Review: a good read
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 25, 2013
I enjoyed this book more than I did the first one. The story of Lena and her first "boyfriend" was heart wrenching. You almost wish there was a way to redeem this boy Levi but he's already too tainted by his father's emotional abuse. The story of what happened to Eric came out a little bit at a time and by the end you really get how horrific his abuse really was and why his feelings for his mom are so difficult for him to process with her going back to their abuser over and over again. Eric and Lena are so good together because even before they knew each others story they understood each other on a level some couples never achieve. I have a slight problem with Lena's relationship with her mother because it was her fault her daughter had to put up with so much BS in school and around town. She could have done anything else and not expose her daughter to all those men coming and going in their home. I know it was supposedly so Lena could go to a prestigious art school but there are scholarships and other legal ways to come up with money for things like that without bringing shame on her family. Lena was just too understanding and forgiving to be real. Nobody wants to think of their parents doing that much less being reminded of it everyday some stranger walks in the door. Anyway, it was a good book and I would recommend it.