Review: Is there redemption??
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 14, 2014
Review for Target This by Lily White“What I need to know is — Is there redemption?”I’ve read every book that Lily White has written and every single time I ask myself that very question. Each book that she writes is a web that is spun so beautifully, so perfectly that you want to get closer — see the finer details. Then before you know it you’re completely ensnared, tangled in the web, waiting for the web’s mistress to find her meal. In every book, there has always been an underlying feeling that redemption is possible. That good DOES in fact triumph over evil. Lily is the queen of HEA — the mostly, kind of, sort of, well maybe type. If you are looking for rainbows and glitter farts you will be disappointed, so take the warning at the start of the book seriously.“It was like magnets; two opposing forces — one light, one dark — one good one evil…”Target This… I am at a loss on what I should say. I’ve struggled writing reviews in the past for one reason or another, but never had I struggled because the author managed to completely and totally mind hump me. Even reading the darkest books, with the cruelest, most heinous crimes against humanity I was able to KNOW that I was being led down a path of destruction. In this book, I got to the very last page and everything I thought I had figured out or known was completely shot to hades.“It’s a line that, once crossed, can never be uncrossed.”Opening this book, that’s the line. I crossed it, I chose it, and I’m different for it. I’ve been given a rare opportunity to read a book that is so utterly different than what is out there right now — this isn’t your run-of-the-mill captive book. (Ha! Who would have ever thought there would be a ‘run-of-the-mill’ on such a dark subject matter.) Yes, it’s dark. Yes, at times there are things that will break you apart to read them. You’ll be confused, and hurt. You’ll curse Lily for putting Autumn through the wringer. You’ll doubly curse Lily for making Lucas such a bastard.“How does it feel to know that you’ve lost?”And when you’ve reached the end…when you realize that things aren’t cut and dry like you thought… that’s the moment you’ll understand what it is that makes Lily White stand above the rest. I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again, and probably every time she releases a new book — she IS the dark — the thing that goes bump in the night was created in her mind, she is the creative sadist that all of us lovers of dark and twisty seek.You’re probably wondering when I will get to the ‘real’ review instead of raving about the author. Well, here it is…Autumn is good, pure, strong, and beautiful. Lucas is handsome, mercurial, secretive, and deceptive. Autumn gives and Lucas takes. Pain and pleasure — pleasure and pain. Those things will make you crave, want, and recoil at the same time. Your mind will tell you no and your body will tell you more please.“I hate that you’ve done this to me and I hate that my body responds!”Target This is a FIVE PLUS STAR read. You won’t find another book that will take you on the same journey as this one. To get inside the mind of both writer and muse brings so much dimension to the story — it will be a long time before I have exorcized these characters from my soul. As far as the smut — it gets FIVE hard earned drenched panties. (Wink, wink)“Is there absolution or salvation?”A Mommy’s a Book Whore certified MUST READ.Review by the Head Whore.