The Marriage Wish by Dee Henderson

Michelle: I admit to reading the reviews before reading the book, just to get a feeling at what other's were saying, so I read this after people complained that this was the author's first book and did a poor job...

Sorry, I don't agree on the poor job part. Her writing style was very simple, and a bit puzzling at times, but it was so necessary because it fit Jennifer so well!!! I LOVED how this book was written! I LOVED the story line! I LOVED Scott, and must say that he is definitely too good to EVER be true!!! If a woman had that much conflict, I'm sure most men would run! I don't have nearly the conflict she has, yet men run from me when they discover the conflict...This is the man that every woman hopes for!!!

I wish I could give this a higher rating than five because I would. I loved the way they both loved God, yet were angry at Him for what He had done. I do feel that Jennifer reconciled with God a bit too quickly and suddenly. One minute she was angry, yelling for answers; and the next she was telling God she didn't understand but was willing to accept it...I know it was her first time back in church and all, but with the amount of pent up emotions she had burning inside her, I don't feel singing some songs in church would break all that reserve she spent years filling...

And Scott...Poor, desperate Scott...For a man who wanted to badly get married and start a family, well...I don't believe it would have been right for the couple to get married with the issue of children unresolved. I don't feel that their agreeing to 'adopt' an older child would help Jennifer. She still carried a lot of fear and pain. But then I suppose the fire took care of that problem...

And the scene at the end of the last chapter...Whoo boy! That's all I'll say. Get ready to be shocked at the scene that is written in this - gets your imagination flowing, and that's for SURE!!! I'm not sure h ow much detail was written in the secular version, but there was enough in the Inspirational version to make me wonder...

GREAT BOOK!!! This is a MUST read!!!