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A review by rachel93
Redemption by Karen Kingsbury, Gary Smalley
4.0
What start as me finding out I had to read I have to read 24 other books before I can read Mrs. Kingsbury’s latest Baxter series ended with me actually enjoying this book and hopefully I can make it to the one I would really like to read.
Redemption is the story of Kari Baxter Jacobs who finds out her husband Tim is an adulterer who also wants a divorce. Devistated she goes and stays with her parents for a while and decides that she wants to work on her marriage and refuses to divorce him. While staying with her parents she ends up seeing her old friend/ex boyfriend Ryan Taylor at church. Between both her husband, her ex boyfriend, and news she finds out in between she makes the decision to keep loving her husband hoping that he’ll come around.
The big take from this book was the message in it that love is a decision. Kari made the decision to keep loving her husband even after he not only cheated on her but said he wanted a divorce. While reading this book the message was kinda drilled into me more and more. Not in a bad way or anything it just made me think about it more. In fact this was the first time I’d ever heard/read that.
Both Karen Kingsbury and Gary Smalley did a great job. Although I’m not entirely sure what was written by who. I am sure though that the story was well written and evenly passed. The characters (some at least) were likable and in many ways relatable. Had I not had to put this down I definitely would have finished it in a day. While it had me drawn when I first picked it up, after putting I down for a couple days it did take me a little out to get back into it. That’s the only reason why this is four and not five stars.
After now being invested in these characters lives I will definitely be checking out the next book in The Redemption series.
Redemption is the story of Kari Baxter Jacobs who finds out her husband Tim is an adulterer who also wants a divorce. Devistated she goes and stays with her parents for a while and decides that she wants to work on her marriage and refuses to divorce him. While staying with her parents she ends up seeing her old friend/ex boyfriend Ryan Taylor at church. Between both her husband, her ex boyfriend, and news she finds out in between she makes the decision to keep loving her husband hoping that he’ll come around.
The big take from this book was the message in it that love is a decision. Kari made the decision to keep loving her husband even after he not only cheated on her but said he wanted a divorce. While reading this book the message was kinda drilled into me more and more. Not in a bad way or anything it just made me think about it more. In fact this was the first time I’d ever heard/read that.
Both Karen Kingsbury and Gary Smalley did a great job. Although I’m not entirely sure what was written by who. I am sure though that the story was well written and evenly passed. The characters (some at least) were likable and in many ways relatable. Had I not had to put this down I definitely would have finished it in a day. While it had me drawn when I first picked it up, after putting I down for a couple days it did take me a little out to get back into it. That’s the only reason why this is four and not five stars.
After now being invested in these characters lives I will definitely be checking out the next book in The Redemption series.