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A review by mldias
Split by Swati Avasthi
4.0
When Jace Witherspoon shows up on his brother's doorstep, he doesn't need to say a word. His bruised face and fat lip speak for themselves. Christian, his older brother, is all too familiar with their father's wrath--for years, he took punches for his mother and brother, until the beatings landed him in the hospital and a friend's family helped him escape. This left Jace as the human buffer zone between his abusive father and downtrodden mother.
The problem is, Jace's and Christian's father is no ordinary abuser. He is a judge, one of the most respected in Chicago. He knows the system better than anyone. He is diabolical enough to have devised a defense in the event his beatings ever kill his wife.
But Jace, bruised and broken as he is, isn't entirely innocent himself. He carries with him a dark secret from his past life, one that the story reveals to us gradually. Living with Christian presents an opportunity to start over, but he realizes quickly that he can only run so far from the life he has left behind. Can he break the cycle his father set in motion years ago?
The problem is, Jace's and Christian's father is no ordinary abuser. He is a judge, one of the most respected in Chicago. He knows the system better than anyone. He is diabolical enough to have devised a defense in the event his beatings ever kill his wife.
But Jace, bruised and broken as he is, isn't entirely innocent himself. He carries with him a dark secret from his past life, one that the story reveals to us gradually. Living with Christian presents an opportunity to start over, but he realizes quickly that he can only run so far from the life he has left behind. Can he break the cycle his father set in motion years ago?