Review: Spectacular, Spectacular
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 23, 2013
"Spectacular, Spectacular, No words in the vernacular, Can describe this great event, You'll be dumb with wonderment..." -- so, if I got you singing the song from Moulin Rouge, good.  Ms. Halle is constantly referencing music and bands in her books, and this particular song just summed it up for me.  :)Intrigue -Shooting Scars, the second book in The Artist Trilogy, proves to be another page turner.  Something good/horrible/omg whyyyyyy is happening on every single page.  This books shifts the POV from just Ellie, to Ellie and Camden.  I especially like when authors do this, and it is done fantastically here.  You alternate chapters between the two, but it keeps a steady timeline, and you are heavily involved in all sides of the story.Danger -Lions, tigers and bears, oh my!  Wait, no, let's try that again.  Drugs, guns and car chases, oh my!  Well, it doesn't quite roll off the tongue as well, but you get the point.  And how in the world can this author know all these gritty details of Mexican drug cartel?  Good gracious.  Good and bad personalities come thru in blazing colors, and emotions rarely stay in check.  This books thrusts our main characters from what was already a rough life for them into a pit of despair.  I can only hope that their fight to get back out, kicking, clawing and screaming continues on in the next book, because these guys need a break!& Romance -Oh Ellie.  And Camden.  Ellie and Camden.  And Javier.  And Ellie and Javier.  And Gus.  Good ol' Gus.  But... what?  Ellie and Camden and Javier?  (Not like that, get your head out of the gutter... but who knows for Book 3, haha!)  Some seriously hot scenes, followed by or accompanied with pulling your hair out and getting choked up for all that is (and isn't!) happening between everyone.Overall?Great book.  I only did not finish this book in one day because I had that pesky thing known as a job to attend to.  I'm working on my second read of the book (already) because I love going back and picking up those details that I missed the first time.  I cannot wait for the third and final installment!  Buy buy buy!