Review: A Reading the Paranormal Review
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 29, 2013
First off, this book has some very dark themes. Torture, sexual torture, a woman who survives by sheer force of will and her journey to battle back from that dark, dark place she was taken to. It's not for the faint of heart. That said, I think author Shayne McClendon did a really outstanding job of capturing Daphne's fear and pain as she fights to pull herself together again.It's not pretty, but neither were the things that were done to her.As far as other characters go, Ryan has also had a tough life. No, he wasn't tortured but mentally he's just as twisted up as Daphne. He's a man who has done things that most people could never contemplate doing. He's a man who tried to do good things after his world fell apart and instead found himself in the middle of a nightmare.My one niggling little complaint was that the characters said each other's names CONSTANTLY. Every time they spoke it was "Ryan this..." or "Daphne that..." This didn't *ruin* the story for me, but I did notice it as I was reading and I kept thinking "If you're talking to one other person and you're the only two in the room, is it really necessary to keep saying their name?" I will freely admit that this might be a ME-thing, though. Freely.Dark but with a nicely powerful message that strength can be found within. I wouldn't recommend this to everyone because of the themes and the violence, but those who are brave enough to give it a try might be surprised at how layered and complex the characters are.-Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal