Review: Shawna has done it with No Other!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 4, 2010
Shawna has written a remarkable story with "No Other"!  I had a bit of a hard time getting into the book at first.  Not sure why, just did.  Once I got into it, I didn't want to stop!  The characters were so real.  I could feel their emotions.Jakob is trying to come to terms with his parents being held by the Germans during WWII.  While they were being held he had to stay home and take care of his siblings.  His older brother Joe was away fighting in the war.  When the war is over, and his family is back together Jakob decides it's time to go back to school and finish up high school.  Jakob is a Christian young man trying to live a godly life.Meri Parker is a 22 year old teacher in the same Texas town Jakob lives in.  In fact they both grew up there and were friends "way back when".  When Jakob starts back to school he is floored to see Meri Parker as his teacher.  I think they see a "spark" when they meet and it later grows.  Due to the teacher/student relationship and also because they are so totally opposites in the material world, a relationship is impossible.  They decide to sneak around to see each other after discovering they have feelings for one another.This book has romance and a theme of forgiveness running all through it.  Jakob has to learn to forgive the events of the past; Meri needs to forgive her parents for being so overbearing; and due to something that happens, Meri and Jakob must learn to forgive themselves.Like I said at the beginning, once I got past the first few pages, I was hooked!  I believe Shawna has written a wonderful book about forgiveness and love.  I would encourage you to get a copy and read for yourself!  I believe you will be blessed!