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Pieces (The Breakaway #2) 
by Michelle Davidson Argyle

Release Date: February 14, 2013
Publisher: Rhemalda Publishing
Pages: 304
Genre: Mature YA/New Adult Contemporary
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Two years after watching her kidnappers go to prison, Naomi Jensen is still in love with one of them. Jesse will be released in a few years, and Naomi knows college is the perfect distraction while she waits. But when her new friend Finn makes her question what is right and what is wrong, she begins to wonder if Jesse is the one for her … until she discovers he's out on parole. Naomi must sort through her confusion to figure out where love and freedom truly lie—in Finn, who has no connections to her past, or Jesse, who has just asked her to run away with him. Pieces is a companion to The Breakaway and can be read independently, if desired.

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The Breakaway was about Naomi being kidnapped and what she went through. Pieces is the aftermath and about how Naomi is trying to move on. I really enjoyed both books but they do read very differently and can be easily be read separately. I was so excited there would be a sequel because so many kidnapping books never show the after effects. Especially since Naomi fell in love with her kidnapper and is awaiting his release from jail. Can love endure through such a horrible way of meeting or should Naomi move on?

Naomi is away at college and has few friends. She is constantly seen as the girl that was kidnapped. When Finn, who works at her favorite coffee shop, asks her out she decides to finally go for it. Desperate for some fun she agrees to go as friends. I loved Finn right away. He was so incredibly sweet and understanding of her situation. He listened and never judged or made her feel bad for the fact that she is in love with her kidnapper. I desperately wanted Naomi to move on and have a happy, healthy relationship with Finn.

But...I fell back into Stockholm syndrome again! As soon as Jesse is released I end up falling for him all over again. He seems to really care about Naomi and I want to believe that they could have a future together. I want them to have a second chance at happiness. I felt like Jesse did such a good thing turning himself in and facing the consequences so that he could be with Naomi the right way. Naomi gives everything up to give him a second chance and I am soon thinking that maybe that isn't such a good idea. A criminal usually can't fully change their ways. I wanted him to change. I kept believing he changed even though there were clues I should have see. Jesse is a charmer at times.

Naomi has a hard time standing up for herself. The kidnappers victimized her because they thought she was complaisant and she is having a hard time breaking away from that. She has to be strong and fight for real change in her life. Not just with Jesse but with her family as well. They tell her what to do and she needs to finally figure out what she wants in life. Does she want to continue with college? Is Jesse really the best thing for her or should she move on. There is a lot of guilt from what they went through together and they feel like they need to be there for each other. That it makes everything they went through worth it. But maybe it doesn't. I honestly wasn't completely sure how it would end but I think Naomi ended up in a good place. An emotional journey about moving on and finding the strength to make changes. 



"I know, but you waited for me for over two years. You've given up everything to come here with me. I knew there was a good chance this would all work out."

"I'm still stuck in that bedroom with Eric, and I can't get out." Sinking to her knees, she buried her face in her hands. "I'll never get out."

"You're a better person than me, Naomi. You've always been better than me. I guess that's why I've never wanted to let you go."

Rating: 4/5

When Naomi Jensen is kidnapped, it takes her parents two days to realize she's missing. Escape isn't high on her list of priorities when all she has to return to is an abusive boyfriend and parents who never paid much attention to her. For the first time in her life she's part of a family-even if it is a family of criminals. But she's still a captive. In a desperate attempt to regain some control in her life, Naomi embarks on a dangerous plan to make one of her kidnappers think she's falling in love with him. The plan works too well, and when faced with the chance to escape, Naomi isn't sure she wants to take it.

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Michelle lives and writes in Utah, surrounded by the Rocky Mountains. She loves the seasons, but late summer and early fall are her favorites. She adores chocolate, sushi, and lots of ethnic food, and loves to read and write books in whatever time she can grab between her sword-wielding husband and energetic daughter. She believes a simple life is the best life.

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