Review: Beautifully Written and DH Sidebottom at her finest!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 15, 2014
The Decimation of Mae is probably the darkest book I have ever read.  I want to start with a huge disclaimer.  This book is not fluffy or sweet.  It is not a romance.  I would categorize this book as a very dark love story.  Sometimes love is dark, evil, and horrible.  Sometimes you do not get a happily-ever-after.  Sometimes all you get is an ever-after.  Mae’s story is brutal and gruelling and most definitely not for the faint of heart.  Proceed with caution.I absolutely refuse to give you any synopsis in my review.  I just can’t.  If I did, I would simply risk telling you too much and ruining this brilliant story for you.  So, I am going to focus on how I felt while reading this book.  The first emotion that really took hold of me was shock.  I really didn’t have a clue how this story was going to play out from the authors synopsis.  It doesn’t give much away and I am glad it didn’t because I had no idea this book was going to be so incredibly gripping, thrilling, and at moments horrible.  I found myself feeling sick for Mae; praying for her to overcome her horrible past and even worse present.  Every time that I thought Mae would catch a break and get some reprieve from the awfulness that is her life, there would be a huge plot twist and BAM, I was back feeling sick or crying for her.  But Mae is a fighter.  She is tough and resilient an while sometimes I wanted her to back down and accept her fate to lessen her torment, I couldnt help but feel proud of her; always pushing on until the very end.And her tormentor, well lets just say, that I hated him.  I never loved him, but at least understood.  Understanding is the half the battle because I almost forgave him and hopefully I will in the next book in this series, which I absolutely cannot wait for.~Amie