Review: Very Good
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 21, 2012
Restraint by Erica ChilsonI don't even know what categories to mark on this book.  I'll have to come up with some new ones.  WTF, Dark, Confusing and Wake The Hell Up all come to mind.I usually write down notes while I'm reading a book just in case I want to write a review.  In the case of this book all I have is random words scribbled and crossed out.This is the story of a horrible pain, a wound if you will.  A wound that's been poorly wrapped and hidden for a very long time.  Kat mostly and yes Ezra, Cortez and Aaron too are all walking, talking and living their lives...wounded.  Some hurts need to be opened up and cauterized in order to heal properly whether we want them too or not.The puppet master thinks so and puts in place a game.  A chess game where people and scenes are `the pieces' he moves around.  Continually herding Kat toward the end in which she remembers all.  Remembers the hour her life (their lives) irrevocably changed.  No spoilers here huh...I was constantly going back and forth reading and re-reading passages. Who said what? Where are they?  Damn I was confused.  Not about the mystery because that was crystal to me early on and no I didn't read it in the reviews beyond the fact that a lot of people liked it.  It was the writing and the formatting that confused me. I would read a line and think who just said that.  Is this done on purpose to intrigue me and reel me in or to deflect and distract me until all is revealed?  Both?Is a story good because you liked it (regardless of the writing) or is a story good because it stayed with you and made you think about it way after you put it away?  In this case a bit of the first and a big dose of the latter for me.Do I recommend this book?  YesWill I continue with this series? Only the shadow knows and she's still smoking.