Bittersweet Book

I was cautioned by a few fellow-readers that book one was better than book two in this series, and I have to admit that I fully agree with them. The plot was just meandering and a lot of ideas were thrown in there without any real rhyme or reason.

Hake did cover the situation with Ivy very, very well. I greatly appreciated her tact in such a tough situation (slight spoiler: Ivy was raped).

Galen was a very real character. Some things were thrown in his life that would have been very tough in real life, and he wasn't the gallant Christian with the right answers all the time. He had some anger, some struggles, and yet he overcame all of those through Christ. That was really amazing to read.

I don't have much negative to say on the spiritual content. There was a lot of great spiritual content here. It did disappoint me that some of the characters still got what they wanted, so the message of surrender wasn't as impactful as it could be.

Also, one of the characters was "forced" to marry an unbeliever. I still don't know what I think of that. I understand the reasoning behind choosing death or being unequally yoked, but it just blurs the Scriptural lines a little bit.

If you're looking for an amazing Christian thread, this book is amazing! But, if you like to have a solid plot, this one felt a little jumbled to me.