Review: Deealing with the Aftermath
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 09 24, 2013
This book deals with the aftermath of a terrible crime visited upon the main characters, Austin and Cam, who were imprisoned and tortured by a psychopath for five months. The book begins once they are released, and we only see their imprisonment in flashbacks. I was drawn to this book because it deals with the aftermath of torture, a topic I find that most books skim over or don't address at all. The horror of their experience doesn't end just because their imprisonment does. Cam and Austin are left angry, afraid, physically and mentally damaged, and unsure of how or why they should get on with their lives. We're with them as their pre-capture lives fall apart and their post-capture lives draw them closer and closer together.Cara Dee does a good job of showing the suffering, doubt, and struggle that each man goes through as he tries to re-adjust to life. I liked that even in the end, they were still not fully recovered. She created such a realistic and believable frame of mind for Cam and Austin to be in throughout the book.