Review: Blew my mind
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 6, 2014
Holy wow.I was not expecting that at all.The blurb gives you a general idea of what the book is about, but to me, the blurb almost seems superficial to compared to what is actually in the book.  The blurb is what attracted me to this book, so it is definitely a great synopsis, but when you get into the words, into the story, it is so much deeper than what the overview tells you.This is one of those books that is so hard to describe because you don’t want to give anything away and it feels like if you go into too much detail you will be giving something away.There is something going on with Lex that I have never read about in a book before, and I read a LOT of books.  It blew my mind.  I actually went back and read those few pages a couple of times to make sure that I had read it right.I was feeling sympathy for her before I got to that part, then that opened up my eyes to why she has been through what she has been.  I was horrified but saddened even more because I know people go through this every single day.  (No excuses for the general evilness of some people, it is just the reasoning she gives as to why she is so scarred, both inside and out).The men in the book made me nervous, including the one who turned out to be our hero.  He had a temper and a possessive streak a mile long that led to some humiliating moments.  If it had been me who he had his eye on, I probably would have run 1000 steps in the opposite direction.  He came from a background similar to Lex’s, having been horribly abused also.  The things these characters went through before coming together in the present day, I don’t know how one would survive and not come out of it completely shattered.Definitely not your typical love story or romance though there is love and there is friendship and there is family.  It is so much more than a love story.I told one of my friends while reading this that I wish everyone would read a book like this, maybe, just maybe, reading in a fictional setting what goes on in someone’s mind and in their life, might make people be more open and accepting of others who are not exactly the same as them.  We are so quick to judge what we find acceptable and unacceptable, to look away when something makes us uncomfortable because it is unknown.  I would hope most people wouldn’t scar someone knowingly on the outside, but those words and actions that we take without thinking leave serious scars on the inside as well.Amazing book.  Heart wrenching journey.Thank you so much for my copy of Lex that was gifted to me to facilitate this review.