The Sweet Bye and Bye

I received a complimentary copy of this book to review for Thomas Nelson’s Book Review Blogger program. I don’t know too much about Sara Evans as an entertainer. However, the back cover seemed interesting, and it had some positive reviews of the book. I quickly read the book in less than a day. I thought the book was entertaining enough. The main character Jade was rather frustrating to me. It just seemed like her character was all over the place. The parent/child scenes in the book were rather interesting, and I found I was able to relate to the father/daughter relationship all too well. I did not like the events that occurred after Jade’s 1st marriage, and found some of the storyline offensive. I wish there had been more character development of Jade’s brother Aiden. Jade’s relationship with her mother reminded me of so many mother/daughter relationships. I was happy to see them working through their problems towards the end of the book. I thought the book could have gone more in depth with Jesus and Christianity. It seemed to stay very lukewarm with Christianity. Jade and Max’s relationship was fun to read, and I thought the two characters worked well together. Overall, the author’s did a great job with this book.

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