Review: Great Book!!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 4, 2014
WORDS CANNOT BEGIN TO DESCRIBE THE BEAUTY OF THIS BOOK!!Denise Mathew, I am hooked on your every word!I thought Tattoos was going to be one of those erotic novels that are ever so popular these days, but once I started reading it was obvious that I was GREATLY mistaken!It is breathtaking! An epic tale of love and tragedy. Denise Mathew's Tattoos is right up there, with top authors like Jodi Picoult's My Sisters Keeper (emotionally) and trust me, I don't say this easily, as I am a BIG Jodi fan.Jax is a true hero, despite the world around him he sees beauty and hope. He inspire people around him and fights for those who can't do it themselves. Although he is the ultimate man, he is not at all depicted as flawless. He looks like a god in the pool, but then he doggie paddles; he is really hardworking, but lives in extreme poverty; he looks intimidating and doesn't hesitate to stand up to classy rich people, but he allows us to see that he does feel out of place. All of these imperfections only makes him more perfect in my eyes.He falls in love with Marilee, as cancer patient, when she is at her lowest. Her fragile look, weight loss and hair loss doesn't matter to him, he sees the gorgeous person inside even when she can't see it herself.Jax sees Marilee for the first time when her gazillionaire parents bring her to the hospital. "She was..a cheerleader, prom queen (type)...soft blond hair...pale blue eyes...Definitely not someone I would ever have talked to in high school. But in hospital, where everyone was sick the playing field was even...cancer didn't discriminate and it couldn't be fixed by money...I hoped...that she would make it home again, because there had been something in her eyes that made me root for her.I knew that look. I had practiced it too many times not to recognize it, she had been wearing a mask, a fake face that told the world she had it all worked out. Only she didn't at all. Inside she was terrified, angry...ready to explode...(her) parents didn't seem to give a s*** about her."Later:"As far as I could see, her mother was a perpetual not show, and her father came and went so quickly that he may as we'll have not come at all. Yet as little as it was...Marilee seemed grateful for her father's scraps of time...It ticked me off that they didn't see what I did, that Marilee was starved for their love, especially now, when she was in the midst of a battle for her very life."Jax becomes Marilee's rock. Their bond grows and become a powerful, unbreakable love.The book takes unexpected turns and had me cry a heck of a lot. I don't want to reveal any more of the plot. Just take my word for it and GO BUY THE BOOK ASAP!5-BombsReviewed by Soreta