Review: Refreshing Perspectives
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 16, 2014
I would have read this in one day if life didn't get in the way. As two strippers/prostitutes Devyn and Karly try to avoid the annoying preacher, Troy handing out flyers outside of their place of business, the Archangel Kassern has 30 days to hook up a couple, one of them in need of salvation.Let me tell you how tired I am of meek, innocent girls who "get shown the ways of love" by super aggressive (and often wealthy) alpha males. This is not that type of book. Thank God. Pun intended. As much as Devyn and Karly try to avoid the preacher man, they end up getting saved from various attacks by him, but he ends up also being saved by Devyn. With plenty of erotica thrown in, let me tell you how refreshing it is to read about the virgins being men and waiting until they've met someone they love. Our society treats women like their virginity is a prize to be won. Not only that, but that women should wait until they find a man to love them, that they deserve candles, satin sheets and roses. Why don't we treat men like they deserve those things? Because they do. It's not something to disregard and I find it offensive to men that we don't treat them as specially. This book does that. As Troy lets his first time be with Devyn they do fall in love and she often becomes jealous. At one point he worked up to being sexually aggressive to prove to her that he belonged to her, and she to him, gauging her reaction and waiting to see if she would stay stop or actually try to fight him. She didn't. He did go alpha a bit, but not overly so and the scene actually was pretty hot! Seriously, I feel the best kind of guy is sweet, sensitive and caring, and only alpha at the 'right' times (as opposed to all the time).Kassern gave up control to Karly, and even let her bind him. Letting her take control is almost unorthodox in most books, and it was really refreshing to read that perspective.There are many points that touch on God and angels, but it's not overt or so in your face, so even if you aren't particularly religious you can still get the life lessons written. For one Devyn felt unworthy not only of Troy because he is a man of God and she was "nothing, a whore used and thrown away", but also of the Archangel's mission. Truth is, God chooses who he chooses, and there are reasons for it that you as a human might not understand. Never deem yourself unworthy of anything, including salvation. Two, no one is perfect. We all have faults, and we all falter from time to time. That's OK. Ask for forgiveness and move on.