Review: Amazing
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 16, 2014
Finally, a story about human sex trafficking that is more accurate. I have read a lot of these kind of stories about girls/women who are kidnapped and then sold into sex slavery. Almost all of them involve degrading and humiliating the girl by the kidnapper. Then, shockingly, the girls end up liking this kind of rough abusive sex and then fall in love with kidnapper. Sometimes the books even portray the kidnapper as a hero. I really appreciate this story, I won't say that I loved it, because it is about sex trafficking and I don't think anyone should love a story about that subject. But, I will say, it was very well written, the characters were very strong, and it flowed easily. Most of the characters were easy to like. The main character, Addie is very likeable. Right from the beginning of the book you get a feel for who she is. She is loyal to her friends and wants to help others. This part of her personality continues even after she is kidnapped. They try to break her, mistreating her and just doing horrible things to her, but she just seems to get stronger and angrier. There are other girls in the house with her, they are all kept in the cold basement, which is kept locked. They are only allowed out of the basement when they are "working". There are 3 other girls, Phoebe, Lilly and Rochelle. Phoebe and Lilly are easy to like and feel sorry for them. Rochelle is in a dreamworld, in love with one of the kidnappers. This is a good book and I think you should read it. The author, Emily Goodwin is bringing attention to sex trafficking and it seems like a more accurate story than most of the others. It does not portray sex trafficking as romantic or sexy. It also does not go into detail about the sexual activity that is happening, but it does talk about the physical and emotional trauma that happens as a result.