Inescapable Book Review
This week I got the opportunity to read and review “Inescapable” from the Christian Fiction Blog Alliance.
My Opinion:
Most Amish/Mennonite books that I’ve read are about the main character’s desire and struggle to break with their traditional values and family restraints and move to a new life without all the rules and regulations. This book is the complete opposite. Lizzie ran away from her Mennonite life but found that life outside the Kingdom is not what she planned. Her journey takes her back to her roots where she finds that you can run but never hide from what’s out there.
I enjoyed the twists of this book. It was an easy, uncomplicated read. The characters were well developed. The plot line not contrived or completely predictable. I loved the fact that you really don’t know what Lizzie is running from. It’s just an unknown stalker.
This was a great book that I enjoyed reading.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Nancy Mehl lives in Wichita, Kansas with her husband Norman and their dog, Watson. She’s authored thirteen books and is currently at work on her newest series for Bethany House Publishing.
All of Nancy’s novels have an added touch – something for your spirit as well as your soul. “I welcome the opportunity to share my faith through my writing,” Nancy says. “It’s a part of me and of everything I think or do. God is number one in my life. I wouldn’t be writing at all if I didn’t believe that this is what He’s called me to do. I hope everyone who reads my books will walk away with the most important message I can give them: God is good, and He loves you more than you can imagine. He has a good plan especially for your life, and there is nothing you can’t overcome with His help.”
She and her husband attend Believer’s Tabernacle in Wichita.
ABOUT THE BOOK
Lizzie Engel is used to running away. At eighteen, she left her Mennonite hometown, Kingdom, Kansas, with plans never to return.
But five years later, the new life she built is falling apart. Lizzie knows she’s being followed, and she’s certain the same mysterious stranger is behind the threatening letters she’s received. Realizing she’ll have to run again, the only escape Lizzie can manage is a return to the last place she wants to go.
Once she arrives in Kingdom, Lizzie is confident she’ll be safe until she comes up with a new plan. In reacquainting herself with the town and its people–especially her old friend, Noah Housler–she wonders if she judged her hometown and her Mennonite faith too harshly. However, just as she begins to come to terms with her roots, Lizzie is horrified to discover the danger she ran from is closer than ever.
No longer sure who to trust and fearful for her life and the lives of those around her, Lizzie finds she has only one place left to run–to the Father whose love is inescapable.
If you would like to read the first chapter of Inescapable, go HERE.
