Corrupt little gumdrops!

WTF...did I just read??? Uh. Okay so I think that this book was just not my cup of tea. Yeah...I don't know *scratches head* I really wanted to like it and some of the scenes were superbly written, but it was ah...corrupt (in just so many ways). The title fit this book like SO well. Wow. I am like freaked out and a little in shock by this book...

Okay so I guess I should explain myself a little bit more. *Takes a deep breath* I feel like it was a very INTERESTING read. I was sucked into a world that is full of pure chaos, craziness, and corruptness. The book was very good in the sense that I was intrigued. I was pulled in by my hair and the entire time I couldn't decide whether I wanted to keep going or pull myself away. It took a lot of persuading on my part to keep going *wince* but I did. I wanted to see where the author was going with some of those surprises. What the reaction of some of those twists were going to end up like. Unfortunately curiosity kills the cat. Me, being the metaphorical cat who ends up with 8 live instead of 9. I felt like Alice falling through a darker rabbit hole and not being able to see the opening. (Please excuse my overuse of metaphors)Basically, it was just very hard to resist going forward and with each turn of he page my interest started to rise through the freaking roof! At the same time some of these scenes were just so "corrupt" that I wanted to turn away and fling the book across the room. I just didn't really like Rika's choices or many of the characters. Grr...I don't know. I don't want to spoil the book for those who love really dark romances.

I also wanted to talk about Michael and Rika's relationship. It was one of the most twisted relationships I've EVER read. I've read dark books before, but this one definitely is at the top. *sigh* now I feel like a wimp because I'm pretty sure I am the only one who feels this way :( but I won't lie it was exactly my feels the ENTIRE time.

Don't even get me started on Rika's poor decision making skills. I get that she loves Michael, but he's violent with her get's a trip off of her being scared of him and she sees nothing wrong with that. He's constantly making fun of how weak she is because she's an actual human being and has "feelings", actual emotions. He yells at her, pushes her, and scares her continuously. She on the other hand follows him around like a puppy continuously (even after how Michael treats her), ignores his violent fallacies and has no issues that their relationship might be an unhealthy one...in my opinion.

So Basically. I didn't like it. NOT because it wasn't a good book. It was a great book (based on writing alone). The content was good too I guess, just not something that I really enjoyed. That is SOLEY BASED ON MY OWN PREFERENCES. I capitalize this because I don't want someone to not read it just cuz I didn't love it. It was just not my kind of book. I actually sort of enjoyed it (when it wasn't twisted) but it wasn't very high on the book rector scale. I will also admit when I read the excerpts I wanted to read it so badly. So I did. But it wasn't what I expected. It blew me away so to speak.
I dare you to read it. It's definitely a little monster ;)

~P