Monster in His Eyes

So anyone that knows me, knows that I absolutely love ANYTHING J.M. Darhower. I have to be honest and say that this book literally sneaked up on me. I didn't know that she was releasing a new book. I was shocked and thrilled at the same time. 

So I bought it April 27, but because I was in the middle of another book, I waited. I hate that I waited, even though it was only a couple of days. 

I wasn't sure what to expect with it. Her previous work has been amazing and addicting. I didn't know if we would get the same or better with this one. Gahh... Even thinking about the book and the characters, I get chilly goosebumps. Like crazy. 

We meet Karissa who is a college student literally struggling to keep her GPA up so that she can keep her scholarship at NYU. She lives off of Top Ramen. (<-- that's how much she's struggling). 

Then, there is Naz... He's older than her, much older. That doesn't keep him away from her though. He has money and "connections". And most importantly, he wants to take care of Karissa. 

I like how they meet, not once but twice... 

Their relationship was thrilling to me (Does that make sense? Cause that's exactly what I felt every time that they were together). 

Back to those chilly goosebumps... Yeah... The history behind Naz's story is freaking CRAZY and fucked up. I wanted to throw up and cry and throw my kindle away so that it would go away. Now that I think about it, I'm glad that I didn't do that. I needed it to get to the end of the book. Freaking HELL... Once I got to a certain part, I wanted to go backwards and erase everything that I had learned...

Naz was everything that I expected and some. (all in a good way - I think...)

The author did an amazing job. It was more than what I expected. I love that we still get some kind of Mafia twist with this book. I can't seem to keep away from them. I seriously CANNOT wait to read the next book. I DESPERATELY need to know what happens next. The crazy in me wants everything to work out for them. The normal in me is hoping for, I'm not sure... An HEA... How that'll happen, I don't know. All I can do is trust the author!