I have no idea how many characters from how many series were talked about, but I felt like my head was going to explode halfway through the prologue. Eventually, I got to the information I needed: Virginia is Marty and Clark's granddaughter.
She's 13 and dealing with all the trouble that brings. She wants to be friends with Jenny, but Jenny is a troublemaker and Virginia feels like she's more along for the ride than getting to be a real friend. Jenny's had it rough, but she's pretty harsh on Virginia. Her parent's solution? Invite the girl over and pray for her.
When an accident occurs, it splits the two girls apart. Jenny's been injured and rumors are spreading around town about what really happened down at the river. Virginia's mother continues to reach out to Jenny, while Virginia starts to feel jealous of the attention the girl gets.
This was a decent book, but I couldn't help but wish poor Virginia would get a little more help from her folks. They're more than willing to look for why others act the way they do (Jenny, the Crells) but when Virginia has issues, they just punish her without getting to the root of the problem.
This covers about two years of Virginia's life. Virginia then gets some time to grow up before her story continues in A Searching Heart, A Quiet Strength and then the series finishes out with Like Gold Refined. This is Oke's style, developing characters over multiple books. It wasn't bad, just not my style.
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