From my perspective as a newlywed, this book is a great reminder of what can happen in a marriage if you stop tending to it. The story is of John and Abby Reynolds, their marriage that has fallen apart, and the façade they parade in front of their children along the way. Although their love story is like that of a fairytale romance, John and Abby have become so consumed with themselves that they have stopped loving each other they way they once did.
Much of the book is devoted to John and Abby’s individual thoughts—their memories of how they fell in love, milestones in their family, and the emotions they work out in their heads as they process their marriage having fallen apart. I found myself wanting more dialogue in the here-and-now instead of daydreams of the past, although their love story was quite sweet. While reading the book, I did want to know what would happen in their family and if or how things might be resolved between the couple, but this book didn’t have the strong sense of suspense as other books by Karen Kingsbury. The book’s message, however, was powerful: that love endures all things and God’s design for marriage is that it should be for forever.
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