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  • Reason to Breathe

  • Breathing, Book 1
  • By: Rebecca Donovan
  • Narrated by: Kate Rudd
  • Length: 14 hrs and 20 mins
  • 4.2 out of 5 stars (2,768 ratings)

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Reason to Breathe

By: Rebecca Donovan
Narrated by: Kate Rudd
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Publisher's summary

Reason to Breathe is the first book in the million-copy bestselling Breathing Series.

“No one tried to get involved with me, and I kept to myself. This was the place where everything was supposed to be safe and easy. How could Evan Mathews unravel my constant universe in just one day?”

In the affluent town of Weslyn, Connecticut, where most people worry about what to be seen in and who to be seen with, Emma Thomas would rather not be seen at all. She’s more concerned with feigning perfection - pulling down her sleeves to conceal the bruises, not wanting anyone to know how far from perfect her life truly is. Without expecting it, she finds love. It challenges her to recognize her own worth - at the risk of revealing the terrible secret she’s desperate to hide.

Reason to Breathe is one girl’s story of life-changing love, unspeakable cruelty, and her precarious grasp of hope.

©2013 Rebecca Donovan (P)2013 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

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Wow

That is not what I expected to happen in this book. Can’t wait to read the next one.

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Couldn't put it down

This trilogy ate up a week of my life. Again I accidentally was sucked into a young adult genre and couldn't put it down. Yet I read them just to get to the end and resolve all the miserableness that was generated in the first two books.

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cliffhanger

Definitely ends on cliffhanger...just a warning if you don't want to read a whole series.

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Love it !!

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

This is the first audio book I downloaded. I have listened to audio CD in car on long trips. I love it !!!

What was one of the most memorable moments of Reason to Breathe?

The whole story .

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

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Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

I have a hard time stopping from listening..

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❤️❤️❤️

I absolutely love this series!!! I have already bought and read the books. Now I have listened to all the audio books. I wish they would make a movie.

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Captivating and heart wrenching

This book captivated me from start to finish. I felt devastation, anger and joy. I have to read the next books and find out what happened.
Great read!

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ugh

Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

not in love with book, story or performance. if i hadn't read all the way to the end, i would consider returning it.

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Dropping off the cliff ending..made me angry.

The drop of the cliff ending made me angry. Enjoyed the book, terrible ending. Disappointed.

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sad, very sad!

the story is tragic and hopeful, right up to the ending! I hated the ending!! Even if it made the most sense to the author and was the most likely ending for realities sake, I still hated the ending!!

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WOW !!! Emotionally charged !

Would you listen to Reason to Breathe again? Why?

Yes missing small nuisance .

What about Kate Rudd’s performance did you like?

Just the way she could get int the characters!

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

Emma's realizing that she will be abused as long as she stays with her aunt and uncle and the niece and nephew will see.

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