"Songs of Deliverance" by Marilynn Griffith

This book made me really uncomfortable, but not necessarily in a bad way.

First of all, I was in culture shock through most of it. Having grown up in a conservative Baptist home, I still struggle with culture shock walking into some "Community" churches, let alone the culture shock I got from the more "Pentecostal" church setting of this book.

Secondly, the book dealt with the "ugly side of life". The side we all know exists, but most of us try to cover up and hide within our Christian circles. Marilynn Griffith did anything but hide from these issues with her characters.  She forced me, as the reader, to face these issues head-on, along with the grace that comes when the issues are brought to the feet of our Savior.

This book started off "running" and didn't stop until I put it down.  The flow was actually fairly easy to follow, even though the story is being told from multiple first person POVs and in different times (flashback and current day).  The story sweeps up the reader and immersed me fully in the characters and their lives.

Though the writing, story, etc. were done well, I'm not sure if I'd read another book from this author, just due to my lack of comfort with the content and culture.

Thanks to Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group, for providing a copy of this book for me to read and review.