Review: 10+ I love this series!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 20, 2013
Shooting Scars started where Sins & Needles left off.  Ellie made the ultimate sacrifice for Camden.  Giving him something that she knew she probably would never have... love and family.When I have so many thoughts and feeling about a book it is hard for me to write what I feel.  This book was amazing.  Some things that happened I thought "oh no!" Others, I knew they had to happen in order to move on.  I don't want to give anything away.  I want you to enjoy the ride as much as I did. I already read some parts of this book three times.  I loved it that much.We got some answers about Javier and why he did ehat he did to Ellie, but not sure how I felt about them.  That man pulls me in all different directions.  I swear, I do not know what to think of him...slimy snake or a man who knows no better???This review is vague, I know.  I do not want to take the away the experience of the book away from you.*Characters:  Ellie: People put things in her head.  People are so cruel and so selfish.  She has been on the run for so long. Who and what she should believe is so hard for her to decipher.  Maybe Javier is right, she wanted to get caught just to live in peace for at least a little while.  Now the cat is out of the bag.  No worries, right? Except the love of your life is no longer with you.  You are back in the hands of a man who you admitted to yourself, even when things were great, was very dangerous and sometimes, downright scary.Javier:  Still back to his mind tricks.  We find out some of what that man had been doing for the past 6 years since Ellie walked out of his house.  Has Javier moved on?  Does he love her or is a selfish man and just wants what he wants when he wants it?  This I want to know.  I can just picture him.  Smug, knows that certain people just can't resist him.  That is why he is so successful and gets people to listen to him.  Is it out of respect or fear?  I think Javier only knows one way to love and that is by controlling people.  He knows no better.Camden:  Oh, I do love that man.  He could not be more faithful and committed to Ellie.  Even though those demons in his head sometimes came out and make him second guess situations.  In Sins and Needles it was explained that Camden was picked on and thought of as the loser at school.  If those same kids could only see him now.*Positives:  I think Karina Halle could not write these characters in more true form.  Some scenes will have your head shaking `no." Others will melt your heart.  I love when the author can make me feel all twisty inside with a character's action.  Love it.  I love that feeling when one minute I feel joy and the next my heart feels like someone is squeezing it.  It is what it is.  Even though I am team Camden, I will say that my favorite parts of the book were the ones between Javier and Ellie.  They were intense and I some answers.*Negatives:  There is nothing negative about this book.  I loved it. I was not happy with certain characters actions, but what happened, happened.  It probably had to happen. I know my comment is vague, but I want you to read it with fresh eyes.  It would be selfish of me to say more.  When you read it, you will understand.*Bottom line:  Someone needs to buy the rights to this series and make it a movie!  It has everything to make a great movie.A copy was provided by Grand Central Publishing via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.