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A review by nicolemhewitt
Unravel by Calia Read
4.0
This review and many more can be found on my blog: Feed Your Fiction Addiction
What fed my addiction:
Unreliable narrator.
You cannot trust the main character in this book! But the trick is figuring out what you can trust and which things are a result of mental illness. You will find yourself deciding what’s true and then changing your mind, and then you’ll change your mind again. And, most likely, you’ll find out in the end that you had absolutely no fricking idea what was going on. And you’ll love it! I did.
Unraveling the past.
(Believe it or not I didn’t mean for that to be punny when I wrote it.) As this book goes on, we slowly discover how Naomi ended up in Fairfax mental institution and what happened in her past to bring her to her breaking point. The story seems straightforward at first, but it gets convoluted – and the relationships between the characters are very complicated. As Naomi tells her story to her doctor, we learn her past – both how she grew up and fell in love with Lachlan and the summer that changed her life forever (when she also happened to meet Max). I loved slowly unraveling Naomi’s past and guessing at what was going to happen to her and the people closest to her!
That ending!
Be prepared to be absolutely blown away by the ending to this book! Seriously. Blown away!
What left me wanting more:
Max.
I actually wasn’t a huge fan of the relationship between Max and Naomi, especially at first. I was really rooting for Naomi and Lachlan since they seemed to have a much deeper, stronger connection. Max and Naomi’s relationship started out being completely physical and I actually didn’t care that much about their sex scenes, even though they were definitely hot. I just found myself wanting to get back to the confusing and incredibly intriguing elements of the plot instead. This last thing I want to say is a slight spoiler – or at least a hint, so head to my blog if you want to see it.
I highly recommend both books in this series! Pick them up at your own peril – you’ll be in for a wild ride! I give this book 4/5 stars.
What fed my addiction:
Unreliable narrator.
You cannot trust the main character in this book! But the trick is figuring out what you can trust and which things are a result of mental illness. You will find yourself deciding what’s true and then changing your mind, and then you’ll change your mind again. And, most likely, you’ll find out in the end that you had absolutely no fricking idea what was going on. And you’ll love it! I did.
Unraveling the past.
(Believe it or not I didn’t mean for that to be punny when I wrote it.) As this book goes on, we slowly discover how Naomi ended up in Fairfax mental institution and what happened in her past to bring her to her breaking point. The story seems straightforward at first, but it gets convoluted – and the relationships between the characters are very complicated. As Naomi tells her story to her doctor, we learn her past – both how she grew up and fell in love with Lachlan and the summer that changed her life forever (when she also happened to meet Max). I loved slowly unraveling Naomi’s past and guessing at what was going to happen to her and the people closest to her!
That ending!
Be prepared to be absolutely blown away by the ending to this book! Seriously. Blown away!
What left me wanting more:
Max.
I actually wasn’t a huge fan of the relationship between Max and Naomi, especially at first. I was really rooting for Naomi and Lachlan since they seemed to have a much deeper, stronger connection. Max and Naomi’s relationship started out being completely physical and I actually didn’t care that much about their sex scenes, even though they were definitely hot. I just found myself wanting to get back to the confusing and incredibly intriguing elements of the plot instead. This last thing I want to say is a slight spoiler – or at least a hint, so head to my blog if you want to see it.
I highly recommend both books in this series! Pick them up at your own peril – you’ll be in for a wild ride! I give this book 4/5 stars.