by Melissa C. Walker
Mark-as-spam-reason: Bad review from a book buddy.
After reading only a few pages of Small Town Sinners, I began to have an uneasy feeling. I quickly learn that Lacey Anne Byer is the only child of the Children's Pastor of The House of Enlightenment Church and his wife. They live in a small town somewhere in the midwest and the church is a major inf...
Ick.
First I must admit that I'm not a very religious person. I don't really like books that fall in the high faith category. Just not my cup of tea to listen to people preach about right and wrong. With that said this was one of the most amazing books I have read in a while. The way that Walker made...
Not sure what rating to give this coming of age novel yet. It made me think of things in a different way, and made me realize that, for good or for bad, I am set in my convictions. Lacey's transformation from blindly following her parents' faith to questioning her own is very compelling.
Sixteen-year-old Lacey Anne Byers' dad is an assistant pastor at the small-town, charismatic-evangelical House of Enlightenment Church. They've had the answers to every question Lacey's ever had about life and the world so far, and it's never occurred to her to have follow-up questions - or to s...