Title: Illuminating
Gracie
Author: Lisa C. Temple
Pages: 299
Year: 2013
Publisher: Self-published
Grace Bennett has just landed the job of a lifetime in her
eyes. She will be making more money over
the summer months than she dreamed possible.
Grace has just a few weeks of high school left and vows she will buckle
down and graduate to impress her new employer and to make sure they let her
keep her job. After all, they wouldn’t
want to hire a high school drop-out, right?
She has had a lot of trouble doing her assignments, not because of the
difficulty of the subjects, but more because she has been told she has to do
it. She has been tested and found to
have a genius IQ. Grace’s new employer
is Mrs. B. Willem and his grandson,
Locke, make Grace feel comfortable and welcome at their home. The handsome Merc, who also lives on the
property, seems to be surrounded by a darkness that Grace senses right away,
but she also is attracted to him so she doesn’t heed her instinct to steer
clear of him. What develops as the story
progresses is a battle between good and evil/angels and demons, a battle for
Grace’s very soul. There are lots of ups
and downs and ins and outs, action and even a little romance, but if I start
telling about one thing, it will lead to another and then readers won’t have
the enjoyment of discovering this book on their own.
There were a couple of things I didn’t like about this book: 1) The use of the Lord’s name in vain, and 2)
The theme of having faith in oneself instead of having faith in God. I did like that Grace’s sarcasm is great and
funny. It is also used to cover up her
insecurities and self-pity. I think most
readers can readily identify with using that as a defense mechanism. Her inner dialogues with herself are downright
hysterically funny! Grace has some
definite problems with authority, an OCD complex, counts to herself to calm her
panic and a lot of the usual teenage angst.
It made me remember my own teenage years, and thank the good Lord I am
an adult now! While this is geared
toward a young adult audience, I think many adult readers will be entertained
by this supernatural fictional tale.
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
my responsibility. Other reviews can be
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