Review: A Bed of Knives by Elizabeth Jasper - Book Review
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 12, 2012
Elizabeth Jasper does a wonderful job with this contemporary romance, weaving the reader through the lives (past and present) of four friends, Gina, Rose, Eddie and Spider. Within the first couple of chapters, the characters are no longer just names on the page, but living, breathing people, who you cannot help but want to know more about.Through flashbacks, Jasper lets the reader experience how these characters end up where they are today. I must say that I've never been a fan of books filled with flashbacks, as they tend to be a jerky ride, going back and forth between past and present, but that is not the case with A Bed of Knives. The flashbacks are essential to this story and are done so smoothly that, as the reader, I hardly noticed the time changes, and I actually found myself excited for the next segment of one of the characters past.As I flipped through the different challenges of each of the leads, I felt a whirlwind of emotions. Jasper draws you in by giving her characters real-life problems to tackle. This in turn, makes them real, and very relatable.At the end, I felt like something was missing. It seemed like suddenly the four leads were back together and it left me wondering how they had worked out all the issues, especially between Rose and Eddie.I would definitely recommend A Bed of Knives to anyone who wants a great book, filled with real-life problems.