Then Mary Madison introduces Emma to the greatest love of all, greater than any either of them has ever imagined. I haven't cried over a book in a long time, but this one definitely touched me enough to start the waterworks.

I delayed reading this book due to the events; prostitution, sexual abuse to children and physical abuse to woman. In fact, her political activism rubbed me the wrong way, because the book opens with her giving a speech to members of Congress on why they should renew funding for an abstinence program, where she’s spouting off statistics on how much the program has reduced teen pregnancies and STDs.In fact, this was a huge problem I had with the book in general: too much telling and not enough showing. The book screams for an aesthetic but when you pull back the curtain it contains next to no substance. You can see her clear struggle on who the real enemy is, and at this point, it seems like both sides are the enemy. I love good Christian Fiction but I like that to be woven into the story not dripping off of every page.

Karen Kingsbury means well, but I think she tries too hard to give her books a Christian message, that it comes out as being unrealistic and stylized. Electa’s fight started as one for survival and freedom, but revelations about her own nature will change her and Appia forever. As part of the inspirational fiction genre, I’m sure Divine was intended to be an inspiring story, but I personally found it to be one of the most depressing books I’ve ever read. Her last dozen titles have topped bestseller lists and many of her novels are under development with Hallmark Films and as major motion pictures.My beef with the book isn't the character development or the story of the main character its that for me its too preachy. She’s also said to have been promiscuous with boys while in juvenile detention, but I’m not sure how that would happen on any kind of regular basis given that I’m pretty sure juvie is segregated by gender just like adult prisons.