Breaking Free 

By: SM KOS

Title: Breaking Free

Author: S.M. Koz

Release Date: August 1, 2014

Breaking Free is fantastic coming of age book, thanks easy to read. Once you start reading you won't want to put it down! This book will leave you wanting more, I can honestly say I would have loved it if this was a trilogy.

This is SM KOZ debut novel about a young girl named Kelsie, ... What would you do if your father was never around and you had a evil step-mother right out of a fairytail?

And what would you do if your best friend died? For Kelsie she goes down a dark road of depression and begins to cut herself. This begins to spiral out of control and Kelsie is sent to a wilderness retreat. She encounters a young male... 

Without giving away to much I'll stop there...  And skip ahead.

Kelsie receives a journal in the mail and begins writing in it, recalling all the recent events that lead up to this moment. She writes about past and present events, and goes back and forth several times throughout the course of the book. 

This is a must read book, hands down.

Gripping, captivating, beautiful, painful, and heartwarming are just afew of the words that come to mind when I think of this book.

******Synopsis******

Kelsie Sullivan’s life has changed forever. The once outgoing cheerleader has a secret to hide. The car accident that killed her best friend Jenna? She caused it. 

With an absent father and unforgiving stepmother, Kelsie has nowhere to turn. She manages her guilt and grief with razor blades. The fleeting release she experiences becomes an obsession and soon she can no longer hide it. Once her cutting is revealed, Kelsie’s parents enroll her in a Wilderness Therapy program designed to rehabilitate troubled teens, but North Carolina is a world away from California. 

Kelsie fights against everything the program has to offer until she befriends JC, a boy with a tortured past of his own. He’s also the only one who is able to ease her pain. The two grow close, but quickly discover that nature—both human and elemental—can easily rip them apart.

Disclaimer: This book contains adult language, sexual themes, and explicit self-harm behavior. Parental discretion is recommended for those under 15 years of age.

******About the Author******

SM Koz was born in Michigan, but moved to North Carolina for college and never left.

She enjoys traveling, camping, hiking, photography, reading, spending time with foster kids who call her house home, and learning new things. When she’s not creating online training for pharmaceutical companies (her day job) or writing, Koz can be found at the local community college taking courses on various topics ranging from digital art to HTML to desktop publishing. Next in line are auto mechanics and cake decorating.

Being trained as a veterinarian, it’s not surprising that Koz and her husband were recently told they have a mini-zoo with their two dogs, fish, cockatiels, and foster cats. In the past, they have also had parakeets and a snake. Other than the fish, all the animals were acquired through rescue organizations, something Koz wholeheartedly supports.

Breaking Free is Koz’s third original novel and fifth overall, but the only one she feels compelled to publish at this time. Her hope is that individuals who struggle with cutting may be inspired by Kelsie’s story and find the strength they need to begin the healing process.

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