Review: Tackling real & important issues - Reviewed by Tumika Patrice Cain: Say What?? Book Club, Author
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 20, 2014
Honour Among All by Vivian Kay is the story of Moni and Ladi, a couple of Nigerian descent living in Toronto.  These longtime loves have reached a dry spell in their marriage.  Ladi’s adulterous pasts lingers between them like the stench of bad breath.  Unable to get beyond the infidelity, the marriage begins to crumble.  Ladi is bitter that his wife won’t forgive and forget.  Seeking to pay her back for her stance on his infidelities, he plays bad cop, good cop with their difficult teenage daughter, undermining Moni every chance he gets.Moni is the sheltered daughter of a pastor who takes her Christianity very seriously.  Ladi’s past is much more colorful than his wife’s. She seeks solace from her stressful home situation by pouring all her time into work and ministry duties.  Ladi resents the time she spends away from home, yet does nothing to help actually alleviate the challenges they face.  Reaching a point where he wants a divorce, he issues an ultimatum to Moni.  Knowing she does not want their family to disband, he uses her desire to not add a broken marriage to their list of sins, manipulating her into doing something she doesn’t want to do.Against her better judgment, Moni goes along with Ladi’s demands, only to find their marriage spiraling out of control at the same time their daughter’s life is also disintegrating right before their eyes.  Faced with difficult choices, the couple makes some tough decisions.In this well-written Christian novella, Vivian Kay, sheds light on issues such as the need to be careful who  you seek counsel from, the effects unforgiveness has on relationships, and being unequally yoke in parenting, just to name a few.  This book will open the eyes of readers to issues that affect Christian families but which also rarely have a platform for expression.  Excellent reading material.  Great job, Vivian Kay.4.5 stars