Legacy of Lies — written by Desert Breeze author Stephanie McGee — is a contemporary romance with inspirational and speculative elements.
Okay, I'll be candid because this is my blog and I don't know how else to be. First, I believe I was reading the uncopy-edited version, but if I wasn't, you will find a few grammatical errors here. Second, Stephania is a young author and that shows in how she presents her story. Third, I disagreed with a creative choice that she made near the end of the novel that had my discernment antennae wiggling all over the place.
But let's get on to the good stuff: A story of young love and a plot that engaged me in the search for truth. In that sense, the story unfolded in fine fashion, keeping back some elements, weaving in others, revealing bits of history, while giving the hero and heroine activities together to draw them close.
While I didn't always agree with the choices the characters made (who does when someone is messing up his life?), I liked Sarah and Jim for not giving up and for pushing through the rough stuff of life. I liked the believability of two kids trying to make their way together the best way they knew how — when neither had had stellar parenting.
The number of povs in this novel added to the depth of the story and brought it together in the end.
And I always like books set in Montana with cowboys. Sometimes that in itself is enough for a good read.
