This was one and still remains one of my all time favorite books. To this day, the thought of it tears me apart, shredding my heart into a billion bits of emotion that fall everywhere. I love this book... because... I can't quite describe it. I suppose to an extent, it touches me personally, because I have been Gemma and I have experienced having a Ty. Yes, an older man falling in love with a girl at a ridiculously young age and holding onto the attachment, allowing it to transform into an unhealthy desperate desire, a need, for years. 
 The first time I read this book I believe I was about 14 or 15 years old, and little did I know I was about to meet my Ty. True, I was not kidnapped and taken from my home, however, I did become quickly trapped in a situation that I could not escape. Eventually I was able to run, but it wasn't easy... The feelings that Gemma experience are so real. 
 When I read this as a youth I had a totally different perspective and attitude of the ending the first time I read this book. I was actually sort of hurt that Gemma chose to do what she did. But I was a dumb kid caught in the blinding romantic beauty of it all who didn't realize how foolish that thinking was. Of course, what Ty did was wrong. 
 Did he love her? Yes, in his own way, he did. But he was selfish, and it was wrong to take her. One of my favorite quotes, that I feel so strong still to this day... 
 And you expected me to love you. And that's the hardest bit. Because I did, or at least, I loved something out there. But I hated you too. I can't forget that. 
 Looking back at this book now, wow. Just wow, I'm blown away by its depth and brilliance. I have so much respect now that I am older and see the situation for what it truly is and was.