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Invincible Summer by Hannah Moskowitz Publication Date: April 19th, 2011 Published By: Simon Pulse Paperback, 336 Pages Source: Simon&Schuster Galley Grab for Honest Review Summary: "Noah’s happier than I’ve seen him in months. So I’d be an awful brother to get in the way of that. It’s not like I have some relationship with Melinda. It was just a kiss. Am I going to ruin Noah’s happiness because of a kiss? Across four sun-kissed, drama-drenched summers at his family’s beach house, Chase is falling in love, falling in lust, and trying to keep his life from falling apart. But some girls are addictive.... Not your typical beach read" Review: **** 1/2 = 4.5 Stars I read Hannah's first book, Break, last year, and I loved it. I am very glad that Invincible Summer was great as well, and has lived up to its hype, IMHO. Hannah writes with a certain roughness. I don't mean the writing itself, but the characters and relationships. Break was very gritty and powerful ...

(Purcahsed by me)    I recently joined a book discussion forum to read some books and discuss them with other bloggers. The creator of this forum , the wonderful Kari from A Good Addiction , picked out the first book a couple of weeks ago and it was none other than Break by Hannah Moskowitz. Here is a little bit about Break. I yanked this summary from Goodreads: "Jonah is on a mission to break every bone in his body. Everyone knows that broken bones grow back stronger than they were before. And Jonah wants to be stronger—needs to be stronger—because everything around him is falling apart. Breaking, and then healing, is Jonah's only way to cope with the stresses of home, girls, and the world on his shoulders. This is the story of his self-destructive spiral, his rock-bottom moment, and how he finally learns to accept help and find true strength through recovery." I tend to fail at trying to explore other realms of writing. I generally stick to YA Paranormal/Fantasy. ...