Title: Today’s
Shadows
Author: Becky Melby
Pages: 320
Year: 2012
Publisher: Barbour
There
are many colors the author puts on the canvas to paint for her readers an
intriguing story. One color is the
mystery of an heiress who doesn’t know she is one and of her father having come
to Christ and wanting to be a father to her.
Second, something happens to cause Stephanie to wake up to reality after
just wanting to be daddy’s only princess.
Third, someone within the hotel industry wants to become top dog and
what lengths will he go to in order to make his place secure? Then, add a mother dumping her child into the
lap of her former personal assistant who is trying to build a new future for
herself.
Just in case those intriguing
tidbits aren’t enough to interest you to read the book, then add the following: There are flashbacks to the year 1911 with a
sole house servant who longs to be on her own and doing what she wants. The timing of this type of thought comes on
the heels of a break through the class system that only gave the privileged
class opportunities. During this time,
child labor laws weren’t in effect, so just how many young children were foregoing
an education because they had to work?
All this and more takes place one year before the Titanic sinks, but
exactly how does that tie the past and present characters in the story
together?
When I first began reading this
novel, I found it kind of hard to get into, but that could be because I was
trying to figure out where the author was heading with the story. Once I began to understand the flashback and
then the current moment sequence of scenes, it became a mystery. As I progressed it was evident that there was
a story within the main storyline of the book.
From that point on, I became even more intrigued, especially as the
author continued to add layers to the characters lives as the tale progressed.
Another particular element was a
story written by a woman that was being read by other women decades later. It was really fascinating for the characters
to be drawn into a story written by a character from the early 1900s. I know that I came away thinking about the
changes that women have gone through as time has moved forward. It isn’t about political or social standing,
but about one’s standing with Christ. If
God is for us, who can be against us? (Romans 8:31)
My rating
is 4 stars.
Note: I received a
complimentary copy for an honest review of this book. The opinions shared in this review are solely
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