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| | | Music | Home » » » Breathe My Name | | | | | | | Description: | | I need to see you. Please come right away. We have to finish. Frances Robinson is in high school now. She lives a quiet, suburban life, far from her horrifying past. When she was a child, her birthmother smothered her three sisters. Through pure luck, Frances survived. Now her mother has just been released from prison . . . and she wants to see Frances. A new boy at school called Nix charms Frances. Together, Nix and Frances embark on a clandestine journey to visit Frances’ mother: to confront the monster in its lair. This trip will help Frances at last find peace—or die trying. But no matter what, Frances will discover just what it means to finish. | | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| R.A. Nelson | | Hardcover:
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| November 08, 2007 | | Language:
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 A Good story line but.....Jul 21, 2010
When I first read the descriptions of this book I was encouraged to read it & even though it has a pretty good plot line about a woman who murdered her kids and is trying her best to murder the last one remaining I found this book to be quite confusing! When she's having all of those flashbacks about her childhood memories I just find it to be useless since they don't really add anything to the story, I think overall its a good book and so is the love story in it but the plot is lacking something.
 understanding AmazonFeb 11, 2010
In looking at the reviews for this book the way Amazon listed them, I might not have read it. Most of the reviews were good but, the ones up front were not. They weren't even the most recent reviews. I think Amazon should print the newest reviews first and let the chips fall where they may, not try to influence the reader by deciding which ones will appear at the beginning.
Awesome YA!Nov 14, 2009
This was a compelling young adult novel. I was attracted to this book because of the title and when I read the cover blurb I was intrigued. We first meet a girl called Shine and her sisters Tan and Ninny. They live in a place called Fireless with their mother, the queen. While on the surface this seems like a sweet recollection of a childhood memory there is an unsettling feeling to it when she recalls that her mother is good at scaring things. The focus shifts forward eleven years to the same girl only now her name is Frances and she isn't quite sure why she is scared. The author does a wonderful job of evoking the sensation of fear. As the story unfolds we find out that Frances is adopted and her parents are very protective. She is eighteen but is only a junior in high school. She feels out of place and has only one close friend, Ann Mirette. Then she meets Nix, a new student at her school and a senior. As Nix and Frances grow closer she knows she must tell him about her past before someone else does. Interspersed with the here and now are the memories of her time in Fireless. The tension builds as you see the mother lose her grip on reality even though you know what eventually happens. The story really starts to move when Frances is approached by a lawyer with a letter from her mother. The journey that follows takes us through the past on her way to confront her mother for the first time.
I was truly impressed with this book. You immediately connect with Frances. My heart soared when Nix asked her out. I don't want to give too much away but the ending completely surprised me. I don't often get caught unaware but it came out of nowhere. The prose is simplistic but powerful. It was so easy to step into the story and get lost. I read this book while my daughter was hospitalized and it kept my attention and gave me an escape when I needed it most. I will be looking forward to more from this author. I haven't been so caught up in a new author's work like this since I read The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen. If you like Ms. Dessen, I urge you to go out and get Breathe My Name.
Originally reviewed at Night Owl Romance
lovely!Sep 09, 2009
When the book got here it was more than I ecpected. It was in VERY good condition.
From Reading Keeps You SaneJan 18, 2009
Title: Breathe My Name
Author: R.A. Nelson
Publisher: Penguin
Reading Level: Young Adult
Publication Date: November 2007
Pages: 314
Rating: A
Plot - 17/20
Characters - 20/20
Writing - 18/20
Originality - 18/20
Entertainment - 10/10
Recommendation - 10/10
Total: 93/100
Summary: Life should be sweet for Frances Robinson. She has a quirky best friend, lives in a McMansion with a loving, adopted family, and has just met a dreamy new guy from Louisiana, Nix, as charming and exotic as evening on the bayou.
So why is she terrified of ambulances screaming by in the night? And what makes her so uneasy about the coming of spring?
Frances has a secret-the most terrifying secret in the world. A secret that has haunted her for eleven years: her birth mother, Afton Jelks.
Afton is the mother who laughed, sang, and made up stories for Frances and her three sisters when they lived in Fireless, a place of mystery and imagination. A place where Afton led them deeper and deeper into darkness, until one horrific morning in April when Fireless overtook the real world, and Afton committed an unspeakable act.
Now Afton is back, and Frances' secret horror threatens to rip her happy world apart all over again. She sees one chance to regain her life: confront the monster in its lair and find peace-or die trying. She and Nix embark on a desperate clandestine journey that will become the most dangerous quest of her life when she discovers just what it means to finish.
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This book caught me in the instant I realized how different this novel was going to be from what I expected. Which was early on. The first chapter was so raw with emotion, but the type and the feeling you first get from it will surprise you. This novel was really mind-blowing. I kind of part the novel into two sections. The part where she meets Nix, and the part where she goes on the road trip to see her mother.
But . . . first I have to say how much I loved Nix as a character. Just his name sounds cool. It's not his looks or whatever that I love about him, it's his personality and hospitality he has. He's crazy funny, and having this book set in the way south in Alabama and Nix being from Louisiana just makes it even more interesting. You'll see why when you read this novel.
The characters are definitely the most real part of the book and the most part R.A. Nelson succeeds in. Frances is the type of girl who is quiet and she's just doesn't really feel safe and complete in her new household. Even if she doesn't admit it. Her relationship with Nix is so fresh and interesting, unlike the novels out there with the happy-go-lucky and love-at-first site love, this is real and raw. The characters were very three-dimensional and honest.
R.A. Nelson is a genius writer. He's just incredible with words and he really shine's through with the writing in this book. The ending was so unpredictable ***SEMI-SPOILER*** And it really, really surprised me, I'm only labeling this as a semi-spoiler because if you haven't read this book I really want you to be surprised about what happens instead of expecting it. ***END-OF-SPOILER***So the ending is great and very good and unique.
This novel is a five-star one. Very, highlyhighlyhighly recommended. Nelson's other novel, Teach Me, is one I've heard of, but never really looked into but now that I've read this, I looked at it and it looks extremely good, like this novel, so I'll probably look for that one soon. Just, you know, look out for this author, he's one to look out for, trust me.
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