Genre: YA Paranormal Romance
First, get over the cover. I’d heard lots of good reviews about this book and was quite excited to read it. Then I saw the cover. For the record, the cover photo is not anywhere in the book. Yes, Grace Divine, the main character, wears a purple wrap just like the one pictured, but it’s over a white dress which is never removed in any scene. Chalk it up to marketing–which coincidentally nearly made me skip this book if I hadn’t trusted those recommending it.
One of the reasons I enjoyed this book so much was the realistic family life it portrayed. It was refreshing to read about a main character operating within the framework of real family life. So many YA books have teenage main characters with absent, stupid, or self-absorbed parents. Not the case here.
Oddly enough the story unfolds inside a pastor’s family. Despain has an intriguing explanation for how and why a paranormal world developed within a Christian theology making the subject matter seem not so dark. She definitely explores good, evil, and forgiveness.
Coming December 28: The Lost Saint: A Dark Divine Novel
