Sarah Healy

This was better than I expected. I liked that even though Christianity and religion was woven through this, it wasn't preachy. I did find it predictable and in fact I lost half of my interest as soon as I guessed that the cool new love interest that the heroine ran into was going to turn out to be a preacher. I felt like there were a couple of missing scenes that should have been included at the end to make the whole thing more satisfying. For example such a big big deal had been made out of the fact that the heroine's mother was someone who used constant attendance at several churches as a crutch and that the heroine had no patience with her fanaticism I felt that this issue should have been discussed between the heroine and the hero. I also felt that the scene where the heroine apologizes to the hero for turning away from him when he admitted that he was a preacher was short changed. There needed to be a lot more discussion between someone who was so anti established religion and someone who led a church when they were considering marriage.

Still it was a fairly interesting read.… (altro)

I received an ARC of this book from Goodreads. I'd thought the plot summary sounded intriguing- two sisters left orphaned try to survive on their own despite very difficult circumstances.
I usually don't read suspense novels or thrillers, so I'm not inclined to buy these types of books; however I did like this book. I thought it was well written, and it kept my interest throughout. The characters were well developed, and the dialogues seemed plausible. I wasn't too fond of the main character, Mary, but I appreciated the challenge the author had in creating her and presenting her with consistency. The plot was good, not too predicable, though I did expect one of the twists. Overall, this was a good read; I think it would appeal to a YA crowd who likes suspense novels.… (altro)