Review: Lacked Strength in the Main Characters and Was Not a Good Fit For Me
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 12 25, 2013
Shelby Davis is a search and rescue dog handler, trainer and a bestselling suspense author. Everything is going along fairly well until she receives a call to bring Max, her dog, and snowmobile to help rescue a man lost in a blizzard. Not just any man but the one who shattered her heart, the man she was engaged to. The man who left her a message three months before their wedding telling her he was leaving, but with no explanations. Now, eighteen months later, he has returned and he is the last person she wants to rescue. When he left her she had no idea why and it greatly affected her self image, trust in others, and her trust in God. She was completely devastated and broken.Ryker Anderson is back and he has hopes of winning back the woman he loves. He hopes Shelby will understand why he left.There are three or four issues that were disturbing to me in this story. I feel they were not dealt with properly and I would like to further explain but it would be a major spoiler. IMO--a couple of those things left the heroine appearing weak, meek, seen and not heard, unable to speak her mind to Ryker and her father. It was actually a bit distressing for me and I was really ready to stop reading this book and move onto something else. You don't have to be meek and/or weak to be a Christian woman and that is how I viewed Shelby.While waiting for Ryker to explain the whole truth, I became more disillusioned with this story and I feel it made him appear that he didn't care as much as he led us to believe. If you wanted the love of your life back, would you not tell her the whole truth to stop her mind from wandering where it need not go? Just spill it and get it out there because you now know how broken your leaving left her and how much she suffered and is still suffering. Gee...don't continue to torture her. She's been through enough.This was definitely not a good match for me and I can't recommend it, but if a character who seems weak, meek and very mild doesn't bother you then give it a try. I certainly seem to be in the minority although there was a 4-star review who said much the same thing as I have. In fact I am somewhat surprised at the four and five star reviews. As a Christian and one who follows Christian Romance and Suspense, It just left me feeling disturbed.