Review: Hey Stunich!! You are ruining me for other authors ;)
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 17, 2013
'I attracted death like honey attracted flies. I wasn't happy about it, but it was fact.'I've been on a bit of a  Stunich binge lately and I don't want to stop, I'm pretty sure it's become an addiction and with good reason. Four different books in a row, four completely different stories. Each and every one of her books is unique, engrossing, grungy, dirty, foul, emotional, and a brand new experience Every. Single. Time.'Blood, blood, blood. Every significant moment in my life was covered in it, drenched, soaked, consumed by it.'Neil has been surrounded by death and blood her entire life. Everyone she has ever loved (parents, siblings, ect...) has met an untimely, gruesome death. To say such a tragic past changes her on a fundamental level would be the understatement of the century.'While the students called me That F***** Up Bitch, the adults had their own name. That Mentally Disturbed Orphan Child Who Will Probably In Some Point In The Future Become An Axe Murderer. Yeah, okay, it was long winded, but when your little dogs name is Sir Wilbert Von Frances, the Third, you don't really care about that kind of thing.'Other than her best friend Boyd, she forms no kind of relationship with anyone, she won't allow herself to. If you have no one, you have nothing to lose. School is a nightmare and even her free time is surrounded by death (only that one is by choice).'They weren't decaying anymore though. I had stopped it. I had beaten death. At least a little bit. Taxidermy. Not a normal hobby for a high school student. I could give a s*** less.'With so much exposure to death in her life, you would think her own death would be an easy transition, less of a shock. You would be wrong. For Neil, death is only the beginning. Aside from the obvious blood and violence of this book, it was quite an emotional read. Neil, Boyd, James, and Sydney will all take you to some dark and painful places. You wanna hug them and hope for the best but wonder how the hell they could ever find peace again.This was the first C.M. Stunich book I've read that wasn't part of a series, and for the first time I finished reading with all my hair still left on my head (she is known for her hair-yanking, screaming for more cliffhangers. Though some are worse than others). Although I'm not really a huge fan of cliffhangers, I've come to expect it from her, not having one is admitidly disconcerting. I'm not quite sure what to do with myself....something must be wrong with me if I can't handle a level ending anymore Lol.At the end of the day, I would recommend each and every one of her books that I've read 10x's over. If you love a unique and unpredictable story, that is not delivered in shiny sunshine filled wrapping paper, full of awesome characters (good, bad and very verrry bad), lots of bloody action & surprises, than you will find all that and more in C.M. Stunich.'I had always thought death was the end, the culmination of a series of mishaps and suffering, but now I knew for us, it was just the beginning.'Oh , and not to sound random but, I absolutely LOVED the cover. Just wanted to add that =]