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Hold Me Like a Breath Once Upon a Crime Family Tiffany Schmidt Books

One of my goals for winter break was to read Hold Me Like a Breath, which is the first in the series that birthed my favorite book of the year (Break Me Like a Promise). They're standalones within the series so they can be read independently, though Break Me does take place after the events in Hold Me.

It was AMAZING. I devoured it yesterday in one sitting.

Hold Me is inspired by The Princess and the Pea, emphasis on how badass the princess is. The plot lines revolve around one of three crime families, who deal in the organ trading business. While it's not without the effects of being in the crime business, it is also not dark. At heart, there is romance.

Hold Me stars Penelope, who has a disease that causes her platelets to be eaten up by her body. This is what causes her bruising - which is where the light Princess and the Pea retelling comes in.

I'm fascinated by the crime families and how the daughters rise to power in the absence of their fathers and brothers.


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Hold Me Like a Breath Once Upon a Crime Family Tiffany Schmidt Books Reviews

This book was so good!! It keep me up all night, and this book is a great recommendation for young adults!!
Wow what a unique storyline. It was well told and at times I felt like I might have had bruises on me. Great suspense, but it dragged a tiny bit in the middle. At one point I was almost chanting out loud "call him". Buy a cash minutes cell and "call him". But maybe that is what made it great that made it better because the character didn't do the easy thing. A crystal has many facets and everyone is entitled to their own view.
It was very good and the medicinal and political aspects were accurate. It's not gory but you might need to be older to read it.
I’ve been anxious to read Hold Me Like a Breath ever since I heard the premise Princess and the Pea meets Organized Crime and Organ Trafficking. What the what? And it seemed very different from Tiffany Schmidt’s previous books, so I was anxious to see what she did with this concept.

In this not-so-distant future, a new government agency (like we need one) has made it more difficult than ever to qualify for an organ transplant. Mandatory checkpoints and tests delay the process so that even people who make the list often don’t get an organ in time. Some people are turned away altogether because they are deemed “not worthy,” such as one girl with Downs Syndrome featured in this book.

Thus, “crime families” arise who provide an illegal trade in organs. People in dire financial straits sell a kidney or a skin graft or something they can live without, and someone else pays to receive it. The Landlow Family is one of the best, but ironically, an organ transplant cannot cure their daughter Penelope, who suffers from a rare platelet disorder. She receives the best care her Family can provide, but bruising and bleeding are life-threatening events for her. Thus, she lives a very sheltered existence and rarely leaves her Family compound.

As I prepared my review of this book, I couldn’t help but notice negative reviews that say Penny is whiny and annoying. I wonder if these reviewers have ever met a teenage girl. I have two living in my house who complain bitterly if asked to clean the bathroom before going out with their friends. Penny, who has much more reason to complain, shows a lot of restraint for her age, and I did not find her periodic breakdowns unrealistic. Furthermore, Penny has a plan. (Unlike my daughters, who can’t agree on how to get the bathroom clean.) She has a whole folder full of data to support her desire to attend her senior year off the Family grounds and in a real school. When her parents won’t support this, Penny begins to act out, take risks, and defy her parents in small ways. Again, very typical.

When disaster strikes and Penny is thrown out into the world on her own, she is smart and resourceful at times – and at other times, she takes unnecessary risks, which again, I found realistic in a girl who finally has the whole world open to her. She spends a really long time waiting for a certain young man to come and save her. This bothered me at first, but then I saw it as a necessary step in Penny’s development as a character. When rescue doesn’t arrive, she learns to take care of herself. By the end of the book, it is Penny who will do the rescuing.

Other than Penny’s tendency to bruise at the slightest physical pressure – and the idea of competing crime families – I didn’t see the connection to the original fairy tale until late in the story. Then – at about 85% on my – there it was the storm, the girl approaching an enemy compound, needing to prove her identity. And I had such an AHA moment at that point. Why so late? Why didn’t this happen sooner?

Here’s why In the original Princess and the Pea, the story isn’t about the Princess. It’s about the King and Queen who take her in and what they’re going to do about her. We never find out why the Princess was wandering around alone in a storm, seeking refuge. We never know what put her in these straits.

Hold Me Like a Breath is the story of the Princess. Who she is, where she came from, what she’s seeking at that “castle.” By the time we reach this point in the story, Penny is not the same girl we started with. She’s become the heroine, not the victim. Which is the best kind of fairy tale of all.
I finally had a chance to read HOLD ME LIKE A BREATH, and I'm kicking myself for not carving out the time to do it sooner. Wow! Talk about a gripping tale! The fairy tale allusions made it that much better for me, but you don't have to "get" them to enjoy Penelope's journey from sheltered butterfly to steel-backboned young womanhood. Loved it! Can't wait for BREAK ME LIKE A PROMISE.
The topic of black market organ donation and the possibility of paying donors ( the only ones who aren’t getting paid) sounded like a great topic. Maybe 5 pages were about donation. The rest was a really lame totally dull tacky romance story with a couple bullets fired here and there. Don’t waste your time
I love it when I get a new offering from a beloved author, and it's just as great as I expected it to be. Everyone who reads YA should be reading Tiffany Schmidt.

Schmidt's first two novels are contemporarys, and there is a lot of the contemporary vibe in Hold Me Like a Breath. This is a story about a girl who has been ultimately sheltered, both because of her illness and because of the dangerous nature of the family business, who learns to stand on her own two feet. It's a story of a girl who learns that her closest relationships aren't what she thought. It's a story of a girl falling in love for the first time.

It's also the story of a girl whose family is violently ripped from her, and who has reason to believe that she has reason to fear for her life. It's about disguises, action and intrigue, secret meetings in public places, and being very careful about who can be trusted. It's a story of the most unlikely hero saving the day.

This book could have easily been riddled with content that might make some question whether it's appropriate for younger teens. It isn't, though- the story doesn't need graphic description or excessive foul language. I appreciate that Schmidt resists the temptation to go for the shock factor, and focuses on telling a great tale. I'm certainly looking forward to her next.
One of my goals for winter break was to read Hold Me Like a Breath, which is the first in the series that birthed my favorite book of the year (Break Me Like a Promise). They're standalones within the series so they can be read independently, though Break Me does take place after the events in Hold Me.

It was AMAZING. I devoured it yesterday in one sitting.

Hold Me is inspired by The Princess and the Pea, emphasis on how badass the princess is. The plot lines revolve around one of three crime families, who deal in the organ trading business. While it's not without the effects of being in the crime business, it is also not dark. At heart, there is romance.

Hold Me stars Penelope, who has a disease that causes her platelets to be eaten up by her body. This is what causes her bruising - which is where the light Princess and the Pea retelling comes in.

I'm fascinated by the crime families and how the daughters rise to power in the absence of their fathers and brothers.