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Book of Redemption

Evon Smith
Outskirts Press (2010)
ISBN 9781432763459
Reviewed by Melissa Koltes for RebeccasReads (6/11)

This is a very fast read, once you can get past the slow drawn out beginning.  The author uses far too many clichés and the reader feels as though every metaphor from all the mystery books of the past have found a new home in this book.  She also tends to be far too wordy for a novel of this caliber.  However, as the story progresses, the author steps away from what she expects the reader to want and gives them a unique story about the death of a priest, a missing reporter, and the junior reporter trying to make sense out of it all.

Was this lone priest responsible for all the child abuse cases brought against the Catholic Church over the past several decades?  Has the church been a willing participant in this scandal?  As the story develops the reader is pulled into a dark and sinister pit along with the characters.  Evon Smith has a very interesting story and while a new writer developing her own style, she will inevitably come into her own and become a powerful story-teller. 

"Book of Redemption"  has fantastic potential and could have been much more intriguing.  I did get drawn into the storyline and wanted the author to really dive into it.  She did a fine job of tying up loose ends and making the story believable but she did not flesh it out as much as it should have been.  The story begged for more and I believe it had the potential for many more chapters.

 

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