"Wildflowers From Winter" by Katie Ganshert

Wildflowers from Winter: A Novel by Katie Ganshert
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

Wildflowers from Winter began with so much potential. Unfortunately, it didn't live up to it. Bethany was emotionally scarred by past experiences, but she is portrayed as a selfish jerk. Ms. Ganshert tries to soften this by explaining away her actions as Bethany trying to protect herself from more hurt, but I was just left disliking her throughout most of the book. Religion (re: church) is pretty much slammed throughout most of the book with emphasis on a personal relationship with God, but even that is severely watered down. Yes, a personal relationship with God is very important, but that doesn't mean church is not. This "personal relationship" seems to be not much more than admitting He's there, praying when you need something, and thanking Him if things turn out like you wanted.  Salvation was not mentioned a single time.  I felt like this was another book trying to straddle "Christian" and secular fiction and failing miserably.

I received this book for free from WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group for this review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

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