
Thank God for understatement! I had avoided this book fearing a brutal start, and yes, it was, but the detached narration of the events made it much easier to wade through. Of course, it mimics Micah's own emotional detachment and it is his struggle to break out of his self imposed prison after freed from his shackles by Eli that make the story interesting. Eli's tender care and the sweet developing relationship between the two is the delicious icing on this cake.