Review: Breaking Waves by Danielle Sibarium

From the moment they met, Jenna knew Reece would break her heart, but she never dreamed it would happen like this. Jenna is left shattered and broken. When life becomes too painful to deal with and she feels completely alone, there’s only one person to help her pick up the pieces and move on. The one person she doesn’t want to turn to. The one person she promised to stay away from. Tyler. 

Can Jenna put aside everything she knows about him and let Tyler help heal her broken heart?

***this is spoiler free***

Plot:

Ok, so...going into this, I was SUPER excited. I'd been looking forward to reading more about this story since I finished Heart Waves. And guess what? I wasn't disappointed. The plot just got a whole lot better. At the beginning of Heart Waves, I had thought this would be a pretty normal story line, just about love. But no, at the end of Heart Waves, it all changed.

So all in all, this plot pretty much rocked. All the suspense, romance, um, EVERYTHING. Rocked.

Characters:

I've always liked Jenna. She's like a normal human being, with feelings. Not all tough. But in this book a little, had some mixed feelings on her character, but I still think she's an awesome character.

Reece didn't have a big part in this story, but when he was in it, he made me cry. He made Jenna cry. I think he made everyone cry. And since he had to go away, I didn't get to see much of him.

Tyler was a pretty new character, since we didn't see a lot of him in Heart Waves, and I can't say I liked him. Just like Jenna, I was confused and a little bit scared of his mood swings. But I think all he needs is some love.

I always get upset when parents, and best friends kind of gang up on the main character, and it happened again in Breaking Waves. I kept wanting to protect Jenna from Grace, and her parents. I just don't get characters like that! But it went really great with the plot.

Writing:

The writing it just down to the point. I love it. I couldn't get any better. No fancy words, or trying to describe one room in like five paragraphs. Danielle does an amazing job with telling her story without all the fancy things that some authors use in their writing.

Romance:

The romance was sketchy throughout this book, but I wasn't flipping through the pages waiting for the romance to happen. And since Reece had gone away for this book, Tyler was the step in for the romance, which really complicated things for Jenna and her heart. I can't really say how much I liked the romance between Tyler and Jenna...let's just say...Reece is still my favorite.

Wrap up:

I cried through most of this. And since I don't cry often, and most of the time, some actual tears almost fell from my eyes. This book completely rocks. By page like....1o, Danielle had me almost crying. Which I think really is a sign of a great author. And even though it was short, I still thought it was amazing.

Rating:

5 stars!

-M.