Breaking the Ice (Audible Audio Edition) Kim Baldwin Dog Ear Audio Books
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Nothing is easy about life above the Arctic Circle. Except, perhaps, falling in love.
Bryson Faulkner embraces the challenges that come with making a home in one of the most beautiful but unforgiving places on earth the isolation of the endless wilderness, the harsh and unpredictable climate, and the predators that lurk about her remote cabin. And even the most perilous dangers of all - those that await her when she takes to the skies as one of Alaska's most daring bush pilots. The only thing missing is a special woman to share it all with, but she's resigned herself to the fact that few people can thrive in such an extreme environment.
Everything Karla Edwards thought she knew gets called into question when a series of events turns her comfortable and well-ordered life on its ear. Her partner leaves her, her mother dies, and Karla learns she has a sister in Alaska she never knew. She takes a leave of absence from her job as an ER nurse in Atlanta and heads to the far north, seeking answers and adventure. She finds all that and more when she crosses paths with a sexy bush pilot who opens her eyes to new possibilities. But can she open her heart as well and learn to trust again?
Breaking the Ice (Audible Audio Edition) Kim Baldwin Dog Ear Audio Books
There are a number of things I like about Breaking the Ice. First, the setting is gorgeous and very well described. The premise-- woman realizes she has a half-sister in Alaska so goes up to get to know her and falls in love with her neighbor-- is fairly intriguing. And for the most part, both main characters are engaging. Really, the only exception there is that Karla is extremely impatient and rude when Bryson first meets her; this is remarked upon and rather quickly dismissed as the result of stress, but I think it was a bit excessive. Other than this one occasion, though, the characters are pretty solid and engaging. And I thoroughly adore the scene when Karla hurts her ankle going by herself to Bryson's house and Bryson has to go find her.However, for all it's good points, I found the latter part of the book to have a few distracting flaws. The one that bugs me most is that, after a strikingly negative first meeting, Bryson and Karla warm up to each other very quickly, too quickly in my opinion. This is probably partly because I think Karla is excessively rude when she first meets Bryson, even given her stress levels, but I thought they both went from "I'm not sure I can stand her" to "ok, I forgive her" to "ooh, I really like her" rather too fast. They also move too quickly in my opinion from admitting they like each other to trying to have sex; that transition comes within the space of a couple pages.
Another point is that I never quite understood what it is about Karla that makes Bryson fall in love with her, so I think that part could have used some more attention.
And one other thing that annoys me with this book is how the ending deals with the characters' careers. While Karla's medical training will undoubtedly be invaluable in the Arctic, Karla gives up her whole career to be with Bryson. And while Karla mentions that the violence in the city gets her down sometimes, she indicates that there is a lot she likes about being a nurse. But she just gives it up, about as impulsively as she came to Alaska. I know this is a personal annoyance, but I just don't like that kind of lopsided sacrifice between the two parties. I read Robbi McCoy's Not Every River around the same time, and while the two stories are quite different, I thought McCoy's did a better job handling the two characters' careers.
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Breaking the Ice (Audible Audio Edition) Kim Baldwin Dog Ear Audio Books Reviews
The other reviewers provide a synopsis of the novel, so I'll not bother.
A good book by Baldwin. It touches upon several events in her own life, and as a result, the book works rather well. So why not five stars? That annoying habit in soooo many lesbian fiction novels of wrapping up a 250+ page book in less than two pages! C'mon, folks. Please, can authors not have some say in their works and provide at least 5-10 pages for a proper resolution? Doing so makes for a better, more satisfying read. Authors, you put your blood, sweat, and tears in your books; are proper endings and resolutions lost in the editing process? I'm not picking on Ms. Baldwin, not at all. This is a trend I've noticed the last few years in lesbian fiction, and it bothers me. As a reader, I invest my time in a novel, and I want my investment to pay off. The payoff isn't so great when endings are lopped off and removed. I want the whole enchilada, and I don't mind paying for it. I don't like an enchilada that's short on ingredients. And now that I've mentioned food, I'll go grab a bite to eat. Perhaps an enchilada?? Who knows.
Karla Edwards suffers two staggering losses within a short time. First, her lover Abby walks out of what Karla thought was a satisfying relationship and then her mother dies suddenly in her sleep. The events leave Karla in a stupor wandering around her apartment in her pajamas unable to eat, bathe or communicate with the friends who are very worried about her. As she is going through her mother's belongings, she makes a startling discovery. Karla has a sister she never knew about. When she discovers that she lives in Alaska, Karla takes a leave of absence from her job as an ER nurse in Atlanta and heads north to meet the only family she has left.
Bryson Faulkner is a bush pilot in Alaska just like her father before her. She loves her isolated cabin, the surrounding wilderness and the excitement that her job brings her, but sometimes she does get lonely. The problem is she can't imagine herself living anywhere but where she is and she also can't imagine another woman being willing to settle for her kind of life. When she meets Karla, the sister of her best friend, that seems about to change, but Karla has a deeply wounded soul and finds it difficult to trust anyone. When Karla volunteers to stay with her sister to help her with the pending delivery of her baby, it gives her a chance to get to know Bryson and to fall in love with Alaska. What she has to decide is if she's willing to give up her job, friends and lifestyle in Atlanta for a harsh climate, wild creatures and a woman who might not come back sometime from a dangerous flight.
Kim Baldwin is skilled at taking a typical love story and turning it into something a little more. She writes realistic situations with interesting characters. That makes Breaking the Ice not just a romance, but also an adventure story. The descriptions of Alaska and the conditions there are vivid. The reader can feel the excitement of skimming over a glacier or the fear of wandering alone through a wilderness where the next thing around the bend might be a confrontation with a grizzly bear. The tone draws the reader into the story and the pace allows the characters to develop gradually, giving the reader a chance to feel she "knows" these people.
Breaking the Ice is a good book to spend a few hours with in an afternoon or evening when you want to be entertained.
There are a number of things I like about Breaking the Ice. First, the setting is gorgeous and very well described. The premise-- woman realizes she has a half-sister in Alaska so goes up to get to know her and falls in love with her neighbor-- is fairly intriguing. And for the most part, both main characters are engaging. Really, the only exception there is that Karla is extremely impatient and rude when Bryson first meets her; this is remarked upon and rather quickly dismissed as the result of stress, but I think it was a bit excessive. Other than this one occasion, though, the characters are pretty solid and engaging. And I thoroughly adore the scene when Karla hurts her ankle going by herself to Bryson's house and Bryson has to go find her.
However, for all it's good points, I found the latter part of the book to have a few distracting flaws. The one that bugs me most is that, after a strikingly negative first meeting, Bryson and Karla warm up to each other very quickly, too quickly in my opinion. This is probably partly because I think Karla is excessively rude when she first meets Bryson, even given her stress levels, but I thought they both went from "I'm not sure I can stand her" to "ok, I forgive her" to "ooh, I really like her" rather too fast. They also move too quickly in my opinion from admitting they like each other to trying to have sex; that transition comes within the space of a couple pages.
Another point is that I never quite understood what it is about Karla that makes Bryson fall in love with her, so I think that part could have used some more attention.
And one other thing that annoys me with this book is how the ending deals with the characters' careers. While Karla's medical training will undoubtedly be invaluable in the Arctic, Karla gives up her whole career to be with Bryson. And while Karla mentions that the violence in the city gets her down sometimes, she indicates that there is a lot she likes about being a nurse. But she just gives it up, about as impulsively as she came to Alaska. I know this is a personal annoyance, but I just don't like that kind of lopsided sacrifice between the two parties. I read Robbi McCoy's Not Every River around the same time, and while the two stories are quite different, I thought McCoy's did a better job handling the two characters' careers.
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