Fragile

Spoiler Free Review4 STARSGenre: YA Romance-Mature"I don't want to die. I want to live. I want to live life with all its emotions, all its experiences. I don't want to miss anything. But i feel like i will. I feel like i'm living on borrowed time."- Miracle in FragileThis book was simply Beautiful. Fragile is a story about love, love that endures all.Hardy Bradford is the man. He's handsome, dating the pretty head cheerleader and is the starting quarterback for his school. While at the park with [...]

5 StarsNot many books leave me with a big goofy grin after finishing the read. I had one with Fragile. M. Leighton has managed to write a sweet and tenderhearted romance that I simply LOVED and could not put down.I love books that make me sigh and that are about dreamy romances. It is one of the reasons I read a lot! Do I think real life romance is like this? Um. no! Books are meant to take us away and I love delving into a good love story. I love being in love with love! Yes, I am being a sap!M [...]

Hardy Bradford is a high school senior who, by outward appearance, has it all going on. Tall, with dark hair, light eyes and rockin' a 6-pk, he's the picture you see when you look up "swoonworthy". He's the quarterback "on fire"e one being scouted most actively by the top colleges in the country; and his girlfriend of several years, Cheyenne, is the best-looking female on the planet. Although Hardy knows his future as a football pro is more for his father than for himself, and Cheyenne - handpic [...]

I dub thee M. Leighton the new queen of SWOON in the land of My Pathway to Books! OMGosh!!!! I seriously don't know what else to say besides OMGosh!!!! I literally read this book from cover to cover! My kindle died right smack in the middle of it and I almost died inside until *insert happy music here* I realized I had my cloud reader on my computer so I rushed over and finished the other half on here! It is an understatement to say that this book was captivating! I really wish I could give it m [...]

“I don't want you to be afraid of dying. All those people have survived cancer. You just watched hundreds of reasons to have hope drift off into the sky.”This book was so sweet! The entire time I was reading this all I could think about was how awesome it would be to have a boyfriend like Hardy! All the things he does for her, all the ways that he shows his love for her. You wouldn't think a book about a girl with kidney cancer would be sweet, but this book totally is! Miracle St. James is t [...]

5 This Is What Books Are Made Of Stars !This book was sweeter than sweet! From the very first chapter until the very last, this book held my heart in the palm of it's hand. Fragile was a very powerful, uplifting, inspirational story that literally gave me chills throughout the book.M. Leighton blew me away with the depth of her writing. It took me no time at all to fall utterly in love with both Hardy and Miracle's journey. Hardy Bradford is your all typical popular football player, on the verge [...]

While this was easy to read and I liked the intensity behind Hardy's love for Miracle, it was also very cheesy and had more bitchy drama from his ex than I had expected having read a few reviews beforehand. So its a 3 from me.

Damn!Damn! Damn! Damn! Damn! Damn! Damn! Damn! Damn! Damn! Damn! Damn!Damn!This book made me cry like a girl, and I’m not ashamed to admit it. Not sad tears, though there is obviously some sadness, given the subject matter, but tears of happiness. Because the story was so incredibly beautiful.Yes, there is insta-love here. Like, love at first sight love. But there has to be, because Hardy is living under the threat that Miracle’s cancer could return at any moment. And he falls hard. In fact, [...]

The first thought that comes to mind when I consider FRAGILE is sweet. From beginning to end, this was a charming, thoughtful, and sweet story. With Hardy's wonderful attributes, I never found him boring, simply swoon-worthy. And Miracle. She is exactly as you would expect with a name like that. She walks into Hardy's life and shifts his entire world. She wakes him from a deep sleep. His entire world was orbiting around someone else's dream and Miracle inspires him to strive for the life he want [...]

Hardy Bradford believes in rituals, his father has drilled them into his head. As a rising Quarterback entering his senior year, the one ritual he can't wait to break is to end his long term relationship with popular cheerleader Cheyenne. Her vapid, self-absorbed attitude has become even more warring on him. With his rambling thoughts swirling around his head he comes across the most beautiful sight he has ever seen, a young girl his age whose every breath and little reactions to things burrow t [...]

Such a sweet and heartwarming story. I loved the ending. I loved Hardy and everything he was and all he did for Miracle. Omg, I cried like a baby, but most of it was tears of happiness and joy. Could he have been more perfect? Miracle was amazing as well. Her kindness and zest for life despite what she'd gone through was inspiring. The way she handled situations, especially involving Hardy's jealous, bitchy ex-girlfriend with such grace was so hard to swallow. I wouldn't have been as forgiving. [...]

A Strong Four Stars**Sigh** Yes, I have a dumb grin on my face. I got my HEA and I'm a happy camper. For the most part, the story was ridiculously sweet and emotional, but it did have some cheesy moments. Hence the four star rating. Hardy made a wonderful hero. I mean, how can a story go wrong with a sensitive hot jock playing hero? Hardy's character was pretty stereotypical in the beginning. He's the high school quarterback; He was dating the all too stereotypical cheerleading captain. And, to [...]

Knowing how much time an author puts into a book makes it hard not to write a good review, but Fragile just wasn't for me. Maybe it had something to do with the fact that it was written in third person. I don't purposely avoid these types of books, but lately it seems that everything is written in first person; maybe I'm just not use to it. I'm also a huge non-fan of instant love. Hardy falls for Miracle way too quickly. I know that love at frist sight fiction is suppose to be romantic, but I'll [...]

A master of the paranormal, M. Leighton has made a seamless transition into contemporary young adult romance. Fragile is the beautiful love story of Hardy and Miracle and it is mainly written from Hardy's perspective, which is one of the things I LOVED about the book. I haven't read a romance that is mostly from from a male's POV, and Michelle did an excellent job capturing Hardy's voice. I also really enjoyed seeing Miracle through his eyes, and I think that I'm even more in awe of her because [...]

Simply. Beautiful. Oh, that we all were so blessed:) Ms. Leighton, if you do not continue writing in this genre we will all be very disappointed. Your gift is tremendous:)

I have to start by saying I am a HUGE fan of M. Leighton's. Her writing always draws me in and it is smooth and precise. She never ceases to amaze me with her writing. It draws you in right from the beginning and holds you there captive. So when I saw that AToMR was hosting a tour for Fragile I signed up to be a tour host. I have to say that this story blessed me in more ways than one.Fragile is a story about love, sacrifice and finding oneself. Hardy Bradford has it all.He has the looks, the gr [...]

Originally posted at A Little Bit of R&R ReviewsThe book is told in Hardy's POV. Hardy is the school's star football player and dates a shallow cheerleader named Cheyenne. At first glance, it looks as if he has everything a teenager could ever want. That is until he sees Miracle for the first time. Hardy first notices Miracle in the park with her younger sister, Mila. Hardy notices that she is bald and a bit frail, he's taken aback by her pleasant demeanor. He wonders what she has been throu [...]

Breathtaking.Genuine.Heartfelt.Brilliant in a quiet and meaningful kind of way.This may contain some mild spoilers fair warning :)This is M. Leighton's first Contemporary Romance and what a lovely debut! It's a beautiful love story between a girl named Miracle who has a potentially life-threatening illness, but has not let herself be defined by it and the 'boy-next-door', quarterback-type, Hardy, who has lived his life trying to make everyone else happy and longs for something more. Miracle has [...]

I thought this was a wonderful book. I would definitely recommend this book to everyone. It is well written and I felt many different emotions while reading this book. I read it in one day, I couldn't put it down:)

I honestly, hand on heart, don't know what words to use to describe the effect this unique love story has had on me I will try but don't think i can do it justice. We meet Hardy Bradford, who's father, Wayne, is living a life and career that he should of had via Hardy but also has a violent streak that people have never witnessed. Miracle St James, a young girl who has lived a life that many shouldn't, a father who couldn't cope and left and is waiting for the people that come into her life to w [...]

Her heart, as delicate as glass. His love, as strong as steel. Can either survive life and death?Hardy Bradford is an eighteen year old football phenomenon who has the girl, the school, the town and the future in the palm of his hand. His life is all mapped out for him, right down to who he’ll marry and how he’ll become a professional football player. It doesn't seem to matter that Hardy would’ve chosen a much different life if it was up to him. But it's not. At least not until his Miracle [...]

I was excited for Fragile to come out and actually won it from Courtney Cole. My excitement was well placed! Fragile was an amazing story. I loved both Hardy and Miracle. I adored Miracle's strength and outlook on life. I admired how she could find the good in people, even when they don't deserve to be looked at as a good person and I admired the way she looked at everything around her with open eyes. She appreciated life, what she'd been given in the life, the time she had andwell, life in gene [...]

I'm sitting here, after just having read Fragile, thinking of what I can say and all I can think of is WOW!!! Michelle, you have done it again, I'm simply without words. To anyone who is reading this review and hasn't read it, I can only urge you to do so as soon as possible, like NOW!! But be warned you WILL need a huge supply of tissues. I have cried buckets over this book but so worth it. The love that Hardy has for Miracle is so beautiful and proves he will stop at nothing to let her know ho [...]

This was an ok read. I felt that this was a bit slow of how they got together and was rushed at the end. The epilogue was a bit vague for me, I wanted to know how his family got on or did his dad was still the same? How did he get on with his moving out? It left me wanting to know more but had to settle for unanswered ones. I wanted to see more interaction between Miracle and Hardy when they become an item coz M.Leighton just described it in a couple of sentences that they had become one and the [...]

I liked the idea of the book, I liked the characters, but a bit of the story seemed unrealistic. To meet somebody and to change your whole life, to know you want to risk everything - future, life for this single person for such a short life. I think I needed a few more chapters for the story to develop more fully. And the end disappointed me - the epilogue just finished saying almost nothing. Not a bad read, but it felt like a few things were missing to make me completely love the story. Still i [...]

Corny, even for my tastes, and lacked the depth I think the author was hoping for.I am coming back to lighten the review above since it might have been a little too harsh. Cute book. Sweet happily ever after ending. Just a little too superficial and light for the topic. Reminded me A LOT of A Walk to Remember.

Awesome. I cried buckets!!

Yuck this book was a major disappointment. Cheesy like a rom-com but not funny, with a touching premise, but not touching at all

Good for YA. Review to come.

What a sweet touching story. I laughed, cried, and smiled throughout the entire book.