Coming Up for Air, Nicole B. Tyndall
Coming Up for Air, Nicole B. Tyndall
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Coming Up for Air

Author: Nicole B. Tyndall

Narrator: Phoebe Strole

Unabridged: 9 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/21/2021


Synopsis

For fans of Nina LaCour and The Spectacular Now, a powerful coming-of-age story about a girl with creative aspirations and the boy who charms his way into her life, centering on themes of addiction, loss, and the tumultuousness of first love--and how to find strength when everything falls apart.

Ever since her mom's cancer scare, Hadley hasn't been one for taking risks. And after seeing her sister go through one too many heartbreaks, she definitely has no interest in dating. Hadley just wants to keep her head down and enjoy the rest of high school with her friends, focusing on her photography and getting into the art school of her dreams.

Then enters Braden, star of the swim team and precisely the kind of person Hadley avoids, all bravado and charm and impulsivity. From their first moment together, they are perfect sparring partners, equally matched. And it's intoxicating. Braden sees her, really sees her, and Hadley decides it might be time to break all her rules.

Braden shows Hadley how to live again, and soon Hadley is happier than she'll ever admit out loud. But that's before her family is faced with devastating news, and Braden starts hiding a growing, dark secret. As it threatens to shatter everything they've built, Hadley must confront her own actions and determine if she has the strength to walk away.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Andrea on February 05, 2021

I havenโ€™t been this upset towards a book in a while and this story left me livid. I was about 150 pages into this book and I thought omg this is going to be one of my favorite books ever. The story between our main protagonist and her love interest Brandon was so adorable, I was in love with the sto......more

Goodreads review by Emaan 🇵🇸🍉 on December 22, 2020

I feel obligated to give five stars to a book that made me cry. Also if anyone is wondering no one dies in this book, thank god for that.......more

Goodreads review by Rozanne Visagie on September 08, 2022

"๐™๐™ž๐™ข๐™š ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™จ๐™ช๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™จ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™๐™š๐™–๐™ก. ๐˜ฝ๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™„'๐™ข ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฉ ๐™จ๐™ช๐™ง๐™š ๐™š๐™ญ๐™–๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™ฌ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™จ๐™๐™ค๐™ช๐™ก๐™™ ๐™๐™š๐™–๐™ก ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™˜๐™–๐™จ๐™š. ๐™ˆ๐™–๐™ฎ๐™—๐™š ๐™จ๐™ค๐™ข๐™š ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™—๐™ง๐™ค๐™ ๐™š๐™ฃ." Where do I even start? This book was everything. It was emotional (check those trigger warnings) but there were so many heartfelt moments. I saw pieces of myself in Hadley a......more

Goodreads review by Ben on September 28, 2021

Coming Up for Air is a young adult contemporary romance written by Nicole Tyndall. It centers on a teen romance that is soured by the opioid crisis. High school junior Hadley Butler aims to complete her adolescence with as little fuss as possible. Her older sister, Remy, is the one with all the drama......more

Goodreads review by paolaโœจ on June 13, 2023

Woah, this was both bitter and sweet, so basically bittersweet. I donโ€™t know whatโ€™s up with me but Iโ€™ve been loving romance these past couple of months and canโ€™t wait to get into more of it. To think that not too long ago I thought the genre was boring. My taste is expanding right before my eyes and......more


Quotes

"I'll never stop thinking about these characters. A beautifully written and deeply felt debut about love and heartbreak--fans of Jennifer Niven will adore this book!" --Kerry Kletter, critically acclaimed author of The First Time She Drowned

"Powerful.... Perfectly captures the struggle to get back to a certain version of your favorite person who has become impossible to reach.” --Booklist, starred review

"An absorbing love story for the 21st century." --Kirkus Reviews