Dawn M. (Lass) - , reviewed on 3/8/2009

Helpful Score: 1

As a die hard romace novel fan I had my resevations about reading this book. I knew the author had been sexually assaulted in her late teens, and friends believed her writing to be very dark, although excellent. I reluctantly agreed to read it based on the strong persuasion of one of my avid reader friends. I told myself that the book couldn't be that bad if it was on the ny times bestsellers list and had sold millions of copies; surely somthing in it would appeal to me. Her writing is excellent. She rapidly drew me into her story; inside the head of the young teen who is the main character. I (who only loves the happy endings) could not put the book down. I started it at 10pm and finished it around 3:30am , despite the fact that i had to get up and tend to my 5 children. Although surely not the main goal of the book, it brought God and the after life sharply into focus for me. It is one of the few books that touched me profoundly when i wasn't expecting it. It made me rethink the preciousness of life on earth. I am a christian and believe strongly in the afterlife, but this book made me think that no matter how much of a paradise heaven is, it is not planet earth with so many pleasures and experiences to have. I will not pass this way again with those i love and I should treasure this. This book is a must read. It certainly won't speak to all as it did me; but at the very least it is relatively short, well written and different than anything else out there.

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