Review: The Second Redemption of Drew
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 23, 2014
I LOVED the first book. I had a few reservations with this one.  First, I'm not so sure we needed a complete regurgitation of Book 1 from Drew's perspective - it was so well written that his motivations and underlying thoughts were pretty clear through out.  I did appreciate knowing his back story that led him to practice what was done to him on Morgan, but his character was so well depicted that a lot of the retelling of scenes from his perspective was unnecessary.Second, Morgan became a passive doormat again - all the progress she made after moved to Maine and then got amnesia seemed to evaporate in this book.  Instead of hating him and submitting to him in Book 1, she loved him and submitted to him (and explained away his abuse) in Book 2.  This felt like a big character drift, but I understand that in order for Drew to go through his transformation from bad to good (again! - he did that to some extent in Book 1 already), he needed an enabler.Last - and this is a quibble but it did disturb the flow - the formatting between sections was odd.  There were no breathers between paragraphs inside chapters, so I found myself sometimes wondering things like "Wasn't Morgan in the bathtub - how is she watching Drew bathe Nicky?" as shifts in scenes flowed all together.If you read Book 1, you really have to read this.  Like the first book, it is extremely well written, and the bad behavior - like it or not - it called on the carpet left and right such it is really clear that no one is championing it or glorifying it - Morgan was not a victim, but an enthusiastic volunteer.  That might not fit with your personal values, but this is a book that does an excellent job exploring abusers and enablers.