Where is My Sister by Jane Daly Review

 

Wow, what an awesome book. I needed to know what was going to happen, and literally couldn't put the book down, especially toward the end. I believe I was up past 2am to finish it.

The book was different than what I thought it was going to be in one sense, but I figured out quite early what was going on in the grand scheme of things. I don't think it was meant to be a huge surprise honestly.

The book is told from the viewpoint of both Brianna and Morgan. They are sisters who until recently were living together. But Brianna had been thrown out and was now living on the streets, until she is befriended and taken in to a Woman's Leadership Program. Morgan hadn't really given her sister a second thought at first, figuring she was doing okay with friends. So, while Morgan doesn't know where Brianna is, we see Brianna going through this "leadership" program. But, is everything as it seems? There are definitely suspicious things going on, things that I suspected from the get-go. So, yes, this book is suspenseful, but there isn't the mystery I assumed there would be from the title. The reader knows exactly WHERE she is, but because we do know, we know what she is going through and get the sense of suspense from realizing this. And on Morgan's end, we can feel the tension grow as she realizes her sister is probably in grave danger.

I did see on Amazon that this book is rated as being for teens, and I don't think I'd want my younger teens reading it. There is nothing sexual in detail, but there is mention of rape, and making out but not going all the way, and of having a certain physical exam to check for virginity. Also when I think of books for teenagers, to me the main cast of characters would be teens. However the majority of the characters in the story are young adults.

Yes an awesome book, clean reading, great focus on Scripture and the Lord, including parallels to two biblical stories, just not one of want my teens reading, so I wasnt sure why it was listed that way on Amazon.

Definitely a book I highly recommend.

I was given this book as a part of the launch team but was not required to write a positive review. These are my own honest thoughts.