Review: Master of Symbolism
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 14, 2014
First off, I love this book.  The entire time I was reading it, I was kept guessing.  I never knew which direction the story was turning.Addison, prior to the events in this story, has undergone a Traumatic Event Personality Change which presents with Perfectionism and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.  She must maintain control at all times. Despite gripping reality with all her might, she feels out of control and crazy...until she meets Mr. McKendrick.Nighttime was my time, a time where I could imagine whatever I wanted, and that night, I imagined my teacher.Once again, he'd silenced the madness.Grayson, who's just moved back to town because of his ailing father, teaches senior history.  He isn't thrilled about being stuck in a classroom, preferring to travel the world taking photographs.Addison comes at him full force, and despite his best efforts to resist her attempts, he finally can no longer fight it.Addison Lancaster.  Ingénue or Siren?"You are going to ruin me.""You're going to save me."This book is deep with symbolism and full of quote-worthy lines.  I could write an entire review just using my highlights.  It's written in past and present times and his and her points of view.  And as I said before, you really, truly have no idea the course in which the story is headed until you get to the end.  This book is for those who like psychology, forbidden romance and metaphors.I'd had that once, during the blind acceptance of youth, until one shattering moment ripped it all away to reveal it was nothing but veiled innocence.Can Addy and Grayson survive each other?"I never said I was perfect.  But come on, then.  Everyone else has taken a turn at it—destroy me.""This, what we're doing?  It won't end well, it can't.""A one-way ticket, huh?  Leaving it up to fate?  I like that."5 ticking starsI was gifted a copy.