This is not the type of book I would normally read, but read it I did because I couldn't stop. Uncomfortable. Gripping. Brutal. Sexy in all the wrong ways. This is not a story for the fainthearted. The characters will keep you coming back even when you don't want to - you NEED to know they will be alright.
Cammie has rolled from one horrible home to another, but she's a survivor through and through. At times, her viewpoint is inconsistent (hence the 4* not 5), but she is a compelling character which you want to see survive against the odds. The thing I both loved and hated about it was that she went from one controlling environment, to another, with a token gesture rant or flipping her fuse occasionally about wanting control of her own life. A lot is made of her age, and the age of consent, but sadly, I think we all know there is a worse reality in the real world which, if someone was really in Cammie's shoes, then, such respect for the age at which one officially becomes an adult, probably wouldn't happen.
The ending was one heck of a cliff hanger. Brutal.
This is a good book. Dark, haunting, but good if you are into twisty relationships, edge of seat tension, and dark romantic themes.