Lonestar Angel Book Review
by Colleen Coble
Lonestar Angel is actually a very emotional book. When it opens, you have no idea what is going on, who the characters are, ay of the back history. She just throws you into the plot, and lets you get to know everyone as you go along, which was a bit confusing actually.
One thing I liked about the book were the descriptions, it is set in Texas and she makes everything sound amazingly beautiful. Also, all the thoughts and dialog really explain things plainly for you in an easy to under stand way.
Drama is immidiately in the book as you find out Eden-the main character-is still married to her thought-to-be ex husband Clay, and their daughter Brianna is still alive, though they thought her to be dead after a kidapping attepmt.
Eden is pulled back into her scarred marriage with Clay, and guilt over loosing Brianna as they follow a clue to a ranch, where they in a group of foster children, Brianna has been hidden for all these years. Although sometimes it doesn't seem like they react the way parents who have gone through loosing a child, or parents who are getting thier child back, would, real love and yearing for their child is shown.
The suspense is actually very good, it's not always the same fear being described, and you don't know the entire time who the "bad guy" is. There are a lot of characters, not just added in to confuse you, but giving the book a depth and reality. Clay and Eden's relationship with the five foster girls is believable, and sweet because they think any of the girls could be their daughter. And Colleen Coble really did capture the innocence and pain in each of these unique children.
Eden and Clay's relationship is a bit unbelievable-not that they don't seem to get along, just the back-story is a bit hazy, and the the way neither of them will talk about anything that matters can be annoying. But eventually their relationship does wrap up nicely. As does the story. The ending is unexpected, and there is that fairy-tale "happy ending" that everyone wants.
Over all it was a pretty good book, a little scary, a little mystery, and lots of love-from God, the five little girl, and of course Eden and Clay.
Well done.
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