Innocent Lives by Julie Bonn Blank is an intense book dealing with the horrors of child sex trafficking. When I originally read it two and a half years ago I zinged through it in less than a day. This book wasn't on my radar until I saw the author mention it. I assumed, because the author was Christian, that this book would have more Christian faith in it; however, I did realize afterward that it wasn't marketed as Christian fiction. So yes, there was more detail than I expected, but I was thankful there wasn't explicit detail. There is talk of angels but no real mention of God or faith.
The book is told from multiple points of view. Jasmine and Cienna are the main characters, two young girls who were kidnapped and sold, one into a brothel, the other to one man. However, we also see the story from the points of view of their parents, the detectives, and one chapter from the point of view of one of the horrid men holding one of the girls in captivity.
Yes the book is disturbing. The truth of this horror should be disturbing. If you do not want to read a story about such abuse, you may want to skip this book. However, it is quite powerful, so I do recommend it.
I reread it, and will be rereading book two, because I recently learned that book 3, Innocent Souls just released.
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It also deals with the aftermath of the effects on the families and the individual girls after they are freed.
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