Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

If you are in the mood for a Christian mystery novel, this would be a good read. I was not aware that I was picking up a Christian novel (my fault for not reading the book description very closely). The beginning of the book seemed really fun, the premise seemed OK and the writing was keeping me interested in the story. Then the "out of the blue" faith doubting stuff started to appear in the story. It seemed very out of place for what was going on in the story at the time. I decided to plug along in the book and see if the story would save the preaching. It did not. I feel like the faith questioning thoughts of Gabby seemed out of place in the story and seemed to be shoved in there willy nilly. On the other hand, the faith of Riley seemed to flow very smoothly in the story. The story totally lost me when the author decided that someone with a science related background was questioning evolution. That was what made me put the book down and delete it from my Kindle. I do not mind a book where a character's faith or spirituality is an integral part of the story. This one seemed like it was another attempt at stealth Christianity and was meant to convert the heathens rather than tell a good story. The author seems to be very good at writing a story and I would have loved to have finished it if it wasn't for the blatant attempt at trying to convert people to Christianity. I would love to see a cozy mystery written by her without all of the religion in the story. From the 30% of the book that I did read, she seems really talented. I will check back to see if this author does write a secular cozy mystery.