Review: SO POWERFUL!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 31, 2013
Again, I read this book in a day! I brought it right after reading Lost.. Which is also powerful. I couldn't put this book down! The characters are so inviting, so real.. I felt the emotions right along with them! Maria is stronger than what she gave herself credit for.. Owen was truly broken and needed serious help. When the school did what they did to him when his mother was in the hospital, I was furious! I was like man can he get a BREAK! Boy did they both ever get one... Great writing, excellent story, I like how they both ended it with still needing work but moving on I'm happy that they both realized that they needed help beyond what they could do for each other, beyond the friends and the alcohol. This was a moving story and could be anyone's reality. So many times people are victims of abuse and rape and coping is just breathing their next breathe. Owen and Maria were existing before they met each other and they were barely doing that- now they are living and I loved their transformation to living in the book! Well worth it! Buy it and enjoy!