This book is pretty triggering so please be safe and check the trigger warnings before you pick up this book!

I found this book to be beautifully written and I enjoyed the story a lot! It discusses a variety of very important topics in a very unique way, which i most definitively appreciated.

I wish my reasons for not enjoying this were because of the heavy subject matter, but that was actually the thing I liked about the book. I loved that it was an unabashed and raw story about victims of sexual abuse and their struggles in the real world and how they move forward with their lives. I liked that it was told through the eyes of different characters, so we get to see all sides of the story.

It might be a "me" problem or a timing situation, where I wasn't in the headspace to be diving into something so deep.

I did not like this book.
The premise was interesting and cover was kind of intruiging.
But The characters were...boring and i had a hard time to get to know them.. Hunter took ALOT of the book...wich put Jazz fell away...

I tried getting into this one as it was slow in the start and I was hoping it would eventually pick up. By the time I cared to know what was happening to our main character I figured most of it out and wasn't really invested anymore. I wasn't invested in Hunter or Jazz, and most of the things that Jazz was doing was just frustrating me. Jazz was using Hunter as a science experiment and for her own gain which I wasn't too fond of as she's supposed to be his best friend. The whole story is triggering which I know we are warned about from the start but there is no break. It's all about sexual assault, alcohol, drugs, and abuse which for me was too much.

This book blew my mind.
It started out slow and for the first part I was unsure about what was even happening and then all of a sudden it picked up and I was hooked. Sooo many trigger warnings which I would suggest looking into if you choose to read this book. Everything is discussed in so much detail. The end was so fast paced and I think everything was addressed by the end.

i really enjoyed reading this book, the characters were great and I really enjoyed the plot. I look forward to more from the author.

I have no idea how to rate this book. I guess I will just spill my thoughts and let you decide for yourself.

First of all, it was a well written, really interesting, engrossing book. And the premise was seriously interesting. Based on these, I would give it 5 stars.

But then.. I like books that make me cry. But I dont like books that make me cringe and grimace. I dont have "triggers" and can read about sexual abuse, assault, etc. But this seemed too graphic - it disturbed the hell out of me. Maybe I was just too emotionally involved? It also felt as if there were trauma after trauma... I needed a little light to come in between. I needed an emotional break.

I also struggled with another thing.. *possible spoiler alert**

Hunter can take memories away, but end up taking the pain of those memories on. Knowing that, WHY would Jazz do that to him - to anyone? I liked her, but the more I thought about it, the less I liked her. But this was my issue, not and issue with the story, right?

So this brings me back to - what makes a good book? Just because I personally struggled with some ot it doesn't mean it wasn't a good book. I read hundreds of books a year and forget most of them. I will be remembering this for a while. Based on that alone, I will keep the 5 start rating.

Very gripping! Somehow Jazz and Hunter's characterizations really pull me in to the story--they made you addicted to read more and more. With the kind of suspense atmosphere, Someone to Kiss my Scars is truly unputdownable.

This was one of the midst disturbing reads, in a sense that it was so real and terrifying.
Dealing extensively with abuse of all and any kind, Someone to kiss my scars takes it up a notch with Hunter's 'magical' ability to read and see other's thoughts and pain. Trying to piece his own past together, he stumbles upon violence and abuse like he's never seen before, and Hunter is determined to save these people in any way he can.
It was a hard read, no doubt. I felt so bad for the characters, for hunter and what all he had to go through. Although it's a fictional tale with heavy science related, I cannot think that such violence doesn't happen in real life either.
I just didn't like the fact that everyone just came and dumped their bad past on hunter. I understand he waved tu help take it away but won't it also make it more difficult for him?
That was one part I didn't specifically like. I felt it was selfish for others to unburden their dark memories on another person. I just wished that wasn't the result.
Otherwise, a brilliant book but with immense trigger warnings (abuse, child pornography, abortion, sexual assault, incest, murder, prostitution, and a lot more). This book is VERY DARK so venture carefully.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publishers for a review copy. All views expressed are fully mine.

Alcoholism, sexual abuse, child pornografy, suicide, domestic violence, murder, incest, si.fi... and so on... so many trauma in one book...
This was not the book for me and although the book have a great history i guess i could go to another away, many things don't have answer... i like to know what happen after they forget the bad memories... i don't know what to thing about it...

Thank you to NetGalley for the opportunity to read this book.

This book talks of a very heavy topic, and one that needs to be talked more of. Though shown in an unexpected way, this book contains the raw and scary truth. It’s of two people healing along with many others from a trauma hard to get rid of.

I wish the blurb would be a little more explanatory, though. Like mentioned, this book consists of heavy topics, and the readers should have a clear mind of what they’re going in for,

Thanks to netgalley for providing me an arc for a honest feedback.

This book was a lot. I know there are trigger warnings, but honestly I didn't prepare myself enough. It was extremely hard to get into this book because of the nature and in the end it just wasn't for me. It was just extremely hard to read and I warn anyone who is triggered easily or extremely sensitive to these topics. If you do plan to read this prepare yourself and take breaks while reading or make sure you have happy and lighter books to read afterward!

Before I tell you anything else, I want you to know there are a significant amount of 5 star reviews for this book and would encourage you to check some of those out before deciding whether this is the book for you.

“There are a lot of things I wish I didn’t remember.”

This could well be the most triggering book I have ever read. I knew before I began that sexual assault would be addressed but I read a lot of books that include content of that nature so I thought I’d be okay. I never expected there would be such consistently graphic content. I don’t think for a moment that the author intended any of the scenes to be gratuitous but it felt at times like I was reading a Virginia Andrews novel.

If there’s been more light included in the story to help counter the overwhelming darkness I might have been okay. Instead I felt more and more weighed down by story after story of trauma. Your response may be different to mine and you may be okay after reading this, but if you’re a survivor of sexual assault, please be safe while reading.

“Why was his brain assaulted by other people’s stories when he could remember nothing of his own?”

Hunter can take bad memories away from other people but each memory he deletes from them adds to his own burden. Given how their traumas are both related to sexual assault and that they’re best friends, I had trouble believing Jazz could so easily give her memories to Hunter.

While I definitely understand the desire to erase traumatic memories, it still felt selfish of Jazz to ease her burden by heaping it instead on someone she cared about. Hunter doesn’t feel the way I do about this. I didn’t want Jazz silenced; I wanted her to be able to share her story with someone. My only problem with this was with the choice to delete memories you don’t want by adding to the trauma of another person.

I balked and very nearly threw my Kindle across the room when a victim of child sexual abuse described their perpetrator as seducing them.

I wanted to know more about Dr Ru and his ‘treatments’, particularly how many other potential Hunters there are wandering around and if the side effects of the treatment differ between patients.

I was interested in spending more time exploring the changes that took place in people when their traumatic memories were removed and wanted to know the long term effects Hunter would experience by overloading his mind with other peoples’ trauma.

Content warnings include mentions of [take a huge breath here …] abortion, alcoholism, child pornography, death by suicide, domestic violence, eating disorder, fat shaming, homophobia, human trafficking, incest, mental illness, murder, paedophilia, prostitution, scientific experimentation on animals (worms), school shooting, self harm, sexual assault, suicidal ideation and attempts.

Thank you so much to NetGalley and DartFrog Books for the opportunity to read this book.

Someone To Kiss My Scars by Brooke Skipstone, published by Darfrog Books, is a full length, stand-alone, ya/na novel. The book deals with sensitive subjects, is a dark read and I recommend to use par. adv. exp. cont. This book is not for the faint of heart, please consider you warned.
The book is currently in KU.
Hunter is a 17 year old who's already through a lot. He suffers from bad visions. It eats him up. And when ghosts from his past show up, he and his loved ones are in danger.
Someone To Kiss My Scars is a high on drama, raw and gritty read, gutting to the quick, sometimes hard to stomach read. I connected with the characters and days after finishing this book, they're still staying with me.

Hmm, I sadly didn't like this book.

After reading the blurb and luckily gettung a copy of it I sadly wasn't able o enjoy it.

I found that it was very difficult to connect with the main characters and even though the events were very interesting and fun to read I just felt disconnected to the characters in the moment.

I would like to say that the event in this book are not the happiest as seen in the foreword this book contains sexual abuse, self-mutilation and suicide so just a heads up for the people who might be triggered by these events.

I did think the iveral story was good but due to lack of connection I didn't really enjoy it sadly. Maybe in the future I'll pick up a new book by her whenever it comes. Thank you to the publishers for giving me a free copy though! I highly appreciate it.

Okay, so I went into this book seeing the trigger warnings but let's just say I didn't realise how extreme they would be.

What drew me in with this book was the mystery about Hunter and his memories. I liked that we were finding out what happened alongside him and I also liked how the memories weren't sugarcoated when revealed. What confused me and what was never properly explained was how Hunter is able to take others memories/see others memories. The book took an almost paranormal turn and I was expecting some kind of weird drug reveal from that doctor his Dad took him too that would explain this. But no.

I think Jazz was a dynamic character. I liked that she wasn't the stereotypical 'pretty, slim' girl and she had real substance and brought something to the story. Hunter was interesting to read too, but he is definitely an unreliable narrator.

I think a bigger trigger warning needs to be given when reading this story, however. I had to skim read across a lot of the memories because it was GRAPHIC, like a lot, and made me feel super uncomfortable and I don't get uncomfortable reading much. Each trigger warning is graphically written about so this book definitely isn't for readers who might find this distressing. Especially for sexual abuse and self-harm.

Overall, a decently written book with an interesting plot. Although I wished the author explored more of the memory side with explanations, I am content at where it ended.

3 stars!
I received this book via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Someone to Kiss my Scars: Brooke Skipstone
Publisher: DartFrog Books
Teens/YA, Thriller, Sci-Fi
Archive Date: Apr. 24, 2020

Unapologetic, intense, and cinematic; a powerful psychological thriller.

Brooke Skipstone’s novel, Someone to Kiss my Scars, is a psychological thriller that touches on some major, dark tragedies that befalls a group of teenagers such as: child pornography, incest, rape, suicide, abuse, and that’s just to name a few. Hunter, the protagonist, is a young man with a troubling past. His father, few years back, had his mind completely erased by an underground doctor who removed all memories of a trauma his father won’t talk about. As memories begin to resurface as true glimpses into other people’s traumas, he realizes that by giving the traumatic memory to him, the memory is no longer stored in the persons mind who experienced the trauma. Throughout this discovery, his friend Jazz struggles to hide her own traumatic childhood and darkness but allows him to help her, eventually creating a bond with Hunter that is unbreakable.

Skipstone’s writing is phenomenal; evoking a strong and emotionally rich story that will haunt you after you’ve finished the book. Psychologically demanding, she explores dark themes and how the power of friendship can heal all wounds. This disturbing, psychological thriller depicts, with an unusual clarity, the weight of trauma these children must cope with and the damage it can leave.

Beautifully written, Someone to Kiss my Scars is a eye awakening, coming of age story that explores trauma on the young mind and how friendship, love and hope may heal us all.

TRIGGER WARNING: RAPE, ABUSE, CHILD PRONOGRAPHY, INCEST, SUICIDE, DEATH.

Great book! I thoroughly enjoyed reading it.
Thanks to the Publisher for giving me the opportunity to read it in advance