Yep, this is ass. All I can say is this was good for the first few chapters then instantly went shit after chapter 20. Huge bait and I thought it was good too, too bad.
This had me really, really hooked, but there'll need to be a huge amount of writing acrobatics to come back from chapter 33. I can't really fathom how somebody could possibly come back from something that despicable, messed up backstory or not...