Thursday, 14 May 2015

Review: Hold Me Like a Breath by Tiffany Schmidt

Publication Date: May 19th 2015
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Length: 400 pages











  1. Ah that's sad to hear. The blurb really got to me too because what other books are there in YA that have mafia/crime families (although I have read a few with gangs)? I was hoping it would be something along the line of The Sopranos or something.

    Were there any other characters besides Penelope and her love interests? Because they seem highly unimportant :(

    1. Sadly the book focuses completely on Penelope, which is a shame, because if the crime family element had been worked upon and expanded then that might have salvaged the book. The blurb looked fantastic, I was so excited because it's the first with crime families in that I've come across since the Curse Workers. Unfortunately I think the blurb was the best bit :(

  2. This is honestly the first time I've read the summary of this one. Oops? But I've heard this one has been super disappointing to a lot of people. (Of course, you've got to be REALLY EFFING INCREDIBLE to live up to The Curse Workers <3) Sorry to hear that you didn't like this one! It sounds like it has all the elements that I don't like, haha. Can't believe that the crime family was such a letdown :(

    1. GAH YES! The Curse Workers really did set the bar quite insanely high... The crime family was the biggest draw for me from that blurb, and it was just tossed aside. The one meeting that Penelope does sit in on, she daydreams, gets bored and doesn't focus on ANYTHING. It's like she just enjoys being passive and pretty to look at... Give me a good determined feisty girl any day!