Review: Wow.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 20, 2013
I declare this book to beeeeeeeee….friggin’ awesome.  Holy schnikes, people, this was a helluva story! Dark erotica at its finest.This is Carlos’ book, and if you’ve read Skye’s other books then you know that this book is kind of a big deal.  Carlos represents the worst of humanity, he’s a monster.  Samantha is a junior FBI agent who has been assigned to catch Carlos.  She is paired up with Ian Hennessey, a slightly older but mysterious investigator who has a reputation for catching the uncatchable.  Together, they navigate the case, and it ends up taking them, and pushing them, much further than either one had thought.  Sam is abducted by Carlos himself, and later freed, but the event changes her.  Not just blowing her cover, but bringing to the forefront all of her own issues with guilt and pain, leaving her seeking.  The question is who will be the balm to her messed up soul: Ian or Carlos?So, yeah…this book BLEW MY MIND.  It’s not just a sexy book, because it totally is, but it is a seriously penetrating and enveloping read.  I do not remember the last time a plot of a book had me so consumed.  It is not predictable, and the plot twists I totally did not see coming at all.Also, this book is completely interesting because it’s focused on Carlos.  I personally didn’t think that Carlos could be redeemed; I came into this book thinking that he pretty much represented the worst of humanity.  But this book makes Carlos human, and I have always thought that it’s the mark of an excellent writer to make you leave your comfort zone and feel for a character that is like Carlos, someone who is essentially a sociopath, but there there’s actually so much more to him.  Just…wow.  Incredible, truly.And Sam is kind of Carlos’ perfect counterpart.  She is determined in her pursuit, and is a strong character, but is the daughter of a man who is serial killer.  She turned him in and he’s now in prison, but she still deals with a lot of guilt over the entire situation.  To make her not only the one in pursuit of Carlos, but also a love (though whatever it is isn’t really justified by the word “love”, it’s deeper and darker than that word encompasses) interest to him is smart.  She’s in some ways a reflection of Carlos.  I guess the deeper meaning is that everyone has as much potential for love as they do to invoke pain and suffering in others.  So much deeper and darker than your average romance.I guess you can tell by now that I liked this book.  Like, I really like this book.  You don’t come across many books that are on the same level as this one.  Well-written, well thought out and surprising.  I highly recommend it.  5 stars!