Lori Wick had plenty of opportunity to write a great story, especially with the fact that Sean is a bank robber with a partner who is still on the loose, there is a man in town who wants him to hang, and he spent several years being angry at his father. I believe God works in wonderful ways, but in this book He gives the people the perfect life. He prays to God and everything turns out great. In the beginning of the book, Sean and Charlie are getting to know each other and it's all happy, but I kept waiting for one of the bad guys to show up or maybe some drama arise between Sean and his father. The book was almost completely void of conflict. However, the end was very disappointing and was quite boring. I really enjoyed the beginning and middle of the book.
The confrontation between Sean and his father is a great lesson in forgiveness and being responsible for our own actions. Charlie is so spunky and yet also vulnerable, and very loveable. How tender Sean is with Charlie is so sweet. Sean's situation is so heart-breaking, yet when he is broken the Lord lifts him up and gives him a renewed purpose in life.
It shows how the Holy Spirit always leads His children back to God. As they become better acquainted Sean is determined to show his wife the love of Jesus Christ. What Charlie can't figure out is how someone as gentle as Sean could have turned into a bank robber. With Sean's size he is the perfect candidate for the job. Charlotte(Charlie to the community) steps forward and offers to marry Sean.Ĭharlie is the owner of the local livery and is in need of a blacksmith for the business. Feeling the noose around his neck he is unprepared when the judge reads an old law stating that if a woman of good standing in the community offers to marry the outlaw he can go free. Finally repenting of his rebellion Sean is prepared to enter into his Heavenly Fathers arms. When Hartley and Sean are robbing the bank in Visalia Sean is caught and sentenced to hang. Hartley is a bank robber and it is time to get back to "work". But that doesn't last for long before Hartley springs his real job on Sean. When Sean meets up with Hartley he starts living a life of luxury that he decides he could get used to. He keeps moving in order to keep himself from thinking of his sisters Kaitlin and Marcail. Bitter and angry at his father's continued absence, Sean is determined to set out on his own, leaving his family and his God behind.įor 2 years Sean finds odd jobs to earn money. 5 starsĪt 17 Sean Donovan has finally worked up the courage to leave Santa Rosa. What a fun romance, a great hero wooing the reluctant woman. So I'll give it 3 stars now (probably generosity made possible by nostalgia) and average it out to 4 :)ġst read remembrances: I love the "far-fetchedness" plot that worked. :P So, it's just a comfort book for watching two people fall in love really.
And as when I was a teen, Lori Wick makes me feel like a bad Christian for skimming all the pages of sermons. However, the plot is minimal, so really no worries there, especially with how Sean does a complete 180 flip with no stumble whatsoever at becoming the perfect man, Charlotte's salvation is basically the crux of the plot and it's only a waiting game. I mean, my first boy is named Marshall after Rigg, the first Christian fiction novel I ever read. But I tend to not go to sleep with a new, good book, and with my insomnia and being sick, I needed something I knew so well I could put down.I still love the far-fetchedness of the cute meet and feeling as if I know all these people. I've been avoiding them and just smile at them on my shelves.
#SEAN DONOVAN HOW TO#
Second read.oh, the dilemma of reading well-loved books from my teen years after I learned how to write.
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