Reviews for Prayers and Lies

The average rating for Prayers and Lies based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2010-09-30 00:00:00 Paul Niermann You know that feeling that you get when you first start reading a book and you quickly fall in love with the main character? You hang on to their every word and feel the same emotions that they are feeling? That's how it was between me and Bethany Wylie. Bethany and her parents and her three sisters spent every summer on the Coal River in West Virginia. Her parents were born and raised there, so they had numerous aunts, uncles and cousins to visit with. Bethany formed a special bond with one of her cousins when she was seven years old. Reana Mae was six, and they became sisters and soul mates. What transpires over the next decade between the two of them ranges from poetic to painful...unimaginable and unbelievable. They almost become enemies. Their friendship bond struggles to hold strong, as well as their families struggle to remain in control, and keep things together. I was in Wendy's yesterday, eating a salad while reading this book, and my mouth literally dropped open during one chapter. I lost a little lettuce and blue cheese, but I tell you, it was well worth it. Prayers and Lies made me laugh, cry, and yearn to crawl into the pages to be with Bethany and Reana Mae, to hug them and tell them that everything will be okay. Sherri Wood Emmons has written a beautiful coming - of - age novel that has now earned a spot in my favorite Top Ten Reads ever. I certainly hope that she is working on her next novel...I'll be waiting for it~

Review # 2 was written on 2011-11-17 00:00:00 Caitlin Stewart [Whether her hand in Tracy's death had such an impact on her that she changed right there, or if it took a while - I was interested. I wanted to know how she met her husband, if she wanted kids of her own, how the news of "bad blood" affected her. (hide spoiler)]