Review: Ultra lies, deceptions & revelations!
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 11 8, 2013
I like the fact that this story is finally wrapped up! Of the 3 books, I think the first one "Temptations" was the most sexually and erotically charged. It was a sort of tabooed reading of first love and sexual encounters with an older man especially one who is your best friend's dad! It had sooooo much sex in it! The 2nd story was more dealing with pregnant Leah and her time spent in the unwed home and with Erica trying to find out what happened to Leah.The 2nd story was so far from being an erotic story - it was more a tale of the inner workings of the church that Erica & Leah and so many others put their spiritual faith in - and how corrupt it had become especially by one man who had brutalized many and had been covering up for so long. It is a sordid story of the "Marys" and the "Magdalenes" and the sordid connection to the unwed home.The 3rd story and the conclusion is "Grace" - Leah, Rob and the rest are trying desperately to find Grace and bring her home. Leah is an emotional mess; Rob is trying to be as supportive as he can be; Erica is moving past her love for Father Michael and settling into a new romance with a boy named Clay. What ensues is so many lies and secrets that are revealed especially pertaining to the secret society of the Magdalenes and who were involved in it. It reveals the depravity of someone held high up in the church and all the people that it has affected. There are so many people connected with this "society" and trying to keep track of "who belonged to who" and "who begot who" was dizzying - so many twists and turns. I'm happy that Leah, Rob, Erica all had happy endings. But for the one person that deserved the most punishment - it was not fairly meted out. This vile person should have been vilified, castigated, castrated...etc! I can't even imagine all the damaged (mentally & physically) people that resulted from this person's demented mind and actions. I wanted him burned at the stake! Oh well....  At times, I wonder whether the author encountered any of these holier than thou hypocrites in her lifetime because what she has written exposes what is currently a hot topic in the church today - all these sexual deviants that hide behind their white collars in the church and judge other people while they are secretly guilty of what they are judging others of. Goodness knows how many "children" were created by men of the cloth throughout our history."Grace" had some sexual scenes but that was it - a nice wrap up. FYI: When Clay mentioned to Erica about his mom taking in foster children and then mentioned a new foster baby....I got a little tingling in my head.....