Review: How did I miss that?!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 13, 2014
Target This is an incredible book. Author Lily White will take you on a trip that will blow you away. Containing a fascinating cast of characters that will confuse and astound you, so many twist and turns, and an ending that will leave you questioning what did I just read. And now for my spoiler-free review.Have you ever taken a Band-Aid off the hairy portion of your arm? One that’s been on for a while? You start off slowly, one painful hair at a time. You just want it to be over but if you tear it off you know it will hurt much worse. So you plug on, slowly torturing yourself. Then you finally hit the halfway point breathe a sigh of relief but then realize you still have the other half to go. So you start off slowly, but then say screw it, RIP that sucker off. For one spilt second you’re relieved it’s over with then you brain kicks in and the unbelievable pain sets in. Everything is throbbing and you sit there and wonder WTF! Now you look at your arm, realize there’s a missing patch of hair and it’s going to take a while before everything is back to normal again.That is how I felt reading Target This. You see, I walked into this book with some preconceived expectations. I have read Lily White before. I read HMC. I EXPECTED another book along the same vein. Not. Happening. Here. This is not a dark erotica. I assumed it was. You know what happens when you assume, right?! This is a psychological thriller. Translation – a mind k.c.u.f book as only Lily White can create. Only I missed that part when I started reading. So many times, I was ready to quit because I kept waiting for the DE to jump out at me and it never did. I would even talk to my friend who also had read Target This who kept assuring me it gets better. (You know who you are! I bet you knew what I was expecting. Next time speak up!). And you know what, I found myself in the victim’s shoes. Once I let go, once I accepted, I was happy but I had to get through that slow painful part of resistance to get there. Halfway through, I am rushing, galloping to the ending. Holy crap, what a ride. And then, and then, AND THEN…the ending. I am left gasping, looking like a fish out of water because of that ending. That last 5% of the book was worth everything I endured and yet I am still with lingering thoughts that no amount of brain bleach will wipe clean.W.T.F.