by: Kate McGarry
Rating: 3.5 stars
Published on: January 22nd 2019
Jesse Lachlin is cursed.
So the town folklore says, but while Jesse’s had his fair share of tragedy, the only curse he believes is in his grandmother’s will: in order to inherit his family farm he must win the approval of his childhood best friend, the girl he froze out his freshman year, Scarlett Copeland.
Scarlett Copeland is psychic.
Glory Gardner tells Scarlett she has hidden psychic abilities, but Scarlett thinks Glory is delusional. What is real is Scarlett’s father’s irrational fears, controlling attitude, and the dark secrets at home. Scarlett may have a way to escape, but there’s a hitch: she’ll have to rely on the one person she used to trust, the same boy who broke her heart, Jesse Lachlin.
Each midnight meeting pushes Jesse and Scarlett to confront their secrets and their feelings for each other. But as love blooms, the curse rears its ugly head…
My Review:
**A huge thanks to Netgalley and Tor Teen for an advanced copy of this book! All thoughts and opinions are my own**
This book is very cute. As a recent fan of Kate Mcgarry’s work (Say You’ll Remember Me being a recent fav that I highly recommend!! *swooning*) I have to say this book very much lived up to all my cutesie YA romance expectations.
Scarlett and Jessie are both characters that are damaged for two completely different reasons and yet you cannot help but route for them as the navigate the hardships life has put in their paths.
“Pain is what makes you grow, it’s what makes you mature, it’s what helps lead you to the path you are meant to be on. If everything is good all the time, there would never be change.”
Jessie is a complete southern cutie and is hopelessly a bad boy who gives off the mess with me and your heart will for sure get broken vibes and with that combo I couldn’t help but fall head over heals for him!! Also the snug t-shirt with long rise jeans look... ya you could say I was feeling this Jessie character... Also the way he truly cared for Scarlett and her best interests and didn’t try and make decisions for her or get overly involved in her issues showed that he really valued her choices and her voice. That was something I feel is not show enough in male YA characters and I really respected Jessie for giving Scarlett that much needed space.
“Do you want me to walk you home?” he asks.
“Do you want me to go home?”
“Scarlett, there are two times that I can breathe in deeply without wincing in pain, and being with you is one of them. If I could, I’d keep you here forever.”
“Do you want me to go home?”
“Scarlett, there are two times that I can breathe in deeply without wincing in pain, and being with you is one of them. If I could, I’d keep you here forever.”
Scarlett was also a doll and you could help but ache for and love at the same time!! She was often forced to shove her emotions down and to keep a picture perfect appearance in order to hide the hardships and issues she was facing at home-- it was because of this that her nickname “ice princess” was born. But really Scarlett was so much more than who she appeared to be and I couldn’t help but be furious with those who were the reason for her holding back especially because she was really sweet and strong and I loved her temper because I was like yes girl same let your temper flare as well as your sass because that is me!!
“It’s as if the sun has melted off her outer shell and has revealed the girl I once knew, and a woman I want to get to know.”
Scarlett and Jessie were the friends to love type of relationship that I don't often find myself swooning over but you couldn't help but feel like these two were destined to have something going on here! They both needed to just get over themselves because once those two started confiding in one another they could actually realize there was someone out there who could understand them as well as give each other the peace they both are desperately searching for.
“Are you in love with her?”…
“I think I was born in love with her.”
“I think I was born in love with her.”
Overall I really enjoyed the relationship between the two the journey of them starting off as childhood friends, then breaking apart due to Jessie shutting her out, to then reconnecting after all the time of seeing one another from afar... it was all very angsty and I loved it!! With the push from a psychic named Glory and a complicated deal in which Jessie is lead to believe the key to keeping his land is Scarlett the two are forced to cross paths once again and ahhh just loved it!!
The only reason this isn’t a 5 star read is because I feel like there was a bit of repetition with the conversations and discussions in this book. Like the amount of times the words “my land” or “this land is a part of me” were uttered was a tad ridiculous like if this book was made into a drinking game we’d all be a little tipsy by the time the end of this book came to a close. Also the fact that every time Glory opened her mouth it would be like a complete monologue from a play and I was like damn I think we get it shorter sentences please!
However overall Only a Breath Apart was a very sweet extremely emotional (I mean dang this book made you feel ALL the emotions!!) book that I highly recommend to readers looking for a book that tugs on the heart strings and also makes you route for two broken people to find peace in each other!
So what do you guys think? Adding this one to your TBR? Already read it? LMK in the comments below!
-BubblyBooks
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