I read this book via an Amazon KINDLE Unlimited download.
With all of the Christian books I’ve been reading recently and with my desire to return writing my debut YA Christian romance novella [I’ve written other romances], I found this book being able to begin to rekindle my creativity in writing this endeavor.

The thing I didn’t get married until I was 42 and my dear OH was 39, so the age factor definitely was there as I stepped in the shoes of the story’s protagonist Nai. Also, being a child of the 1950’s, as I read this story, I couldn’t help but recall at the age of sixteen my listening to The Association singing their song “Cherish” on the radio:

Cherish is the word I use to describe
All the feeling that I have hiding here for you inside
You don't know how many times I've wished that I had told you
You don't know how many times I've wished that I could hold you
You don't know how many times I've wished that I could
Mold you into someone who could
Cherish me as much as I cherish you

Perish is the word that more than applies
To the hope in my heart each time I realize
That I am not gonna be the one to share your dreams
That I am not gonna be the one to share your schemes
That I am not gonna be the one to share what
Seems to be the life that you could
Cherish as much as I do yours…

I couldn’t help sensing how this song in some ways epitomizes the story and the reason I loved reading it. ( )