Review: Suzanna shakes off the shackles of her past
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 27, 2014
The first third of the book is rough. Suzanna has a terrible life and is full of anger, resentment and rebellion. She is destroying her life and is so incredibly selfish it was hard to read. Then one little moment, a choice to be unselfish, starts her on a difficult path to self-discovery and ultimately the discovery of her self-worth. I was struggling through the first third, bugged by how awful it was, and maybe it didn't have to drag on for so long, but maybe it did. The journey did seem realistic because it wasn't rushed. It was slow and painful and Suzanna had to face a lot of demons before she could allow enough light in to see her own value. The romance was more a back story than a main plot and was not the reason for Suzanna's final realization that God lives and that He knows and loves her. It is a religious story, but more than that. It is a story of growing up and accepting, "I am who I choose to be." Suzanna had to shake off the shackles of her past and she did.