A Breath Named You: She Said I Can't Breathe Without You

by Tuba Khan

Some love stories begin with hello. Theirs began with silence. Seraphyne Vale has always lived between shadows — raised in a home where love was broken and trust was a language never spoken. She carries her past like breathless air, quiet and heavy. Then comes Caelan Veris — a man who listens not with answers, but with presence. A psychologist with haunted eyes and a heart he never lets close. Their worlds collide in rain, in dreams, in slow-burning glances that say everything they’re afraid to speak. What begins as healing turns into a love so raw, it feels like breathing for the first time… and maybe the last. But not every love survives the weight of the past. Not every heart gets to stay. A Breath Named You is a story of trauma, tenderness, and the kind of love that doesn’t knock — it just quietly stays until it becomes your breath.

Kindle Edition

Published July 23, 2025

Reviews

[Anshul and Sanshia · Rating 4 out of 5]

I don’t think I need to say anything else after showing you my reaction of reading this book🥺

This is one of those reads which stays you for a very long period of time after turning the last page. Each and every line of Seraphyne is going to hit you deep into your soul😭.
It is a story of a girl who feels too much and have always been lonely even in crowded places. She have been let down a lot in her life and She still believes that there is someone out there made just for her. She Finally meets that person(Caelan) but, is love enough to stay?

Seraphyne is the most beautiful character I have read. The way she loves and believes in people is amazing. Her story is going to make you weep(I am 100% sure). You are gonna hate some characters, you are gonna love some but that’s the charm of this book. Only 157 pages of this tiny book is going to make you go through so many profound emotions. You might be angry at the end but that’s the reality of the story and it is going to teach you a very important lesson of your life.

This is one of that book which is going to show you that not every love story has a happy ending and just because something is short doesn’t mean it wasn’t worth it!

If you wanna read a authentic Debut novel with Poetic writing and deep emotions, this should be your next read🫶🏻🥺

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[Riya · Rating 4 out of 5]

📚: A Breath Named You
By TUBA

The book is a hauntingly poetic tale of healing, trauma, love and the cruel timing of fate
SERAPHYNE VALE a girl carrying the weight of a broken childhood, finds hope and healing in CAELAN VERIS, a psychologist who listens her with his soul.
This book is enough to break you and heal you the way seraphyne come out from her silent shelter just because of caelan the this enough that this is the healing process
But loving someone and being happy doesn't always stay forever sometimes destiny has other plans
The book has the part of so many people whose broken from inside because of of their childhood nightmare like memories which you tried but can't able to forget
Caelan was seraphyne's breath he is the reason she again start seeing the world but also the way they love eachother that's perfection
And when she said "I can't breathe without you" you know the deep feeling she has for him
And the way he called her "little breath" that make me emotionally happier
The book is totally make you love those characters and enough to make you cry even if you wanna control your tears so grab the tissues first
And overall I love this book with the corner of my heart in which I love to read sadistic healing books
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[Prashansa Joshi · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is truly the most heart-wrenching and heartbreaking story of Caelan & Seraphyane. I simply cannot digest what happened. What Caelan did to Seraphyane was something she never deserved—she deserved to be loved endlessly. The way Tuba describes the characters is powerful, but what's even more remarkable is how the characters describe themselves—it's unmatched.
Trigger warning: This book will make you cry ugly tears, and it will absolutely shatter your heart. If you have a strong heart, go ahead and read it—but if you're emotionally sensitive, read at your own risk. 🥺😭❤️


Happy reading!!
5/5 ✨