There were a lot of
amazing things to love about Yella’s Prayers by Nadine C. Keeles. I loved the
emotion, the growth and complexity of the interaction between the characters,
the dynamics of personalities, and the complexity of the story itself. It gets
slow at times but in a powerful way.
I like omniscient point
of view (POV), but the story got confusing frequently when the POV hopped
mid-scene and sometimes mid-paragraph. There were some confusing parts near the
beginning of the story, but I recognized them as foreshadowing and tucked them
to the back of my mind for future reference. If a story is unpredictable and
surprises me, that’s refreshing. It’s also rare.
I would strongly
recommend Yella’s Prayers!
There are several things
by which I evaluate a book.
1) Is it well written?
Yes, Yella’s Prayers was well-written and I found very few typos.
2) Does it deliver what
it promises? Yes, it was clean and inspirational.
3) Is it the kind of
book that captures my attention with that ‘can’t put it down’ feeling? Yes, I
wanted to read it non-stop.
4) Is the story
predictable and cliché? (If a writer can shock me or have a twist that I didn’t
see coming, that deserves super high marks.) Yella’s Prayers was a little bit
predictable, but had a few good twists.
Have you read Yella’sPrayers by Nadine C. Keels? What’s your opinion? -Julie L. Spencer
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