Review: Perfect for Christian YA readers
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 12, 2012
This is a perfect book for Christian YA readers.Charity is brave, resourceful and has strong moral values that even the best looking boy in school, whom she loves to distraction, cannot overcome under anything but the right circumstances. The Christian theme running through the book is strong and consistent, which I admire. Charity is faced with difficult situations, decisions and dilemmas and comes through them all with flying colours and the book has a satisfying conclusion.While all this is very well for the kind of reader I mentioned above, it's a little sanitised for the general reader. Charity finds herself in difficult situations that work out without anyone getting hurt too badly, or proving to be totally evil. Redemption is to be found within all the characters which, for me, is a little unrealistic. Given the scenarios in which Charity finds herself, and the actions some of the other characters, I would have expected a more dynamic narrative with far more contrast between good and evil. While the good is very good, the evil is not very evil and for me, the author has sacrificed the story to Christian values to the extent that it loses its dynamism.However, it is a good read and I would certainly recommend it for the readership it is intended for.