Review: Excellent read!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 20, 2013
I love it when I read a book and completely get immersed in the story. Lost. Shooting Scars owned me, held me hostage. The descriptions are so vivid, so real, so there, that I found myself wanting to call Camden, cry out to Ellie, and stab and hug Javier at the same time. How does that happen? Well, good story telling, great writing, intricate plot and amazing characters-that's how.At times it made me want to put it down and get a drink. Instead, I held my kindle with one hand and drank my tequila with the other."I like to keep my liver on it's toes."I said it before and I'll say it again, Ellie is a girl after my own heart. Her struggles are my struggles. Her heart ache is my heart ache. Her tears are my tears. Her scars, are my scars. Every single destructive trait in her speaks to me. No, screams to me. She tugs at my heart a way that not many characters do.Camden. Oh Camden. I hurt for him, I bled for him. I love this man. He is my new favorite broken man. He is light. He is dark. He is love. He is hate. He just is.Javier. I love Javier. He's a creep, a bastard, and ultimately a coward (IMO), but he has these moments. Fleeting moments, but moments nonetheless, where he makes you want to save him.Shooting Scars keeps you on your toes, leaves you breathless, makes you hurt (bad), makes you laugh, cry. There is such an incredible roller coaster of emotions wrapped up in this book, in this series filled with utterly broken people that it makes you want to reach into the pages and hug them, kiss them, and let them know you'll accept them. Because after all, isn't that how we end up broken? Because of lack of acceptance? So I accept you, Ellie. I accept you, Camden. I accept you, Javier.If you haven't taken the leap yet, I suggest you check this series out STAT. You won't regret it.