Review: Loved This Story
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 25, 2013
I loved this story so much but I was a little on the fence about how to rate it. On the plus side it was such a beautiful story about forgiveness. Not just how to forgive but also how to accept forgiveness from others. It was extremely Christian without ever saying so specifically. I loved how the characters felt like real people. They messed up and felt bad about it. Some changed while others stayed the same but they all acted like human beings do. I was pretty deep into the story before I realized what the story was really about but it wasn't predictable. It held my attention from the very beginning which is hard to do with my short attention span.On the negative side, I was a little put off by the constantly changing point of view. I don't remember being confused by it so I guess it worked but I wasn't used to seeing it. Also, I found a few errors, missing periods, quotation marks. Nothing major and there weren't tons of them but I felt like a good editor could have caught them if I did.This book may be a little hard for some to read because of the subject matter. It's definitely for adults only. There was a lot about prostitution but nothing at all graphic. The only language I found was one "damn". There were many characters so I don't think I'm spoiling anything by saying that someone was raped, but again, nothing at all graphic. If you were able to handle Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers than you will do fine with this one. In fact, the story is just as good as Redeeming Love and I don't throw that title around easily. They are both wonderful stories on their own but their bigger picture is of the redeeming love of our Heavenly Father.It is listed as science fiction/fantasy and I understand where that comes from but in my mind it wasn't enough to be labeled as such. If you're looking for hard core fantasy this is not it.I would have given this book 4 1/2 stars if Amazon would allow half stars. As it is, I rounded up. I do recommend this book to my blog audience and I would definitely read more from this author.