Review: SO GOOD
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 23, 2013
I am very pleased to say that, after much deliberation, a little of side changing, I am still very much a part of..TEAM CAMDEN.Oh yes I am. :)Honestly, after reading Sins Needles I was all for Camden, I didn't think there was anything that could change my mind. And then I read On Every Street, got to know Javier and finally got it. I got Javier's appeal and his charm and I admit, I fell for him too. I WAS SO CONFUSED. But, ultimately, I was still very much a part of Team Camden. So anywhoo.. going in to Shooting Scars I was sure nothing could make me love Javier. After all (view spoiler). But, well.. I did, I fell for him again. The majority of the book is spent with Javier and Ellie together and he just has all the right words and moves.. it's hard not to fall for his charm. I can say, without a doubt, that no book has ever had me so confused over two guys before. But, as usual, Javier turned out to be the a-hole we all knew he was, and I have to root for Camden. I just have to."She left me in a cloud of dust, a swirl of crushed cherry blossoms that choked my heart."Once again Karina's writing is out of this world, just like I knew it would be. Anything she seems to write (admittedly, I have only read 4 of her books at this point but they have all been 5 stars..) grips me from start to finish and I am so completely and utterly in to it. This one picks up right where Sins Needles left off and we are thrown back in to the world of Ellie.. only this time, she's being held prisoner (yup, I'm using the prisoner word) by Javier. He has a big master plan to get revenge on Travis and he enlists the help of Ellie, whether she wants it or not."She took a piece of me that I was unable to get back until I was inside her, feeling her heart and her sins in my hands."I loved that this book was in dual POV. I've said it before about different series and I'll say it again, when I am so in love with a character (yes, Camden I'm talking about you, and I apologise for ever doubting you), I find it an absolute privilege to get inside their head. The fact that Ellie and Camden were so apart from each other in this book, made the dual POV necessary IMO and Karina had it flowing flawlessly. Some of these scenes really made my heart hurt for Camden and I can admit to wanting to strangle Ellie a time or two. But I couldn't solely blame her for her actions."I don't have a soul. But you make me feel like I do."I don't know where the series is going to go from here but I know for a fact that I can not wait. Whether Ellie ends up with Camden or Javier, I know for a fact that I just want Ellie to be free and happy. She has lived such an awful life. More often than not having to live as somebody else, having to duck and dive, and all thanks to the a-hole that is Travis. As much as I'm Team Camden, I am also Team Ellie. Although this series is so much more than a romance, I want Ellie to find her happily ever after and live a peaceful, normal life. So, I hope Bold Tricks gives her that, I know I can't wait to find out."Being with Camden, no matter how brief, brought me something I never had. He made me feel safe, whether I was in his arms or at his side or just in his presence. For the first time, I had a protector - and I never knew I needed one until then."