My Review of Alabama Days by Daphne Self
(I don't normally write a long review and explain this much. I wrote this for Clean Fiction Magazine: Clean Fiction | Clean Fiction Magazine (sunsetvalleycreations.com) which I highly recommend for book reviews and fun stories and meet the author stuff)
Alabama Days by Daphne Self has strong family values,
with multigenerational interaction giving this story a lot of heart. The story
opens with a paramedic, Scott Wilson, attending to a young victim in a tragic
car accident. The full description of attempts of resuscitation draws the
reader to struggle with Scott in every heart massage and mouth-to-mouth breath,
bringing tears to the eyes.
Any kind of loss is never easy and as a paramedic,
Scott has felt each one, some harder than the other, but all are damaging to
Scott’s psyche. He can’t sleep and loses weight on his already slight frame.
Scott is easy on the eyes with a dynamic smile that
attracts the attention of Journalist Angela Mabry, who recently moved back to
the town she grew up in. She’s reeling from the loss of her husband and trying
to raise her young son, Max, alone. Angela finds special people in her and her
son’s lives making a special support system that all of us would envy.
Head strong,
and sporting the red hair to prove it, she uncovers a story that will disrupt
her life, bringing her and everyone she loves into peril, including a young
protégé.
As a reporter Angela needs the help of the cute
paramedic Scott but makes it clear from his first flirtation that they are, and
forever will be, just friends. Scott finds the attractive redhead adorable and
would like more but is respectful of her no dating rule.
The story takes the reader to the dark side of
political gain where not everyone is whom they portray. As a romantic suspense,
our hero and heroine find themselves running for their lives with
heart-stopping action in caves and atop rock formations in an amazing state
park in Alabama.
This well-written
romantic suspense will keep you glued to the screen or flipping through pages
as you devour the storyline.
The author made multi-dimensional characters who have
their own looks and quirks, speech and beliefs. The descriptive writing puts
you smack dab in the middle of the page. Amazing depictions of every sense the
character saw, heard, smelled, felt, and tasted came to life. I enjoyed the
dynamics between characters.
The Christian elements were powerful and spot on but
didn’t come across as preachy. Yet, she portrayed the real-life struggles of
waywardness and danger anyone could go through. There is a bit of drug usage
and a violent affront to one character.
The prologue captures the reader from the start until
the final word in the epilogue. I cried through the prologue and at other times
throughout the book.
I put this author on my list for ones I will read again and give it 5 stars.
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