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Breathe

By: Abbi Glines
Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne, Shayna Thibodeaux
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In the shore town of Sea Breeze, Sadie discovers that fame is nothing in the face of passion. A steamy listen from best-selling author Abbi Glines.

Sadie White’s summer job is at the beach, but she won’t be working as a lifeguard. Since her mom is pregnant and refuses to work, Sadie will be taking over as a domestic servant for a wealthy family on a nearby island.

When the family arrives at their summer getaway, Sadie is surprised to learn that the owner of the house is Jax Stone, one of the hottest teen rockers in the world. If Sadie were normal - if she hadn’t spent her life raising her mother and taking care of the house - maybe she’d be excited about working for a rock star. But she’s not.

Even though Sadie isn’t impressed by Jax’s fame, he is drawn to her. Everything about Sadie fascinates Jax, but he fights his attraction: Relationships never work in his world, and as badly as he wants Sadie, he believes she deserves more. Yet as the summer stretches on, Jax’s passion leaves him breathless - and Sadie feels like the only source of oxygen.

Can their love overcome the disparity in their lifestyles? One breath at a time, they’re going to find out.....

©2013 Abby Glines (P)2013 Simon & Schuster

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Atrocious Female Voice/Actor

Where does Breathe rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Terrible female reader. Ruined the book but I already paid so my loss.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Breathe?

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How did the narrator detract from the book?

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First Audio book!

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

I have to say I prefer to read a book rather than listen to it only because the voices I imagine in my head aren't the ones in the audio book~ but that is no fault of anyones. I think Jax's voice wasn't manly enough. I liked Sadies voice just fine though.

What three words best describe Kirby Heyborne and Shayna Thibodeaux ’s voice?

Kirby Heyborne- young, smooth, green
Shayna Thibodeaux - young, innocent, friendly

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I love this series

I have been a fan of this series awhile now and i always come back to them. This one is shorter than all of them but i always try to remember it was the first one. It lacks some things but still a good one.

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Bummer

The whole experience was just a bummer. I wasn't invested in the relationship at all. I was very interested in her story. I wanted her with Marcus, so it's never really good when you're not happy with the male lead. I didn't understand how they were so enraptured in each other. The writing didn't convey that there was any reason for them to be interested in each other than their looks, which is fine but a great book it does not make. I had to listen to the male narrator at 1.1 speed which actually helped with the listen. Nothing could really help the female narrator, not terrible just blah.

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Arbitrary Problems. No real thickness to the plot

Alright... let me start by saying that I sm an Abbi Glines Junkie. no matter how many times I've seen the "innocent girl meets bad boy" plot I still keep coming back for more!

Abbi lost me with this one however, with such a 2 dimensional, unrealistic Jax Stone. a rockstar who is incapable of being normal enough to date a regular girl. Sadie, however, I felt her pain. She was missing out the normal things of growing up because she was taking care of a lazy mother.
In the end, paparazzi finds out about Sadie and Jax thinks he's doing what's best by leaving her. shocker.

Then there is an accident which almost kills Sadie and Jax is immediately by her side again- never to leave it.

Big but.... Unlike most of Abbi's stories that are filled with sexy time, this one didn't have much. Therefore, you got a deeper feel for their relationship and actually watched it blossom vs. it feeling like their relationship is fueled by sex. Which I personally think is what saved the story.

Again I'm a Glines junkie, so while I admit this was not her best work, I will be back for more.

As far as the narrators go, I loved Shaina. I liked her other narrations Harlow in the Rosemary Beach series and she does not disappoint. Kirby, however, I personally don't like as a male narrator. something about his voice makes me picture a scrawny looking punk. But I didn't hate it so much that it took away from the story.

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Had me on the edge of my Seat

It was so good I listened to the whole book in a day! Definitely worth the buy and time to listen to it.

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Sweet story...

What made the experience of listening to Breathe the most enjoyable?

Wonderful romantic story where love concurs all. Having a male and female narrator only enhances the story.

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Awful Technology

Audio keeps stopping. Almost impossible to read and listen at the same time. Do not recommend.

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Great Story with the young adult

Loved this story. Of course, I wouldn't want my high school kids to see what goes on between Sadie and Jax. Wouldn't want to encourage it. Cute story. I can only imagine how stressful it is being a teen heart throb. The author came up with the perfect type of girl that would be right for Jax. The narrators did a good job as well.

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Horrible horrible horrible

This book wasn’t for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?

If you enjoy child pornography, this might be for you. The main character is SEVENTEEN years old. This is borderline pornographic and no one seems to have an issue with the main character being under age and involved with a man who is over 21. Seriously? This was awful. And that isn't even taking into account the poor writing.

Would you ever listen to anything by Abbi Glines again?

I would never ever listen to anything by this author again. How did she manage to get more than one book published???

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