Before You Break by Christina Lee

1/5 stars

Main character Ella lost her brother in high school and that has inspired her to pursue a career in psychology, and in college she works on a suicide prevention hotline. Daniel Quinn is depressed and emotional over what happened to his best friend, and calls the hotline. Neither Ella nor Quinn know it's someone they know on the other line, but they're falling hard for each other outside of the hotline.

I just really didn't like this book very much. The story could be interesting and it could have gone very well, but Lee didn't put much into it. I felt like the story went way to quickly and nothing really developed. Basically, it was insta-love. Quinn is immediately has the hots for Ella and it's same for her. There was no building in the relationship. And it was as if Joel, Ella's boyfriend, was just there for kicks; he could have been taken completely out of the story and it would have been exactly the same. 

The language used was also ridiculous. Ella's girlfriends would call her "bitch" as a nickname. No one does that! Along with terms used such as "bud[s]" and "very stiff". 

I also felt as though Quinn's emotions were just too extreme. Everything he did and felt were extreme, from happiness to sadness to depression or anger. He was too much the "good guy". But what I really disagreed with was the whole "bring out my inner caveman" and a sense of ownership over Ella. That isn't very good guy in my book. 

This book held some potential and could have been a great story, but in my opinion, Lee didn't put enough into it and ruined this story of Ella and Quinn. I couldn't follow the plot because it was all over the place and each rising action rose quickly and dropped like a roller coaster going down. The story was immediately entered and there was little to no exposition. 

I don't recommend this book to anyone unless you like cheesy stories. They by all means, go read it! 

Just wasn't my type of book!