Book Review: Watch Over Me by Christa Parrish

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 OMG! Watch Over Me by Christa Parrish is a page turner from the beginning. You will not want to put this book down!  I am not kidding! The book is excellent and worth 10 stars! But, of course you can only give a high rating of 5 stars. My rating, 5 stars.

The book has three main characters:  Ben and Abbi Patil and Matthew. Ben and Abbi are having problems in their marriage. Ben has returned home from Afghanistan and can not shake the demons which are attacking his mind about incidents he saw and lived fighting for his country. Needless to say his faith in God is gone. Abbi, his wife does, not know why Ben has become so distant towards her. She knows God is the only One who can help her, yet she does not know how to talk with God. Matthew is deaf, has a drug addicted mother and is living with the fact that he may not live much longer if he does not receive a kidney transplant. He knows that God is all He has. All three lives become intertwined by one common thread, a baby. Trust me there is a lot which happens in this book, but you will have to find out the rest on your own.

You will not be sorry.

Abby is by far my favorite character. I can relate to her in so many ways. She is strong willed. She has things in her past she is not proud of. She loves Ben, yet she does not know how to become "one" in her marriage with him. She does not know how to get Ben to open up to her. She does not know how to help him. She does not know how to talk to him. Her solution is just not to say anything at all.  I know exactly how she feels and where she is coming from. As they say, "I have been there and done that" with my husband in our marriage.

Now, with that said, I highly recommend this book. It is a must read. It is worth the price. 

Happy Reading my friends!

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. Romans 15:13