Review: 2-1 decision (SPOILERS)
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 4, 2014
The first two books were reasonably pleasant Christian romances. Others may have found them predictable, but really, isn't it fairly easy to identify, early on, who will end up together at the end of MOST romances? The Christian aspects of the romances seemed to be well-integrated, and not forced.The third novel, however, was a mess. The author made several serious errors in plot and characters. The initial meeting of the two main characters was so contrived that I just couldn't believe that they went on to have a romance, as opposed to a felony assault trial. On very little evidence, the hero does a 180 in attitude- why does he decide to trust this woman, rather than believing in his previously-held opinions about his family? It would have made a lot more sense if they'd met in a more conventional way, and had dated long enough for him to be attached to her, before she drops the proof in his lap. Then he follows her off to Mexico, to finance her search for her biological sister, while she is still basically a stranger to him- again not very logical, based on their short acquaintance. The 'miracle' theme keeps popping up over and over- they pray for a miracle and boom, they get one. If the hero is a human ATM, then God has become a spiritual vending machine. The heroine, despite having been raised by missionaries, evidences very little true faith. And then there are plot holes that I never did understand- like how did the villain get a photo of the heroine that was taken before he'd even met her? Why was the villain so villainous? How did the hero fail to notice any villainy prior to meeting the heroine? Are we really supposed to be cheering on this woman who commits several felonies? Shouldn't the heroine of a Christian romance have some sort of reluctance to engage in crimes to get what she wants? And why did these two people ever fall in love with each other, aside from the fact that they're the only characters in the story who are eligible to have a romance?