Review: Good, but underwhelming...
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 07 6, 2013
After the twisted, wild ride that was Temptation and Confession, Grace is underwhelming. The story had gotten so insane, and then just fizzled out towards the end. Leah is out of the hospital, but she's still stuck in her nightmare. She wakes in the middle of the night to a baby crying, before realizing that her daughter isn't there. Erica is rebelling now that she knows part of the truth about her parentage, but it brings her to Clay, a very sweet young man. There's even more secrets revealed in Grace, but I knew one of them was coming. Most of them, however, seemed to come out of nowhere and failed to shock me. Perhaps I've been desensitized?While Grace does provide the happy ending that I was hoping for, it was kind of a boring journey to get there. I did feel sad for Leah. What she's been through is horrific, but once the legal action started up, I zoned out. The story just felt...too normal? I'm not really a fan of weddings, married people problems, or babies, so I'm sure that hindered my enjoyment of this conclusion. There was still the plot involving the secret society beneath the church, but nothing much new was revealed about it other than just how depraved Father Patrick is. When a random Nazi connection was brought up, I just rolled my eyes. It suits the time of the story, but I didn't feel like it fit the story as a whole.I absolutely loved the original Under Mr. Nolan's Bed, as well as the newly revised Temptation, but I think I could have gone without the sequels. Sure they're dark and twisted, but they didn't pull at my emotions as much as the first book. They didn't really make me consider that fine line between right and wrong like UMNB/Temptation did. I do have to say that while I enjoyed the series over all, the original is still the one I'd choose to reread. It's certainly the most taboo of them all, so I'm not sure what that says about me...