This book was very sweet in its ending, but there were some parts that I did not like. The book repeats "fucking March" over and over, where as I understand the reference for the book, but it got pretty annoying. I also didn't like how the book skipped from Ryan and Poppy to Linus and Charlie because it made the book hard to follow along to. And I didn't like the sex scenes...because there were none! It was an alright book, but I'm not likely to read it again. It's difficult to assign a starred rating to Take My Breath Away because it bears very little substantive resemblance to C.R.'s earlier writing. Second, the characterizations, storylines, dueling narrative formats, and outdated attitudes about women's sexual virtue seem inconsistent with C.R.'s writing in ways beyond an author's style and substance evolution or experimentation. That said... Poppy comes across as a ditz--not stupid, just unprepared and lackadaisical. She rents a cabin to a man she doesn't know without asking to see any identification. Did a construction engineer inspect the cabins? She doesn't seem to have any kind of insurance or a business plan. Her blanket statements about being a mom, but not a woman; rich people versus locals; being generally unaware and disconnected don't ring true with her age as a twenty-something. The harping on her sexual innocence echoes attitudes from monthly romances from decades ago. When characters, especially female ones, think of or refer to themselves as stupid or other negative adjectives about their intelligence, it's a turnoff for me, but when Poppy calls herself a knucklehead she's telling the truth. Ryan's backstory is poignant and supports some of his craziness, but his failure to pursue grief counseling makes absolutely no sense. He's wealthy. His family loves him. Between health insurance and an intervention, accessing a good therapist is a no-brainer.
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Another great start to a new series by Christie Craig..
—KatieT
