Review: It's worth a read, but it's very dark.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 9, 2014
Contains spoilers.This might be the most insane book I've ever read. It made me so uncomfortable, I almost stopped reading right around 45% (when if you read it you know it gets really dark). But I kept reading, and I have to say at the end I was invested in the characters and I think the epilogue, while definitely on the manipulative side towards the reader, was a good ending. I initially did not like the ending, I thought how is it possible that this woman would want to have a family with this unstable man, but after thinking about it, how damaged she was, how she had the psychology background, how she was so connected to him because of their shared history, I got it.I liked the dual POVs, esp Gabriel's side. He's a total psycho and yet at the end you kind of root for him.My main reason for 3 stars is the sexual and physical abuse. I understand it as part of the story, but it made me very uncomfortable- specifically the  "he's attacking me, but hey, I like it!" attitude of Eleni.It's not my favorite read of the year, but I think it's interesting and worth a read.