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Kiss
By Ted Dekker and Erin Healy
Review by Roseanna White
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Shauna McAllister wakes up from a coma with a six-month gap in her memory. Some
things she remembers clearly—that her father is a senator making a bid for the
White House, that she hates her stepmother. But who’s the guy claiming to be her
boyfriend? What happened to her brother? And what was she looking into before
the car accident? Something . . . something dangerous. Something that will get
her killed if she remembers.
She may not remember Wayne Spade, but she
likes him immediately and leans on him to get through the first trying days
after waking up. But when a kiss leads to a startling vision, Shauna begins to
wonder if the drugs her father’s pharmaceutical company is giving her are really
as benign as they claim. She can’t just leave her memory loss alone—but the more
she discovers, the more she wishes she could. Dark secrets hover just beyond her
mind. And unfortunately, she now has the ability to uncover them.
Kiss is a riveting,
thought-provoking nail-biter that I did not want to put down. I carried this
book around with me until I’d flipped the last page, thoroughly engrossed with
every nuance, every twist, every discovery. Suspenseful from first to last, I
also adored the love story woven into it—one just as unexpected as Shauna’s new,
mysterious ability.
I hadn’t read anything by Ted Dekker
before, but I had high expectations when I picked up Kiss. He and Erin
Healy met and exceeded every one of them. The writing was superb, the plotting
wonderful, and the characters exceptionally well developed. They were the kind
of flawed, complex people that you may not like on every page, but whom you root
for with enthusiasm as they progress into true heroes and heroines.
The faith theme is understated but
beautiful, introduced by a minor character and touched on by Shauna throughout.
For those easily offended, beware of a single phrase at the start of chapter 7
that uses “hell” as an expletive. It’s well placed, and I had no problem with
it, given the situation and voice, but the more sensitive reader might not
appreciate it.
Overall, Kiss rockets to the top of
my list of excellent books. My first foray into Ted Dekker’s work definitely
won’t be my last.
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Publication Date: January 2009
ISBN: 9781595544704
Price: $24.99 (Hardcover)
Genre: Suspense
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