Review: Wonderful Character Developement- Engaging Storyline
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 19, 2014
After reading the first Single Heart book, I was thrilled to find a second one available here on Amazon. So, naturally, I picked it up. This book focuses on the life of a girl named Mary Jo. A girl who has been through her fair share of troubles in life, and a girl worth reading about because of those troubles.The book gets off to a quick start, immidiately pulls you into the story, and builds the characters personalities rather quickly. Within the first few chapters I felt as though I had known Mary Jo for quite some time. Very few authors can introduce a character so quickly. In a matter of paragraphs her personality shown through and you quickly grasp the idea of who she is. It was such a unique experience to find a book that so quickly enveloped you in the character.Mary Jo is definitely not your average character going through your average circumstances. The trials and tribulations she faces in this story make her different from most people. This, in a way, makes her less relatable. It's hard to relate someone being tried for murder and who was kidnapped as a child- naturally most people won't be able to find themselves having something in common with that storyline. But this makes her intrigueing to read about- ultimately making the entire book an engaging one. But it's the fact that even amidst the most adverse of conditions, somehow over time you still find yourself relating to Mary Jo. She has this uncanning ability to be 'average'. She feels things the way anyone else in a similar situation would feel. She expresses things the same way. She acts the same way. And I think in that way it's very easy to get emotionally involved in the story. I think many people could read this book, not relating personally to the character, and yet find themselves imagining what it would be like to be in her situation- and playing out their own kind of scenerio vicariously through her.The book was well-written and thought-provoking. As the second book in the series, it's a bit longer than the first one- but just as good. I would recommend starting with the first book and moving along to this one. But if you'd rather start with this one I think you could easily find yourself engaged in this storyline having not read the first book prior.