight in gold as far as I am concerned.Īs a New Adult book, Ten Tiny Breaths includes intense (but not pornographic) sexual situations.

Ten Tiny Breaths is definitely something special, and I am reviewing it here because I think it will make readers out of non-readers. REVIEW: Although I read the New Adult genre from time to time, I do not typically review New Adult books on my blog unless they are something special. They end up in Miami, where with the help of a few new friends and a hot new neighbor, they must find jobs and learn to survive on their own. Now nineteen, Kasey and her sister Olivia (who was not in the car) have run away from their aunt and uncle after the uncle makes a pass at Olivia.

After a year of surgeries and physical therapy, Kacey survived. It’s not until Cole hits rock-bottom that he can begin to see another way out of his personal hell: forgiveness.SUMMARY: Kacey Cleary’s life was shattered four years ago when her parents, best friend, and boyfriend were all killed in a car accident. As the months go by and the shame and loneliness festers, Cole begins to lose his grip on what once was important-college, his girlfriend, his future. Nor can he shake the all-consuming guilt he feels every time he thinks of that girl who won’t so much as allow him near her hospital room to apologize.

Everyone assures him that they know it wasn’t intentional, and yet he can’t ignore the weight of their gazes, the whispers behind his back. Worse, there’s the shattered body of a sixteen-year-old girl lying somewhere in a hospital bed, her entire life ripped from her because of a case of beer and a set of keys. Normally, he’d be able to lean on his best friends-the ones who have been in his life since he could barely walk. Tucker.When a drunken night out at a Michigan State college party results in the death of six people, Cole must come to terms with his part in the tragedy. Discover his side of the story in this novella from the beloved nationally bestselling author, K.A. Until one night when he makes a fatal, wrong decision…and loses everything. Before you knew him as Trent in Ten Tiny Breaths, he was Cole Reynolds-and he had it all.

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