I am a sucker for books about love and forgiveness. When I was sent a copy of this book, I fell in love with the cover. I wasn't expecting what I got when I started reading. The main character Kate, was someone that I can identify with on certain levels. I never forgave my father for all the things he done wrong and most of my relationships have suffered for it.
From the moment Kate has her accident until the end of the book, I couldn't put it down. I laughed, I cried and I was terrified right along with Kate.
My favorite part was towards the end of the book:
" She sighed. "I guess we've covered just about everything, haven't we, Daddy? For now, anyway." She kissed the floral stem and laid it across the middle of the coffin. She took a few steps back, the words from her dream crystallized in her mind: Love, Faith, Forgiveness. The stained-glass elements now shining in her life. Elements once forgotten, but always there under the surface, awaiting the chance to bring her parents back together again."
Kate feels that her father never loved her enough to stay around after her mother died, and soon finds out the real reason and just how he truly felt.

If you love a book about finding yourself and the love and forgiveness in you then please run out and pick up this book when it becomes available in print!!

I was sent a copy of this book for review, I was not required to write a positive review and the opinion expressed here is just that, my opinion:) ( )

My Synopsis:

Flaherty's Crossing by Kaylin McFarrin

(For review from Pump Up Your Book Promotions - Blog Tour Dates February 1 - March 26)

Flaherty's Crossing is a story about faith and forgiveness. Kate Flaherty is at a crossroads in her life. The father she has never been close to is on his death bed and she must figure out how to tell him goodbye. Her marriage is hanging in the balance and she is faced with many life changing decisions.

An accident on a lonely night brings her entire life to the edge. An old diner in the middle of nowhere seems like her only refuge. Kate's heart rending discussion with the man in the diner turns sinister as she flee's for her life. Will Kate be able to find forgiveness in her heart for her father? Will her marriage end in failure or will love overcome?

My Thoughts:

Kaylin McFarrin weaves a story about forgiveness and the power of love in Flaherty's Crossing. I really enjoyed this book. Kate's relationship with her father seems to have hinged on the death of her mother. His drastic change in manner and behavior toward her since that night has shaped her relationships with others. She just doesn't seem to trust anyone, not even her husband. I believe that readers will definitely be able to relate to Kate and her struggles with trust.

It was easy to follow the story as more and more seemed to come out about Kate and her father, throughout the book. There were certain elements of the story that I found very refreshing and surprising. I don't want to ruin the effect so I won't mention them here, but when you read it, if you are anything like me, you'll have that a-ha moment!

The storytelling is exceptional, readers will find themselves trying to figure out whats going to happen next. It's a very tender and emotional story with the themes of forgiveness and having faith in oneself coming through effortlessly.

This is a book that I would highly recommend to my readers. I give this one a 5 out of 5 apples from my book bag!