Review: Violets for Vanessa - Dianne Miley

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Review: Violets for Vanessa - Book #3 The Crystal Falls Series - Dianne Miley - January 2009

Violets for Vanessa can be read as a stand-alone and is a prime example of going into a book blind as I too be honest couldn't even remember exactly when I picked this book up or what I was in for. Even though this is Book #3, I was glad I was able to just jump in and read as I could catch the gist of this story. In Violets for Vanessa, we meet Vanessa who is 25 years old and lives at home with her parents. Her dad is an abuser and violent and hits her mother and has also sexually abused Vanessa and her older sister Layla who died a few years back. Vanessa has caught the eye of one of the bachelors in town - Chad James. He has been praying for God to deliver him a wife and he feels that God is telling him that Vanessa is the one for him. It's going to be a bit more work on his side as Vanessa is loyal to her family and protecting her mother and despite the horrible things her father does - she hates to rock the boat and also prides herself on not accepting help as though Chad wants to help her where he can - she views it as controlling and wishes to be independent. I do have to admit despite enjoying this story, there were moments when I wanted to strangle Vanessa and be like "Open your eyes, woman, this guy loves you and he is not your freaking dad, and also stop protecting your dad, he hurt you". I found her character quite naive which even though you live a sheltered life like I did - we aren't all that naive as in my case - I read books and watched movies and read Girl's and Women Magazines and learned most things from them. I might not have gone to parties or experienced drugs, or teenage boyfriends but I still lived and wasn't a naive gullible girl like Vanessa. If you love Women's Fiction with an Edge and a hint of Christianity, then check out Violets for Vanessa by Diann Miley.

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