Summer of the Midnight Sun (Alaskan Quest #1) Review
First of all, I did really enjoy this book, and whipped through it fairly quickly. The book has a fair bit of action to it. The basic plot is that two siblings are living in Alaska, their old friend shows up, the girl and him have a bit of romance going on (completely PG), but this old friend is, unknown to them, thought to be a criminal. So this woman goes up to Alaska to capture him. Okay, that’s the basic plot, pretty interesting and action packed. I liked the lowkey romance parts too. What I wasn’t prepared for, that hardly any of the reviews mention is that the author whacks you over the head with Christianity. Every character that is even mentioned in passing has a description of their religious views. Characters who aren’t firm believers are seen as having a less clear path in life than those who are. Perhaps this shock was because I haven’t read much Christian fiction and I wasn’t expecting it. I did find parts of it interesting when they dealt with people questioning God, but felt that future readers should be more prepared for this element of the book, since the Christian message makes up a large part of the book and explains everyone’s actions. The book does leave you off at a bit of a cliffhanger, which is understandable for a series book, but I was still disappointed because unlike many other series books, this book didn’t seem to even complete the story. The book ended before the story within the bigger story had been finished. Dissapointing, to say the least.