Break my heart and rip it apart type of love pain, but the kind you just seem to want more and more of! How do you start over when your whole life is ripped apart? How do you continue breathing when your pain crushes your lungs? How do you live when inside you are dead? When you want to be dead? Elizabeth and Tristan sought the answers to those questions, and they found them in each other's haunted eyes and scarred soul. At first, they used their bodies to feel whole again, to feel wanted and loved when in fact they didn't think they deserved it. They had to learn how to cope with their losses and their guilt, to remember the past while they faced the present and planned the future. They had to learn how to love again. What started as an unhealthy and twisted relationship turned into a tender, beautiful love story. While reading The Air He Breathes I experienced so many emotions at once, as if a storm was brewing in my chest, as if my chest would explode into a rain of colours, green for anger, black for grief, red for pain, yellow for joy, white for love.

This was a highly emotional, and very heavy story. Despite the fact that it dealt with some pretty difficult subject matter, I was completely hooked. The ending seemed a bit over the top, but not enough for me to not enjoy the book.

I love Tristan and Elizabeth's story, they both suffered so much heartbreak but did not let it break them. They were able to find their way out of the darkness while leaning on each other for support. This is a heartbreaking story to read but definitely worth the tears!

Thanks to NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review this title.