Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Review: Until We Break by Jamie Howard

Release date: November 10th 2015
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Purchase: Amazon

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I started out really enjoying Until We Break. It was funny in the beginning, and I understood Sloane's problem with Luke and why she treated him that way. She'd experienced betrayal from a cheating boyfriend months before, so of course it would piss her off to see the way Luke was with girls and how he'd sleep around a lot. As for Luke, his family situation was sad and I wanted to smack his mom every time she came onto the scene, but I felt like nothing justified his behavior. No matter how messed up society is, it should never be a good thing when guys sleep around that much and turn their nose up at the girl when she does it. So I didn't warm up to Luke that much because he was using sex as a way to distract himself from his family issues. I mean come on, couldn't he handle his problems another way? Jeez. His little brother was a sweet character though. It's too bad what happened to him. Really too bad, and I definitely sympathized with Luke during that time.

Like I said, the story was alright in the beginning, but then I just couldn't take how Sloane and Luke would hide their true feelings and constantly misunderstood each other. They would draw their own conclusion and create even more tension. It was actually quite silly, and even when Sloane was asked by her sister to be clear about how she felt for Luke, she should have been honest. Still, her sister had no business doing what she did, and I blame Luke as well. What the hell? How could he do such a thing after what happened with Sloane? That just didn't make any sense at all to me. And Sloane's reaction was certainly understandable, but it shouldn't have sent her down a path where she started behaving like Luke. 

It's terrible that she had to deal with that family secret too, and on top of that, she struggled to face her feelings for Luke, but the whole situation was frustrating for me and after that transition to years later, my interest wavered a bit. I'm glad things worked out in the end, but I was hoping for more from this book. It did have the potential, but it fell a little short for me. Still not a bad read if you're into back and forth and a lot of frustration. 

Jamie  HowardAbout the Author


  1. Lack of communication is one of the worst things about this genre. Sorry this wasn't as good in the end as it was in the beginning.

    1. Yeah, I've noticed that and try not to do it in my own books, but I guess it is somewhat reality.
      Thanks for coming by :)

  2. Hm. I'm not sure this is the book for me Shane! I struggle with the YA Contemporary Romance genre for just this reason - so often there's a lack of communication and unnecessary drama results. It also sounds like there might be cheating involved? That's always a deal breaker for me. Too bad on this one since it started out strong, but thanks so much for your thoughts!

    1. This is more of a new adult contemporary, but yeah the unnecessary drama made me struggle. Others may enjoy this story more since it was a bit entertaining in some parts.



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