Review: Brutal, original and totally captivating
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 30, 2013
OMFG!!! What the hell did I just read? And why why this ending? I need the second book, like yesterday.This book is mind-numbing and breath-taking. And completely different from other stuff you might have read.Meet Ellory, a high school senior with the potty mouth of a sailor, a devil-may-care attitude and a huge amount of self-confidence. I liked her from the start and thought her honest and direct ways to be quite charming and likeable.Meet Adam, the new boy at the high school that happens to be a serial killer murdering girls. He reminds me very much of Dexter, just without the vigilante part. He kills for the joy of killing. There is no code. And he does not feel emotions...that is until he meets Ellory.The book takes you on a journey watching the relationship between Ellory and Adam develop, her finding out who he really is and still loving him until a person neither of them knows comes into the game threatening their love.I am seriously at a loss of words over this book. Lauren Hammond manages to do the impossible...she made me love Adam's character. A person too despicable for words, and yet you can't help but like him, feeling sorry for him and hoping he will find happiness with Ellory. I seriously hope the second book will be out soon.The only bad thing about this book was the amount of spelling and grammar errors. There is some major editing necessary. But this could not take away from the awesomeness of the story.