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Love this!!!!

Revisado: 02-11-16

Man, I love these books! Portia Moore is able to tell such a compelling story in the If I Break series and I love how she weaves the story of Lauren and Cal’s past and intertwines it with their present throughout the book.

This was my second time with If I Break, this time listening and I’ve got to say I think I enjoyed it more this time. I think it was because I knew what was coming so I could grab onto the small details and think “oh, that makes sense now”. The story is SO creative; seriously the plot twist is great and not at all what I was expecting.

I’m popping my rating from a 4 star up to a 5 for the overall story. The reason I originally gave it a 4 was because I felt like Lauren’s character should be a bit stronger in regards to her sexual attraction to Cal. I didn’t like that she could be so infuriated with and hurt by him and then the moment he started touching her she gave into him. I understand lust, but letting it repeatedly overpower your rational thoughts bothered me.

Revisiting this book I was still a bit annoyed with that aspect but I also paid more attention to the many other things that were happening. In particular how much I loved the way Moore wrote Lauren. She was such a strong character in every aspect of her life besides her body’s interactions with Cal. Even her reaction to the huge plot twist shows not only her fierce love for Cal but also her strength of character and overall fairness.

The audio book was really great. The narrator did a wonderful job with both Lauren and Cal’s voices. Some of the female and male secondary characters sounded a little similar to each other and when they were talking during the same scenes it would get a little confusing, but nothing that was overly distracting or took away from the story.

I HIGHLY recommend this entire series!!! It’s such a unique story! So many romance stories out there are just variations of the same plot, but I can honestly say this is different than anything else I’ve ever read. Try this series out, you won’t be disappointed!!

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4+ stars

Revisado: 02-05-16

I really enjoyed listening to this! I've read all of the books in this series already and just loved them as a whole, a big 5++ stars collectively. There are some stories that just stick with you and this was one of them for me.

Before I Break was actually my least favorite of the series back when I first read them, originally only getting 3 stars. The first time through I hadn't liked the way Chris sounded in my head, he seemed whiny and weak. Granted I'm a huge team Cal fan & their personalities are vastly different so obviously I was going to not like Chris as much, but listening to it read really helped give more depth to his emotions.

That was actually one of the main reasons that I jumped at the chance to listen to this when the chance arose. I've never listened to an audio book before, but was hoping that listening to it could change my perspective, and it did. I had hated that I didn't enjoy this book as much as the rest of the series, and having listened to it, now I do.

It was great to hear Zachary Webber narrating this, his voice was very easy to listen to, in fact I listened to it all in one sitting. He did a wonderful job portraying Chris' confusion and frustration throughout the entire book. I especially liked the scene where first meets Lauren and his mind and body struggle against each other over what to do. : )

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