Touch - Review

𝕀𝕟𝕕𝕚𝕖 𝔹𝕠𝕠𝕜 ℝ𝕖𝕧𝕚𝕖𝕨

𝘛𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩 by Cheryl Kahn

⭐⭐⭐⭐💫

This book had me at stubborn redhead. I am a sucker for a redhead MC, only a couple I’ve read have disappointed me but Cassie did not! We meet her as a high school student where she is terrorized every day for her “weirdness.” Two years ago, she was rescued from a river, her memory wiped clean. She had no idea who she was, her name, or where she came from. But every time someone touches her, searing pain shoots through her body. A kind-hearted woman from the town took her in, gave her a name, Cassandra, and insisted she calls her Gram.

The loyalty and devotion Cassie has to Gram and Gram to Cassie is beautiful. These two strangers have bonded so strongly, that it was easy to forget that they hadn’t known each other for very long. Cassie has obvious trust issues because of her “curse,” so I was glad she had an ally, someone to show her love and kindness. When someone touches Cassie, she not only feels pain, but sees the cruelest memories of the people who touch her.

Cassie could have easily broken, but she is stubborn and resilient. She continues going to school, knowing that every bully will attempt to touch her. She uses what she discovers to punish their hidden crimes. But she keeps this all hidden away, bottled up inside her until someone else walks into her life. Someone who will not leave Cassie after discovering her existence.

What I really enjoyed in this book was the slow build-up to the action-packed ending. We walk alone with Cassie, blind to what she is, filled with so many unanswered questions. When Gabriel and his family enter her life, we get more questions. I felt the frustration with Cassie, hoping to find out who she is only to be let down. But it's definitely worth the wait when she finally discovers what she is and who she could be.

The only thing that annoyed me a bit was the kind of love triangle that formed. But that’s probably because I was Team Gabriel before someone else even got into the picture. He is swoon-worthy, sweet, full of mystery, everything you want in a man, he’s got it.

This is seriously one exciting first book in a series I most certainly will devour!