Review: It's really not a romance
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 2, 2013
Fearscape is really not a romance. I admit it, the twisted anti-hero lover in me was really hoping I could salvage Gavin. Fictionally speaking, I can overlook a lot; but sadly Gavin just pushed the envelope way too often into "it puts the lotion on it's skin" territory.Don't get me wrong he also managed to be hot, in that psychotically twisted way that I love...and I was willing to overlook my initial concerns of nerdiness (glasses, chess, archery) but when he started with the formal stilted speech, his journal and drawings and confessions of watching Val during track while hidden under the bleachers so he could...wham, right into lotion and skin territory.Val was hard to relate to because I last saw 14 over 3 decades ago...so I'm guessing she was acting age appropriate. I did keep having an unbidden thought that made me feel somewhat guilty and almost as twisted as Gavin...but, she was not a worthy opponent. I get why he chose Val, it was just rather...unsporting of him.Fearscape read quickly, didn't drag and kept my interest. I was somewhat taken aback by Val's parents agreeing to not involve the police; but people do strange things so it didn't feel outside the realm of possibility. The one issue I had with the story involved the ending...because I believe a little something called a subpoena would have come in to play and altered the outcome.And in conclusion...Gavin is still a little hot.