Review: AMAZING
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 1, 2014
SUMMER'S BOOK BLOGNot knowing what this story was about I went into it with only the knowledge that Ella Frank was the author. Seemed like a good enough reason to read it… oh how right I was. This book is like no other book I’ve read before and only she could pull it off in such a breathtaking way.Our young Mr. McKendrick (sorry you have to read the story to find out his first name since it’s more personal coming from him) the hero or “prince” for this fairy tale if you will, is the new history teacher and the man every girl dreams about, but he has come for one reason, to take care of his ill father. That is until Addison walks into his class late and he realizes she’s going to be the student to give him a hard time…“Nothing had prepared me for this. Nothing could. This was a moment that wasn’t supposed to happen. It wasn’t allowed to happen.”Fighting her at every turn he slowly begins to fall victim to the girl but he has no idea what she has in store for him.“As adults we become burdened with different kinds of responsibilities. When do you believe we are ready for that?”Unfortunately for Addison she isn’t granted the ability to wait until adulthood to bear her responsibilities and after suffering a psychotic break Addy as she is known to everyone shuts down “tick, tick, tock” and in her place a stronger less penetrable version of herself Addison is born “One, two, three. One, two, three”. Now being the best is all that matters because if she is the best no one will see her flaws, no one will see she is broken…Perfection is all that matters now.A victim to a cruel reality she has no one to trust, no one to love and no one that truly sees her… until him.Only he knows how to make the ticking stop, make the counting go away and settle the chaos that constantly threatens to drag her down. But can she hold onto the one man who can save her without destroying him in the process?Remember… sometimes ’there isn’t a poor little girl, just a wolf in sheep’s clothing, hiding in plain sight—standing right before his very eyes.Who’s afraid of the big bad wolf?’Ella Frank has blown me away with this one! I wasn’t sure going into this what the story was about or how I was going to feel about it when I found out what it was about, but Ella does a phenomenal job at capturing the reader right from the beginning and making you question your own morals.“Right and wrong. Two words, each made up of fives letters, with two very different meanings and very different outcomes.”No truer words have ever been spoken and so perfectly put to how I felt about this story. Ella balances you perfectly on the fine line of right and wrong until you look around and suddenly realize that what started out as taboo is now beautiful and desirable, making you want to reach out and touch that which we are told is poison just to see if we can survive it.The story with its alternating point of views and its past and present story line is exactly what is needed to hold you in the whirlwind love affair that Ella Frank has created between Addison and Mr. McKendrick while leaving you shaking with nervous anticipation.What do you do when you look in the mirror and the person looking back is no longer someone you recognize?Could you destroy the one thing that is keeping you alive?