Review: Heartbreaking & Unputtdownable
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 20, 2012
"I have been sitting for days trying to get this story out of my mind and get this review written but to no avail. This to me is the sign of an amazing story teller/author. This tale has stuck with me like glue.I decided that I would start my review with a warning. This book is not for the faint hearted as mentioned in the synopsis. Things aren't rainbows and butterfly's and this book deals with so many things so horrid we would rather live under a rock than know about. There were times I wasn't sure I could read on as I could feel my stomach acid rising up my throat and my heart jumping out of my chest. It wasn't overly descriptive, but the constant terror that Amalie lived through battered my senses. My heart was broken so many times but the writing was so incredible I had to know what happened. I could not put this masterpiece down. I had to hope, even though I knew the outcome, that it would all be okay in the end.Isaiah and Amalie have been close for forever and reading the story from their past to their current had me glued to my kindle. They started as just some kids thrown together by circumstance but both needing something only the other could give. Escape from something or someone. Am's tried to escape her MAD scientist father whom played god and 'fixed' kids with his ancient torture methods and Isaiah had to escape his upbringing. Put them together and you get one spectacular and heart wrenching tale of love."There is no one that can make me look into their eyes and see the rest of my life. Only you."This book was dark and gritty, & filled with more lows than highs but was a thrilling and heart stopping read. The highs that peek through are absolutely heart stopping for just that moment. Ms Phoenix is a genius, I swear it. I was completely immersed and even when I thought my heart couldn't stand to shatter any more it did. Every single time.'She was a weed struggling through cracks of concrete, unwanted, undesired, crushed and abused under trampling feet. She would never see the sun. She would never be free. She would always be a solitary candle in the dark, cold without a flame to warm it, forever peering out at the world through a laminated sheet of glass too thick to penetrate...'Touching Smoke is one of my top reads this year and although this one was a tough read for me personally Ms Phoenix has catapulted up my ladder of epic with this remarkable heart breaker..."This book was gifted to me. Thankyou.