Review: Read this book!!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 21, 2014
Wow.I don't know where to start. So I'm going to just wing it.Almost from the start I found myself "talking" to Aria, much in the way you would talk to the girl on screen during a horror flick. "Don't do it, Aria! DON'T DO IT!" Were constantly at the forefront of my mind in the beginning!Did she listen? Of course not! (They never do, do they?)Enter Shadow. He's as dark and broody as his name suggests. The rich, bad boy with a thirst for revenge. He's haunted by his past and his number one desire in life is to avenge his parent's murder.Now, in the first half or so we don't get completely blown away. I'm not saying it isn't good, because it is, but this is the part where the "romantic" aspect of the "romantic thriller" label comes into play. While laying the groundwork for the thrilling parts later. We see Aria and Shadow grow close. We find Aria befriending several members of the mysterious Midnight Society. And ultimately with this part we find Aria and Shadow giving into each other.The second half. The second half. Holy begeezus. Lets say the poo definitely hits the fan. And that fan is a high powered turbine on a jet plane and it spews it EVERYWHERE.I don't want to get into details but the fast and short is that someone is now after Aria and wants her dead. And Shadow, well Shadow just isn't going to sit back and let that happen. One thing leads to another and soon you're sucked so far into everything that it's virtually impossible to put the book down!There are twists and turns at every corner and when you think you've got it figured out, well another curve ball is thrown. Though I do have to admit- I DID figure certain things out sooner than I would have liked. HOWEVER- I'm a bit of a thriller and suspense junkie (usually in movie form, but still...) I do pride myself on figuring out 99% of most mysteries/suspense/thrillers before there's any indication of just "whodunnit" given. So the fact that I was able to do that reflects in no way on Logan's abilities as a writer.There are a few minor issues in editing that I picked up on. I will be messaging Mr. Logan about those separately. But I have another HOWEVER. However: one must keep in mind that I read A LOT and have the ability to pick up on the minor things that you're typical reader won't notice. If you are a typical reader- you're actually probably wondering just what in the heck issues I'm talking about. They don't detract from the story at all and as I stated in one of my reading updates- it's really all me being nit-picky. It's just what I do.The ending: no one wanted to tell me the end. I'm not giving details- but lets say that yes it's a cliffhanger, but it's not a cliffhanger. Haha! I know, that doesn't help. We leave this book at a natural break. We are left wanting more, but at the same time we aren't screaming "WHY DID YOU LEAVE IT LIKE THAT?!?!?!"In his acknowledgements Logan says he's done his job as an author if you stay up to the wee hours to finish. Well- Logan, my dear, you definitely did your job!!!If you aren't opposed to blood and guts and gore and violence then you should definitely check this out! It's graphic, it's sinister, it's effing awesome! I loved it! And I can NOT wait very long for the next one... so Logan... let's get to it... m'kay? LOL