Sharon Carter Rogers

Dear Readers,
Someday I would like to meet the real Sharon Carter Rogers. The rumors about her on the internet are many (and we all know we can believe everything on the internet). Whether she is actually a CIA spy or Dean Koontz in hiding, it doesn't really matter to me as I would like to meet the person whose brain thinks the way she does in her novels. Drift, Sharon's newest novel, does not disappoint. It is a bit off center and completely interesting.

In Drift we meet Baby Doll and Boy (I know not very original, but they will make sense when you read the book). Each is forgotten by God. Baby Doll figures God has forgotten about her because He never seems to answer her prayers. Besides, how could God love someone like her. Boy is a Drift. He, by his own words, is neither angel, demon or ghost. He is just a created being that has been forgotten by God after he was created.

This odd couple meet at the cemetery when Baby Doll glances up and sees, really sees, Boy. The connection is then started and Boy and Baby Doll begin their journey together.
This is a fast paced story that takes you around the dark underside of the city. There isn't any pleasant place that the book takes you to. The crime syndicate has a strong hold on the city and nothing is safe from them. Even the police station is corrupt.

In the Reader's Guide in the back of the book one of the questions is "If a friend asked you what was Drift about - not what happens - what would you say?" Now that is an interesting question. I am not sure i can answer that question, but I think for me, part of the answer lies in my identity with Christ. Each of the main characters felt lost and without a real name. They didn't have a past or a future because of it. To me, my identity is in Him not in my name or at least in one I have created for myself. Now whether that is what Sharon planned or really wrote about, I have no idea, but that would be my answer.
I am also going to say, I am in the book. For those of you who look, see if you can find me. Let me know what you find. :-)
Happy Reading

Sharon Carter Rogers

Dear Reader,
Ok this review has been a bit difficult to write. I loved this book, but it is a bit different than most mysteries. In fact I have taken to calling it a "stalker" book. You know who does the crime and yet you spend the book following him and hoping he doesn't catch up with the only witness to the crime.

Unpretty is the follow up book to Sharon Carter Roger's first book Sinner. It is not a sequel as I had hoped, because of the characters I had come to love in the first one, but in and of itself this is a good book. It has it's own share of quirky characters. It is one that if you liked her first you will enjoy the writing style of this one. She is a good author and someone I will enjoy hopefully for sometime to come.

Now here is the hard part. I want to write a review that makes you want to read this book and one that makes me sound some what intelligent, while not giving any of the story line away. This is one of those books that if I say just a couple words to much it will take away from the story and may even make it not worth reading.

So here it goes... If you like murder and mayhem, if you like books a little off center and if you like books that are just a bit creepy, this is the book for you. It is probably a little more different than anything else you will read this year. It is one that I don't recommend for the middle of the night reading. (Even though I did do some of that) It is one that you will want to race to finish, but you don't want it to end for fear of what is going to happen.

I hope that helps you decide if you want to read this book. I really did like it and am already waiting for Sharon's next book.

Happy Reading