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BLURBHe was an artist. She was his muse.
To everyone in town, Abel Adams was the devil's spawn, a boy who never should have been born. A monster.
To twelve year-old Evie Hart, he was just a boy with golden hair, soft t-shirts and a camera. A boy who loved taking her picture and sneaking her chocolates before dinner. A boy who made her feel special.
Despite her family's warnings, she loved him in secret for six years. They met in empty classrooms and kissed in darkened church closets. Until they couldn't.
Until the time came to choose between love and family, and Evie chose Abel.
Because their love was worth the risk. Their love was the stuff of legend.
But the thing about legends is that they are cautionary tales. They are made of choices and mistakes. And for Abel and Evie, the artist and the muse, those mistakes come in the form of lights, camera, sex.
NOTE: This is NOT a paranormal or a priest romance.
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I thought that the beginning of the book was interesting. It grabbed my attention right away. I loved the whole storybook tone of Evie talking about what she thought of monsters and how she would deal with them if she was ever confronted by one. This idea seemed to carry on throughout the book as well as who was defined as a monster. I thought that for the voice of a 12-year-old Evie seemed immature and naive. Although, this carried on for quite a while until she was about 18 in the story. It bothered me somewhat but I was able to get over it because the story was so interesting.
The book had far more depth than I thought that it would. There came a point in the story when I thought that the book would go in the direction that I have seen other books go but it went in a completely different direction. I was pleasantly surprised! I enjoyed the story due to the characters and how unique it was though I would have shortened how much time was spent on Abel's job. Although, it added a compelling element to their relationship and added issues to it.
I thought that the author took Abel and Pixie's relationship in interesting directions to provide the reader with an understanding of each of their personalities and how they each reacted to their trials differently. They each coped in similar and different ways but seemed to be separated by how they each chose to move forward. One of them held onto anger and hate while the other chose forgiveness towards the persecutors of their relationship. I appreciated the uniqueness of the characters. I have never read a book where one of the characters comes from such an unusual family background. It made for an intriguing character development and made me question how our society might treat such a person. A theme of the book seemed to be do you damn the children for their parents choices or are they their own person with a fresh start.
The book had far more depth than I thought that it would. There came a point in the story when I thought that the book would go in the direction that I have seen other books go but it went in a completely different direction. I was pleasantly surprised! I enjoyed the story due to the characters and how unique it was though I would have shortened how much time was spent on Abel's job. Although, it added a compelling element to their relationship and added issues to it.
I thought that the author took Abel and Pixie's relationship in interesting directions to provide the reader with an understanding of each of their personalities and how they each reacted to their trials differently. They each coped in similar and different ways but seemed to be separated by how they each chose to move forward. One of them held onto anger and hate while the other chose forgiveness towards the persecutors of their relationship. I appreciated the uniqueness of the characters. I have never read a book where one of the characters comes from such an unusual family background. It made for an intriguing character development and made me question how our society might treat such a person. A theme of the book seemed to be do you damn the children for their parents choices or are they their own person with a fresh start.
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