Monday, May 21, 2012

Book Review: Covenant Child by Terri Blackstock

I just recently finished reading Covenant Child by Terri Blackstock.  Being the first book I have read by this author,  I have to say that I really enjoyed her style of writing.  It was a nice change from the books that I have been reading.  I really enjoyed the fact that the whole theme of the book is like a parable from the Bible.  It did take me a little while to really get into this book, but it was a good read and I was glad that I finished it. 

This book opens introducing the reader to twin sisters who have been placed into the care of relatives that only wanted them for the inheritance money that would one day belong to the girls.  The children lost both  their mother and then father when they were only three years old.  Know as the "Billion Dollar Babies," the girls were taken from their stepmom after their father's death and placed in a home of poverty with relatives that could care less about their well-being.  The horrid details about how the girls had to fend for themselves to survive was sad and a real eye-opener to children who might really live that way. 

The book was very predictable as to how it would end, but I would still recommend you reading this one!  I received a complimentary copy of this book from BookSneeze and Thomas Nelson to read and review.  All opinions are my own.  Since finishing this book, I have also read another one by Blackstock which I could harldy put down!  :)