Breakable

Contours of the Heart, Book 2

By: Tammara Webber

Narrated by: Zachary Webber

Length: 11 hrs and 38 mins

Publisher's summary

As a child, Landon Lucas Maxfield believed his life was perfect and looked forward to a future filled with promise - until tragedy tore his family apart and made him doubt everything he ever believed.

All he wanted was to leave the past behind. When he met Jacqueline Wallace, his desire to be everything she needed came so easy.…

As easy as it could be for a man who learned that the soul is breakable and that everything you hoped for could be ripped away in a heartbeat.

Tammara Webber, the New York Time best-selling author of Easy, now delivers a daring and entirely new perspective on love, and why falling for it is beyond our control.

A college age, New Adult romance.

©2014 Tammara Webber (P)2014 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved.

Worth the credit!

I loved this book, I’m glad I listened to the first book as it helped a lot with the back and forth in this book. The narrator as always did an amazing job.

A beautiful sweet story

This was such a great listen . Its sweet , emotional , sexy, with two time lines told wonderfully . Zachary has quickly become one of my favorite voices, a great story teller and makes a new purchase an easy decision when he is included in narration !

Love listening to Zachary Webber!

I picked this book because Z Webber was the reader... I listened to 'Easy' first because it was first in series but I had found this book first. I knew it would be a good listen and interesting story. I liked 'Easy' and the female reader was good, but missed the male point of view in that story.
I enjoyed the back and forth perspective of both Lucas and Landon... it gave the listener an in-depth understanding of this young mans journey before, after, and during a life altering event that almost swallows him alive in self loathing. BUT love can heal many wounds if we take a chance!
Really enjoyed!

His side made it so much better

After finishing "Easy", I had to read this one. I just can't tell you how much I loved both books. Getting Luca's view point made the story so much better. I just finished both books in 3 days and I'm already ready to go back and read the first book so I can enjoy it all over again. I'm hear crying well writing this because I'm sad I finished both books. I've never been so moved by a book. I already pushed my sister to read the book. I want to share this book with as many people as I can.

Whoa

Would you consider the audio edition of Breakable to be better than the print version?

Yes

Who was your favorite character and why?

Lucas. He is my favorite fictional character.

What does Zachary Webber bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

His voice. I can try to imagine a male character but he really brought Lucas to life for me.

Any additional comments?

I didn't know what to expect when I got Easy years ago but I fell in LOVE with it and was very excited to see Luca's side of things. I saw Easy on a group I had just joined and wanting to be in on it I got it on my nook. But I couldn't put the book down. I shared her fear and her pride throughout the book, so hearing it through a different point of view was amazing. Tammara Webber did an amazing job at capturing the feeling and setting the pace for this book. The relationship between Jacqueline and Lucas was so sweet and playful and just the right amount of naughty.

SPOILER:
And the pleasure I got out of Buck getting his face smashed in instead of getting away with it.
This books is one of my ultimate favorites. Don't let it scare you when you read the first chapter. It scared the hell outta me. I was shaking but I told myself that it had to get better something had to happen the that person. I'm glad I stuck around.

Loved it!

What did you love best about Breakable?

This had to be the best POV book I have ever read. You didn't need to read the first book in order to understand this book. This may have even BETTER than Easy. I loved his Grandpas' words of wisdom and how he really used those later in life. The author did a great job developing the special bond between Landon and him. I loved Brandon even more in this book. It really hits home the saying you can't judge someone by their looks. Plus you never know what someone has been through or is going through. GREAT BOOK! You will not regret reading it.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Breakable?

There are too many great moments in this book to just name one, but when he talks about his mom and her rape/death stands out the most to me. It was so heartbreaking.

What does Zachary Webber bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

Zachary Webber did a great job. Made me fall in love with Landon/Lucas.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

This was a gut wrenching book. It made me feel every emotional scene in the book.

so good!

The story is great, it grabs you and you can't let go until the end! Zach does an amazing job narrating it! Though it's one of his earliest narrations, it's just so good !

Hot, hot, hot

So erotic. Tall, sexy, strong, and protective Lucas. Bad boy image, but genuinely a good guy going through a hard time emotionally. I listened to the first book and knew he cared about her, but wondered why he acted so detached at times, aside from not ever truly dealing with the horrific stuff from his childhood. In this book, about his POV, I understood that he thought he was a "rebound" all along, so he was guarding himself from getting too hurt. Very sweet story of young love and had me aching for that "first kiss" again. Plus, what woman doesn’t savor a man who takes his time and understands what "good in bed" really means!!

Confused who is hotter - Lucas or the narrator!!

STORY (new adult romance) - I really loved this story. Book 1, "Easy," is Jacqueline's story. This second book is from Lucas' POV. They both cover pretty much the same territory but, since this is told from Lucas' male perspective, it didn't seem repetitive. Lucas has the sexual preoccupation you might expect of a college student, but he's also very sensitive and romantic. First he's obsessed with meeting Jacqueline and then he just wants to love, protect and cherish her. And did I mention he's HOT? (swoon!)

For those who have not heard "Easy," Landon Lucas Maxfield (main character) is emotionally complicated. His happy childhood was interrupted by a horrific event when he was 13, after which time he began going by his middle name and became a partying "bad boy." This book alternates between two timelines - one about Landon, beginning immediately after that event and continuing till high school graduation. The other timeline is told by Lucas, beginning sometime during his senior year in college when he meets Jacqueline. And, yes, by the end of this book you will have answers to all the questions about Lucas that were left unanswered in "Easy."

PERFORMANCE - One of my new favorite narrators. His voice is sexy, sensitive and emotional. He does a great job with the voice of younger Landon, an old man and Landon's country-boy best friend. And when he does the emotional flashback Lucas has of the horrible event, wow! Just wow.

OVERALL - This book contains quite a bit of cursing, especially F-bombs. There's several kissy-feely scenes and some fairly explicit sex scenes as well. There's some fighting between students and also rape. It's Book 2 in the series and can stand alone, but I'd highly recommend you start with Book 1 and hear Jacqueline's story first. Recommended for females of any age who are old enough to deal with the subject matter and have an affinity for bad boys.

What a terrific Listen.

I LOVED THIS BOOK!! It's the first Tammara Webber I've ever read (and I didn't read this, I listened to it). There are some issues with the book that other more expert bloggers have mentioned but as y'all all know, I am a visceral reviewer and I go with my heart/gut. And, I could NOT stop listening to it and riding Lucas Maxfield's emotional roller coaster. As for the issues stated by some bloggers about decisions made by the main characters, I don't think that's so much a writing issue as it is trying to get inside the mind of a college aged kid. And college seniors are still kids; still not totally relationship savvy, mature or able to see life through years of experience that most of us have. I can remember making some of the stupidest decisions of my life when I was in college (and beyond, actually) so I don't fault the book for being realistic in that sense.

This book is a parallel book to Easy, the story of Jaquelyn and Lucas...how they met, how they became who they were at the end of Easy. Easy is Jacquelyn's book...Breakable is Lucas' emotionally wrenching story. And a turbulent, sad, beautiful story it is. An aside focus is awareness of assaults on women on campuses, the shame and guilt that is a aprt of that and the need to be trained in how to deal with an attacker.

To top it all off, it's read by one of my favorite narrators (who just happens to be Tammara Webber's son) Zachary Webber. He did such an amazing job as Lucas in this book...bringing to life all sides of Lucas..his pain, his rage, his guilt, his heart, his love, his struggles and his redemption.

If you want to be entertained by a really good writer, really good narrator and a very strong story, this should be on your list, for sure.