Review: Coming of Age Story
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 11 19, 2013
Full review is found at: [...]*Copy of book provided by NetGalley*Shelter Me is a book that starts off slow and improves the further you progress into it.It is well written and easy to understand but, I found the plot to move along too slowly. There is a twist towards the end of the book, which you can feel coming and that held my interest in the story and saved me from putting it down.A different mix of characters with more of a religious content to what I'm used to in a book, with all the characters knowing each other through their local church. Marissa and Jacob are the point of views that this story conveys. They have both loved each other since they were children but due to their parents influence, had not pursued anything more until Marissa's marriage to Mark (the villain of the story) falls apart. Marissa is not a particularly strong character and is pushed around by her mother until she decides it's time to fight for herself and stand up to Mark and admit her feelings for Jacob. Jacob on the other side, spends the entire book pining over Marissa and her courtship/marriage to Mark whilst dreaming of owning his own bike shop and dealing with his families struggles with his sister who is not well. He also gets stronger as the book goes on but it's not until close to the end that this happens. I would have liked to see him fight for the girl he loves earlier on.If you like a coming of age story this is for you. It is a little to heavy on the religious aspect for me and the main characters weren't strong enough but if that doesn't bother you then you may enjoy this more than me.I rate this book 3 stars.