THE HIT by Melvin Burgess is a tale of love, danger, gangsters, revolution, and of course...drugs. The story begins with Adam and his girlfriend Lizzie at a concert.

Jimmy Earle a famous musician has been rumored to have taken the drug Death. Death is not just any drug though, it gives the highest high for one week, and then the user dies. The death of Jimmy Earle sparks what looks like the revolution.

Several events collide with the life Adam has planned, causing him to spiral out of control. Laying on his bed thinking about how miserable his life is, he does it. He takes Death. He compiles a list and convinces Lizzie to join the journey, but what they never expected was to spend Adam's last week running from gangsters, getting beaten up, almost dying several times, and finding out the beauty of life.

THE HIT is one of those stories that I was really unsure of where it was going, until it was there, a story that completely caught me by surprise. THE HIT is nothing like anything I have read before. It is written so differently than most stories, however it flows in such a perfect sequence, that it doesn't confuse. You get the joy of hearing all points of view without being totally wasted on the nonsense.

THE HIT makes you think about life and love, about what is important and how we are supposed to go about life knowing these almost secrets. THE HIT is definitely a tale worth seeing through to the end, it makes you think, and I'm a better person for it.