Don’t Breathe a Word by Holly Cupala

Summary: Joy Delamere is suffocating.

From asthma, from her parents, and from her boyfriend, delectably dangerous Asher, who is smothering her from the inside out. Joy can take his words —tender words, cruel words— until the night they go too far.

Now, Joy will leave everything behind to find the one who has offered his help, a homeless boy called Creed. She will become someone else. She will learn to survive. She will breathe… if only she can get to Creed before it’s too late.

My Thoughts: What an excellent, excellent book. The characters are well-developed, and the plot is anything but predictable. Nothing really big was revealed too soon, but enough was shared to keep the reader satisfied. Bits and pieces, small bite-sized morsels are left throughout the book. As the story progresses, these pieces fill in the missing gaps, and by the end the picture is crystal clear.

What a fabulously written account of the more subtle side of abuse and life on the streets. Physical abuse is a hot topic, but the quieter, verbal, emotional, manipulative side of abuse is what drives Joy/Triste to seek out Creed and try to find a way out. The account of how it works, how she responds, and her resulting shame is very believable, and so saddening. Then to watch her trying to adjust to life on the streets … it’s really something. And the ending is completely satisfying, which seems to be somewhat of a rare commodity lately. When a book is so well-written, and the end so well put together, how can one not love it?

Will I read this again? You bet. Would I recommend it? Highly.

Source: Received through The {Teen} Book Scene for review. (Click the button below for more tour stops.)

Read It: Don’t Breathe a Word is scheduled for release on January 3, 2012. You can pre-order your own copy HERE. (This is a Book Depository link, and purchase through this link will result in my receiving a small commission at no cost to you. Your support is appreciated!)

Challenges: Counts for the 100 Books in a Year Reading Challenge.

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***About the GIVEAWAY***

Harper has been kind enough to give Holly enough copies of Don’t Breathe a Word to do one prize per day of the tour!

Here are the details:

• There will be one book given per day, drawn weekly. Everything entered by Saturday night will be put into a drawing on Sunday.
• The points DO accumulate, meaning entries put in for week one are still going to count for the drawings in weeks 2 and 3.

ENTRIES:

• There is one automatic entry (with no requirements other than filling out the form)
• For every post you comment on, you get one entry.
• You will have to link to the blog post you commented on.
• There is an extra entry if you tweet, facebook, do a blog post or include on your blog sidebar. It is one for each of these, but only 1 per type (meaning you can’t tweet every day and get points for it… it’s just one tweet)
• You need to fill out the form EACH time you do something to enter. If there is no link, the entry does not count (beyond the first initial entry, which has no link needed)

There will be a maximum of ONE international winner a week, assuming an international person gets drawn. In the case of an international winner, he or she will be getting a copy from The Book Depository.

Winners in the U.S. and Canada will received their copy directly from Holly – and it will be signed.

The final drawing will held Sunday, January 15, and will include all entries through midnight CST Sat, Jan 14.

To enter, fill out the form linked!

ENTER HERE!

FTC Disclosure: All items reviewed were either obtained by me for my own enjoyment or sent (from the author, publisher, publicist, via tour sites, etc.) in exchange for an honest review. I receive no monetary compensation for my posts. All opinions expressed are my own.

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