About the Book: For fans of the dark family secrets of We Were Liars and the page-turning suspense of The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer, The Breathless is a haunting tale of deeply buried secrets, forbidden love, and how far some will go to bring back what’s long dead.
No one knows what really happened on the beach where Roxanne Cole’s body was found, but her boyfriend, Cage, took off that night and hasn’t been seen since. Until now. One year—almost to the day—from Ro’s death, when he knocks on the door of Blue Gate Manor and asks where she is.
Cage has no memory of the past twelve months. According to him, Ro was alive only the day before. Ro’s sister Mae wouldn’t believe him, except that something’s not right. Nothing’s been right in the house since Ro died.
My Thoughts: I really enjoyed this book. It was thrilling and suspenseful and right up my alley. I live in the south and I have always had a love for the old creepy plantations and deep south culture. Once I read that this book was set in Louisiana, my mind went straight for the voodoo-hoodoo thoughts. It also reminded me a lot about the movie The Skeleton Key with Kate Hudson and how she was caring for an old man in a wheelchair and he couldn't speak the same way as the grandfather in this novel. I really enjoyed the book for these aspects alone.
About the Author: Tara Goedjen has a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Alabama and grew up in the South. The Breathless is her debut novel. She lives and writes in Monterey, California. To find out more about Tara and her novel, follow @TaraGoedjen on Twitter.
I received this book from Blogging for Books for this review.
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