From NYT bestselling author Carrie Ann Ryan, comes a brand new series where second chances don’t come often, and overcoming an unexpected loss means breaking everything you knew.Violet Knight fell for Cameron at the wrong time. And when he left, she thought her life was over. But then, after the worst happened, she truly understood what that phrase meant. Now, he’s not ready for a second chance, … second chance, and she’s not offering one. Though given that their families have been forced together after losing one of their own, she knows there’s no turning back. Not this time. Not again. Not when it comes to Cameron.
Cameron Connolly never wanted to hurt Violet, but there were reasons he had to leave all those years ago—not that she’d believe him if he told her what they were. He not only left her, he also left his foster brothers. Honestly, Cam didn’t want to come back to Denver to help run his father’s failing brewery. But when it comes to his brothers, he knows he’ll find a way to make it work. Perhaps he’ll even earn Violet’s forgiveness and face the connection they both thought long forgotten in the process. Because he wanted her then, but now he knows he needs her. He just hope she needs me.
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Wow! This night be one of my favorite Carrie Ann books! This is an emotional gut punch, but it’s done so beautifully. This captured my heart from the beginning. This is a story of loss, friendships, family, a second chance at your first love and navigating the muddy water that is life. Violet and Cameron are like two meteors on a collision course, one that is just meant to be and you can’t help but get sucked into their orbit. I absolutely loved this and I can’t wait for the rest of the series!!!
Great start to a new series. The first chapter breaks your heart and then it starts to heal slowly throughout the book. Violet sees her old love at the funeral of her best friend. Cameron helps Violet when she is trying to understand why Allison would kill herself. The characters is this book are so good. The Connolly brothers are at odds because Cameron chose to help his unknown to him younger half brother, Dillon. Dillon is a kick. I love his personality. I hope we see more of him in this series. Slowly the brothers work their way back to each other, where at the same time, Cameron is trying to get back to Violet. A wonderful love story among all the other drama and life that is going on.
Cameron and Violet’s second chance is a romance but it also touches on heavier topics. This book is thought provoking. The issue of suicide is not an easy topic but this book covers the story of Violet loosing a close friend and wondering why, all while falling back in love with her first love, and does it with sensitivity. The characters are all relatable and it is always fun when characters from other series put in a cameo. I love the Montgomery’s obsession with cheese. This is a great start to a new series and I look forward to more of the Connolly brothers.
This book drags us kicking and screaming through all of the “feels”.
In Breaking Without You we follow Violet’s journey through grief, trust issues, and self doubt. Her best friend just died, but she’d already had a rough couple of years. AND the guy who shattered her heart years ago is back in town. The first of this tale is so sad, but manages to keep from being depressing. Carrie’s storytelling takes us through all of Violet and Cameron’s thoughts as well as the physical aspects so I felt like I was in their shoes. Luckily these characters have deep seated family ties (if not blood family, the family you choose) that strengthen their resolve to best their circumstances. In the end I love that Hope wins out, that and sometimes we absolutely cannot stand on our own. Sometimes we have to have help to be our best selves. This thought provoking tale is well worth the read, but you might want to have some tissues handy.
WOW…what a love story, life lessons, paths taken, emotions so real that I cried with them, laughed with them and fell headlong in love with all of them. Another heartfelt, emotional story!!! Loved it!!
Another excellent book by Carrie Ann Ryan. This new series is very emotional and has you on the edge of your seat wondering if everyone can get through the grief of losing a friend to suicide.
This book had me feeling so many emotions! Violet and Cameron’s story isn’t a true second chance romance in my mind, they were interrupted in their relationship. Life got in the way, and they were separated. Their lives took different paths, but it led them back together. While they deal with their multitude of feelings from what is happening that brought them back together, they find each other. There is pain and betrayal in what they feel for each other, but they decide to go with what they have. Their feelings are still there, and they feel good. They both need to feel good, so they take that chance.
Cameron was such a great character, and I felt for him. He did the right thing, he really did, with everything but Violet back then. And he is doing all he can to do the right things now with her. He has such a strength to him, but still has a deep vulnerability. I wanted to hug him, and kick his brothers, not Dillon though. By the end of the book, less kicking was needed, and everyone seems to have needed hugs
Violet’s feelings were so raw, so real, and they enveloped you through the whole book. Have your tissues ready. This story, the whole series, deals with some deep emotions, true and stark, and it starts at the beginning. Violet lets us into her world, and we get to see her thoughts and feelings. Far from fragile, she needs the love and support from her family, and her friends, and Cameron. Cameron is a part of her, and he comes along when she needs all her parts to hold it together
This book, and this series, will touch a deep part of you. Not because finding and falling and love should always make you feel. But because life isn’t always easy, and finding and falling in love can happen even when things are hard, and you are hurt. Be prepared, and then be in wonder, as love happens, in any circumstance