Review: HOLY S*** ON A STICK!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 5, 2014
My mind is blown!!! Like out of the water into the stratosphere!!  I came across this book, trolling amazon for a quick fix read.  I hadn't really gone into the book with high expectations or anything but OH MY GAWD!!  This book was out of this world amazing.  I am so glad that I found it and downloaded it.  It was worth every penny.Paisley has had an awful upbringing, brought into the world by parents and a sister who didn't love her enough, and an uncle that loved her far too much.  As a result of this, Paisley drowns out her pain by abusing drugs and alcohol.  When she first meets James, her sister Caroline's fiancee, the attraction and connection she feels to him is instantaneous.  She doesn't know or understand why she feels that way but she knows that she wants him.  And so the story goes, that Paisley, in a moment of drunken recklessness, has white hot monkey sex with James, whilst he believes he is spending the night with his fiancee Caroline.What entails next is a journey of utter heartbreak, self discovery, love, forgiveness and redemption.  I loved Paisley.  I loved her so much as our heroine, and even when I wanted to reach through the screen of my kindle and throttle her, I loved her still.  My heart broke and bled profusely for her so many times throughout the book and I couldn't help but wish for a HEA for her; a place where she would finally come to love herself and heal.I hated Caroline with a burning passion. And what I hated more was that I felt somewhat compassionate for her at the end of the story.  I didn't want to feel sorry for her, or have a dawning understanding for her callousness, but in the end we got it anyway.  And I couldn't help but feel the tiniest bit of sympathy for her situation.  Her upbringing was just as awful, if not almost worse than Paisleys.  I'm not justifying her actions throughout the novel (I would have cut a b**ch if I were Pais , just saying) but at least she wasn't just a cold heart b**ch for no reason what so ever.I really loved the growth of Paisley's character.  She was beautifully flawed.  She made mistakes, and she told so many lies, but her character was amazingly strong and resilient.  In the face of so much heartache and pain, she never gave up.  She fought tooth and nail for her chance to see her son.  She sorted her self out, and came back a beautiful, strong and intelligent woman, desperate to build a relationship with her son.James... I have a love hate relationship with.  I am unsure as to if he really loved Caroline or not.  So I'm not even sure why he got engaged to her, or why he followed through with the wedding.  He felt the connection to Paisley, same as she did.  But his judgement of Paisley throughout the first part of the book kept me from really loving our hero.  Anyway, he redeemed himself throughout the second half of the book.  He deserved his happy ending just as much as Paisley.  He had been through his fair share of hurt and embarrassment.  He made his own fair share of mistakes, but no-ones perfect. Plus, who wouldn't love that sexy man?!  The sex scene between him and Paisley was out of this friggin world!! Defs had me hot 'n' bothered!Tiny Issues:Some parts of the book had me thinking it was pretty far fetched such as the whole reading peoples minds and aura thing.  But hey, it didn't detract from the story, so whatevz.  I can deal.  Also, the twist with Paisley and James?  I could see happening from a mile off.The ending.. it felt a little rushed.  And I emphasise the little!  It wasn't too bad and it wasn't crammed into the last 10% or anything but I really would have loved to have seen more on the whole forgiveness and reconciliation part.  I had so much emotion and angst throughout the novel and the last part just didn't seem like enough time for me to sort through all of the s*** that went down with Paisley and James.  I wanted to see more... just more.But overall, I really loved this book.  I fell asleep dreaming about it and woke up thinking about it.  It was beautifully written, with amazing characters and storyline.  The author did a fantastic job, and she should be very proud of herself. Job well done!