Review: Breaking Elle – Antoinette Candela

How is it that the one person who you have avoided is the same person who could give you true happiness?

When Elle Bennett meets Reed Austin she can’t deny the attraction. She discovers that certain people come into your life who make you question everything that you’ve ever believed about love and life. Will she risk everything for something exciting and dangerous or will she choose what is familiar and secure?

Reed Austin isn’t looking for love when he moves to Boston. The distance was supposed to help him escape the trouble he left behind. Once he meets, Elle, everything changes. Reed can’t figure out why he’s drawn to Elle, but one thing is certain – he needs her.

Passion. Betrayal. Solace. Confusion. Desperation.

Love and life are not simple and emotions and relationships are tested. Will attraction be enough or will their secrets and past keep them apart?

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Release Date: August 19, 2013
Publisher: Amazon Digital Services
Source: Provided by Author
Reviewer: Shannon
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Reviewer’s Thoughts

I LOVED this book.  It had a love triangle~ish feel to it and there were times where I had to wonder just who Elle was thinking about, but it was a fabulous story from a debut author that I will definitely be looking forward to reading more from.

Elle Bennett is a manager at a youth center, where both her best friend, Tyler, and her boyfriend, Cane work.  The minute she meet the new youth counselor, Reed Austin, she feels an immediate draw to him.  And I felt bad for her, because she may have been completely in love with Cane but she couldn’t deny the heat, chemistry, sexual tension, whatever you want to call it with Reed.  But when events outside her control conspire against her happiness with Cane, it’s Reed that steps up to prove to Elle that she can trust men and more importantly him.

Reed moved to Boston hoping to outrun the trouble he was in in Texas.  When he laid eyes on Elle, he knew that she was someone he had to get closer to, even despite what was coming after him.  He did all he could to prove to Elle that he could be trusted.  That he would be there for her, just like he tried to be for his mother and sister.

The emotions run high in this book, with all the characters, and I spent a lot of time trying to remember there were some characters I was mad at and others that I didn’t want Elle to be with.  For being a debut author, Antoinette Candela developed a story and characters to draw readers in and never let them go.

With the way this one ended, I’m on pins and needles to find out what is going to happen next between Elle, Reed, Tyler and Cane.