Review: Overall Rating: 5 stars- Screw sleep! I’ll let the kids watch TV and eat hot dogs tomorrow.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 30, 2014
***Originally posted at Bedroom Bookworms. See my complete profile for more information.***I’m not going to mince words here. You should stop reading this and go one-click Bullet to the Heart RIGHT NOW. (Then come back and finish this, okay?) Megan read it months ago and raved about it but for some reason didn’t insist I read it IMMEDIATELY. I don’t know what was wrong with her.This was a book that had me reading in line at the store, hiding from the kids and staying up way too late to read. Only when I was so tired that my eyes went blurry did I stop to read for a few hours. It’s enthralling. Bullet to the Heart had me twisted up from the prologue. I knew from the prologue that this was going to be a 5 star read and I wasn’t wrong.Because Megan loved the book so much, we’ve followed Lea Griffith for a while. Through that connection, I’ve gotten to know her a little bit. She’s funny and likeable and generally just pleasant to know. After chatting with her via Facebook (about man-boobs and cuss words,) I decided this would be the weekend I would tackle her book. If I liked Lea before, I friggin’ love her now.“I’ll kill them, Ninka. I’ll kill them all.”Bullet is an amazing character. I think she’s the epitome of the anti-heroine. She’s absolutely bad-ass. For anyone who finds female characters simpering, this is the solution to your woes. Bullet has blood on her hands (often literally…) and ice in her soul. At least until she sees Rand for the first time.Rand Beckett isn’t your typical hero, either. Be prepared to be angry at him for a while. I mean, ANGRY. Heck, at one point I was mad at Bullet for not being angrier with Rand. There were many occasions I wanted her to just punch him in the face.”You will take me now to the blue-blue sky?”But I swear, the two of them are pieces of a puzzle, the answer to each other’s souls. I won’t call Rand book boyfriend material. He’s not dreamy or sweet. He’d dark and mean and broken and relentless. He’s perfect for Bullet. Their blooming relationship is a heart wrenching journey.I understand that for you, it means nothing.”Beyond the romance, though, there is a dark, gritty, heartbreaking tale of human suffering. If you’re looking for someone to hate, this will give you a true bad guy. BttH is technically a cliffhanger because we don’t get a resolution to the bigger picture, but it doesn’t leave the reader unsatisfied either. It left me craving more, but not cussing at the cruelty of the author. I sure am glad the 2nd book Arrow to the Soul is already out so I can give into it as soon as I can get caught up. The 3rd book should be out in August and I’m going to try to pace myself between now and then because I know this is a series that I need to savor. I hope you will, too.Smut Factor: 5 stars- Had to wake my husband at 2am to quench my “need.”Character likability: 5 stars- He’s my book boyfriend and I want to BE her.Storytelling: 5 stars- I wake up thinking this really happened.(True story, I teared up again just writing this review)Writing and editing quality: 5 stars- Excellent!