Kiss

Well, its been a while since I actually finished a book. And, as you all might be thinking, it is another Ted Dekker one. And, as I am thinking, I wish it had not been.

I have to be honest, which I have gotten good at being, but in being honest I have come to find that the book descriptions of both Sinner and now Kiss have sounded like a great idea. The bad news is, the books, just havent been. Here is the problem.

Kiss, on the back of the book, tells us that it is about a woman who looses her memory, but finds out that she can steal memories through her kiss. Pretty cool, if you ask me. Until it literally takes the entire novel for her to figure this out, and then I am not sure she knows the extent of the ability. The more annoying part of all this is that the book constantly rehearses what the main character thinks is happening. I seriously was about ready to put the book down. If Ted Dekker wasnt who I know he can be in is writing, I probably would have.

With that being said, the strengths of the books come with the development and interaction between the main character and her father. This is a strong emotional driven story that gets the best of us involved in the interaction. The second strength comes in the last 50-75 pages of climax where all the gray areas are really revealed and a lot is found. It is also when the main character finds just how potent her ability really can be. But even then, she really doesn't understand.

All in all, once again I am disappointed. All in all, I am going to read something else then Ted Dekker. But, then Boneman's Daughter is out, and Lunatic, and Elyon, then Green, so on and so forth until another book comes out co-written with Erin Healy. I may very well go crazy. When I think it is the end, its not the end, and when Ted even tells us its the end, it really isn't. So, we keep reading. So, I keep telling myself I won't give in until I hear more about the next book. Then I go out and fork up the money...

Overall: C