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Book Review of Redeeming Love

Redeeming Love
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I don't like romance novels and I'm still unsure why I even cracked opened Redeeming Love, especially with a title like that, let alone continue reading but I found it to be a beautiful book and well worth the read. Its set in the 1850's and based loosely on the biblical book of Hosea.

The novel follows a young girl as she grows from small child to adult. Her father hated her before she was born and left her and her mother - her father's mistress, to fend for themselves in a cruel and unwelcoming society. That pain carried throughout the heroine's life; she was sold into child prostitution and subsequently into her marriage.

If you're open to it youll go on a journey that delves into pain, loss, guilt, forgiveness, finding oneself, and the heartache that can come from judging others.

I was captivated from the beginning and couldn't put it down. The book cover might be corny yet the story itself was anything but. I was definitely moved, so much so that I still think about it days after finishing the last page.