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I buy and read Christian fiction almost exclusively. I have mixed feelings about this book and I am struggling with how to express this. 

This author is very talented and I really enjoyed Among the Innocent—which was before this one—but they aren’t connected. I was excited to read this book. I had it pre-ordered.

I liked the characters and the honesty of their strengths and flaws. I appreciate and respect the process of criminal investigation. There was lots of suspense and intrigue but I can’t say this book captured me. Some things felt rushed and not flushed out as well. Perhaps it needed to be longer?

 I also felt the Christian aspect was contradicted and overshadowed by a few things. I personally re-categorized this as clean fiction suspense instead. 

 ⁃ The angel aspect—black or white, good or evil, dark or light—was just as confusing at the end as it was in the beginning. 
 ⁃ Two or three times, a character used God’s name as a casual curse and not with respect. That was a huge let-down. 
 ⁃ The concepts of being ‘seers’ and communicating through the mind are not befitting a “Christian mystery” in my opinion. 

I buy CF to have that thread and foundation of God’s design, grace, and hope consistent through the book. This book wasn’t consistent in that regard.