By Hannah Jayne
I loved the first book in this series,
Under Wraps. You can read my review here. It may have even
made my top ten for what I read in 2011. However, this second book
was not well done at all.
I loved the main character, Sophie
Lawson, in the first book because she was feisty yet imperfect. In
Under Attack, she is just silly. She keeps doing things that
make her look bad while everyone around her looks like they just
stepped out of a magazine shoot. Sophie is constantly whining about
life and her job situation. She is still mooning after Alex, although
she understands that they have no chance at a long-term relationship.
I enjoyed getting to know the characters, the setting and the plot in
the first book. The setting here is uninteresting, the characters
one-dimensional and the plot is way too predictable and silly. Sophie
is supposed to be in danger from a newer character but there doesn't
seem much to it unless you count the fact that she infrequently feels
things or sees things happening that aren't there.
Sophie gets a few surprises about her
own past, but there doesn't seem any mature attempt to find out more
information. In fact, maturity has gone completely out the window.
You can't be fired by your best friend/roommate even if she is
sleeping with the new boss. She certainly wouldn't continue to be her
best friend/roommate. You would probably not also try to save her
life with your own. Sophie meets all her challenges with a lifeless
and silly protest. Where is her courage? What happened to her feisty
humor? She seems ready just to lie down and let life run her over.
What did this book have to do with my
faith? Well, it was only a matter of time before the devil became a
character in a book. Many other books have demons and vampires who
are actually good guys. This book has angels who may or may not be
bad guys. The devil makes somewhat of an appearance here and the
response everyone has is indifferent if not (yes, I use this
adjective again) silly. SPOILER: Guess who Sophie's dad really is? I
know some folks who say the devil doesn't exist and others who live
in constant fear of him. I guess I am somewhere in the middle. I
believe that evil and the Father of Lies does exist and I take him
seriously but I have a much healthier fear of God. I wish the
characters in Under Attack had taken the devil more seriously.
I do not recommend this book.
Happy reading!
Amelia
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