Review: Not Your Typical Christian Romance
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 22, 2012
As a 21st Century Christian woman who is transported back to 16th Century England where the Church is more about politics than God, Lexie shocks a lot of people with her familiarity toward God and her knowledge of the Scriptures. In turn, she is shocked with what she considers archaic ideas about relationships between men and women. Coming from a background of working with abused women, she has to come to grips with a society that still considers women inferior to men and condones any type of behaviour a husband chooses to exhibit towards his wife.Even though she rebels at the idea of an arranged marriage, Lexie realises that she has no choice in the matter if she is to save the country of her birth from a despotic tyrant who stole the throne from her parents. Despite the fact that this country is only a legend in the 21st Century, she feels God must have sent her back in time for a reason. She still has her doubts about marrying a man who is not a believer, and cannot fathom how this could possibly be God's will for her life, but as her only other choice is to return to what she considers her own time and abandon the Dresdonians to their fate, she finally accepts the situation as it is. Her new husband, Lukas, leaves a lot to be desired, but the more she gets to know him, the more she falls in love with him. That is, until he reveals a dark secret that could spell the end of all the hopes and dreams of Dresdonians still loyal to her parents and, therefore, to her. She is then determined to leave him and this wretched time, but God has other plans. After Lukas finally accepts Christ as his saviour, his one desire is to right the wrongs he has done, but all seems lost except for one thing: God is STILL in control, no matter the time or the circumstances. Freedom, religious, political, or otherwise, does not come without a price, though.I truly enjoyed reading this book, but I thought the ending could have used a bit more detail, and loose ends tied up a little neater. However, since I only read a proof copy, not the finished product, these issues may have been addressed since.