Review: FAST-PACED STORY W/ORIGINAL PLOT & COMIC HIGHLIGHTS
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 18, 2013
Louisa and Collin's marriage has hit a rocky patch and neither seems to know what to do.  Feeling overwhelmed by everything in life and knowing Collin will be late as usual, she decides on a quick dinner of grilled chicken.  Louisa's last memory is of the George Foreman indoor grill falling and hitting her head.Waking in the hospital, Jazz Sweet has no memory of this handsome man, and can't imagine why he insists they are married and her name is Louisa.  Collins takes Jazz/Louisa home to recover, and together they try to build a new life together and recover Louisa's memory.  After the doctor tells Collin that the retrograde amnesia could be caused by a childhood trauma, the question  that haunts Collin is:  What happened to Louisa in childhood that she can't face?This is a fast-paced story that I read in one sitting.  It has an original plot with comic highlights at the beginning of the story.  The characters of Louisa/Jazz and Collin feel real and caused me to care about them.  It was fun watching Jazz take risks and enjoy life in ways that Louisa would not, and both Louisa and Collin were both hurt that their marriage was in trouble.  It mattered to me that they work things out.  However, here are a couple of minor plot issues that bothered me.  SMALL SPOILER ALERT:  Collin, who obviously knew Louisa and Jazz were one and the same, felt guilty for being attracted to her.  Excuse me?  She was his wife.  The second problem was the abrupt ending.  Once Louisa/Jazz had the big "aha" moment and remembered her childhood trauma, one which the average reader will have figured out halfway through the book,  the story was wrapped up in a couple of pages.  I won't commit a huge spoiler, but it was the type of thing one doesn't recover and move on from in a matter of weeks.Overall, this is an engaging Christian-themed novel which will appeal to teenagers and adults.4 starsDisclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from the publisher through the Tyndale Blogger Network [...] book review bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission's 16 CFR, Part 255 [...] : "Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising."