Review: "I need you to make me good”
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 15, 2013
“Then the sun rose and his lips lightened my soul and his heart set me free”It is no secret that I have read every book Karina Halle has written and that I pretty much loved every single one. In The Artists Trilogy I was introduced to Ellie/Eden, Camden, Javier and a wonderful host of secondary characters.It grabbed me with S&N;, took me on a wild ‘grifting’ ride of deceit, revenge, lust and love.Then I read On Every Street, the prequel novella in this series- I flipped for Javier and could not get over the heartache OES made me feel (still in need of therapy).When I read Shooting Scars… well let me just say I was still #teamjavier. I have always been a sucker for the broken abusing and using bastard bad boys and Javier is at the top of that list.Of course every main character Karina writes (male and female) are at the top of my list of all time, most memorable, book characters.Can you feel the love yet? *Gushes**Ellie is hard, scarred, mean, beautiful, cunning, lost, hurt, and seeks revenge and forgiveness and wants to be 'good enough'.*Camden is sweet, big gorgeous inked hunk, bullied in high school, deceived by his ex, loves his kid and loves Ellie… so much.*Javier is power hungry, ruthless, sexy, dominant drug lord, loves Ellie/Eden but probably loves himself more.This conclusion of TAT was full of suspense, chasing after bad guys, discovery, revenge, forgiveness, sarcasm, smoking sex and ultimately an ending that was just so right or fitting or KH style… whatever label… it totally worked for me.And even though I switched teams at about 50ish% I will always have a spot in my heart for Javi. But I do believe Javier is not who Ellie needed to make her good and Javier could not be good just for Ellie. Even though he did have a few snippets of humanity (view spoiler)“I f***ing need you and I need you to forgive me. I need that more than anything in the world! I need you to make me good”“Camden owned my heart and the blood it pumped through me. He owned every atom and inch of my body, every crevice and dark shadow of my soul”