By: Karen Kingsbury
“You don’t lie to someone you love. And you don’t love someone you lie to.”
I read this for an in person book club. Maddie West has just graduated college and gets engaged to her boyfriend. She also lands a job she really wants. Life is good for her. Then she finds out that she was adopted as an embryo and her whole life is turned upside down. The worst part? She learns about from a stranger rather than her parents. That stranger is Dawson Gage. He loved Maddie’s sister, London who passed away. Dawson invites Maddie to come to Portland, Oregon to meet her biological parents and learn about her sister. Maddie tries to figure out where she belongs.
The premise of this book sounded great. And that part of the story line was really good. I understood Maddie’s reaction when she found out she was adopted. I liked the topic, I especially loved the scenes at the zoo! I want to go on a walkthrough with kangaroos.
My issue with the book is this: there is SOOOO much talk about religion, God, Jesus, praying and the Bible. Honestly, it was like every other line or paragraph one of the above was mentioned somehow. Now, I wouldn’t have had a problem with this IF this was in the description of the book. But it wasn’t. The amount of religion and religious talk in this book was OVERKILL to the max.
This was my first time reading this author, but with all of the religion in this book, I doubt I’ll read another one by this author.
If for some reason you’re interested, you can find the book here.
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