Redeeming Love

Redeeming Love

I really don’t know what to classify Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers. It’s very steamy, but very depressing at the same time. It’s definitely, something you don’t want to start reading while you’re busy, but if you’re having a really good day you might want to put it aside. The Prologue is pretty depressing as the reader encounters a young child being raped.

Set during the California during the gold, the novels centers on a pretty woman, Angel, who was sold into prostitution as a child and Michaels who wants to give her a new life. Angels is not happy with her life, but is too scared to trust Michael to not hurt her. Angel must overcome her pass in order to find the peace that God and Michael want to offer her.

There are some really steamy love scenes such as the first time Michael and Angel have sex. There isn’t really any detail, but the character undress and began to make love, while Michael demand Angel say his name over and over again before Rivers ends the scene.

It’s long, but reader don’t notice because Rivers pushes the plot forward with many twists such as a cruel brother-in-law who seeks to hurt Angel and suspense in the form of a new possible love for Michael.

Theology wise, I don’t know. Christians are clearly commanded not to marry non Christians but the novel is based off of the story of Hosea in the Bible. God told Hosea to marry a prostitute despite the fact Jews weren’t suppose to associate with them. Therefore, the reader should decide for themselves.