Review: Fighting for Life
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 22, 2014
The Good GirlBy: Lily White & Dawn Robertson5/5 stars**I received a complimentary copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.**I’ve read works by both of these authors before, and thought that this would be an interesting collaboration of authors. Lily is known for her dark novels and Dawn is known (at least by me) for her kinky novels. So what did we end up with? A raw, gritty, kinky, dark novel, with an HEA that was left open for another book. *Hint, hint ladies!* However, if the novel is a stand-alone, believe me; it is able to stand by itself as well.Eleni is destroying her life with alcohol, random sex and hard partying. She’s trying to drown out the voices in her head, her constant nightmares, and her crappy childhood. She has a bad habit of waking up hungover and not knowing where she may be or who may be with her. The only other thing to quiet the voices has been pain, thus her beautifully tatted up body. The only good thing in her life is her school work. Ironically she’s studying to be a psychologist.Gabriel has suffered a traumatic event in his childhood that flipped a switch. And the switch wasn’t a good one. He has lost every one of importance in his life, he is all alone. Gabriel is scarred physically and emotionally. He is a broken man with no light left inside of him. Eleni has been his obsession. He kidnaps her to save her from herself, to preserve the little bit of light still inside of her, even though she doesn’t want to be saved.During their time together, we see just how far gone Gabriel is. His obsession with saving Eleni turns to hate. He doesn’t want her broken, but he no longer wishes to save her. Because of her studies, Eleni realizes that Gabriel is suffering, is mentally unstable and is in need of saving. At first, we don’t know his diagnosis, but it is manifested as more than severe bipolar disorder. He is more of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde schizophrenia.The added mental illness, really brings to light that mentally ill people can seem like functioning members of society, but suffer in silence. Also, that they are so far into their own heads and lost to their illness, that they don’t feel empathy & sympathy. Mental illness is real, and it can affect anyone. But the suffering people need someone who will stand up and help save them.This was an excellent book. It was real, raw, gritty, sexy, sensual and twisted. I loved it. I felt it.