Book Talk Review; One Hundred & Thirty-Six Scars

Not for the faint of heart

Meadow

I was four years old when I learnt what evilness the world could bring. I fought through life with my scarred soul, wrangled through the dark empty nights where I’d pray I didn’t wake up the next morning. I would shut my eyes and mentally take myself to my happy place.

Red roses.

The sound of waves crashing on the sand under my feet. 

The final time the cold blade pushed up against my thigh, and I waited for my blood to trickle over the other One hundred and thirty-six scars that covered my skin— never came. Who was this man who just saved me? He had no idea how close I came to ending myself that day. I was ready to blow my brains all over the bedroom walls and I had a nine sitting under my pillow to prove it.

Beast

Some people have families, I had engineered human killing machines surrounding me my whole life. I’d been a part of this unit since I was a baby, raised in a community that was shut off from the real world. A community where we were nothing but empty vessels, until Hella (my best friend) and I escaped. Hella took us to a girl who was in foster care with him before he was summoned into The Army. After finding out yet another complication in my life, I needed space. I booked in to a run down apartment, ready to clear my head. Only my head didn’t clear, because I was haunted every night from the screams that would vibrate through my walls.

This is not a story of a perfect man coming in to save the day. 

This is a story of what happens when fate interferes and two completely broken souls collide.

*Potential triggers lie within this book.

** This book is gritty and contains dark content.

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Gritty, dark, dirty, and surprisingly emotional, One Hundred & Thirty-Six Scars surprised me at every turn.

Normally I don't do well with the whole conspiracy on super engineering humans. I've read one other book previously and I didn't care too much for it. But this is different. The whole premise is different, the whole feel of the book is different.

Surprisingly Amo Jones was able to bring emotions into this otherwise dark book. Neither Medow or Beast had easy lives, they didn't have anything to make them see the good in life. 

Beast and Medow are brought together due to terrible circumstances, but even years later that doesn't mean they have forgotten those few moments together.

The story overall has a dark feel to it, but Medow and Beast, despite their dark lives, aren't dark people. At least I don't think so. 

Amo James surprised me with this book. Something that is hard to do. I thought this would be your typical MC Romance. But it's not, it's so much more. I can't begin to tell you how much you need to read to experience.

Beast is good, despite the darkness inside him. Meadow is the girl who has the ability to make him realize the light inside him. 

Meadow is strong, she's the person that rises above her hardships instead of hiding behind them. You can't blame her for being cautious, she has good reason to do the things she does. 

When these two broken people come together, it's nothing short of explosive. 

Beast and Meadow were made for each other. There's no other way to put it. 

I have not previously read an Amo Jones book, but I'm not opposed to reading more. I need to know more about this world that she's created. 

-Abri