I eagerly
awaited this book’s arrival in the mail as I had so enjoyed Where Rivers Part, a previous book in
Gilbert’s Texas Gold series. While I did enjoy this book, had I not known it
was by the same author I would never have suspected it. Where Rivers Part would
appear to have been written by a more seasoned, mature author. Both books dealt
with strong themes, What Matters Most’s
being the need for integrity in all walks of life, but especially in positions
of leadership, very apropos for our current election cycle.
What Matters Most has two protagonists
that are poster children for integrity, even when they are thrown into situations
which pose significant challenges to that integrity. The antagonists are
everything the American public has grown to despise in our political arena. The
greater message here is hope, hope that when things are tough that doing the
right thing will lead to a positive outcome, hope that a new generation is
rising that will embody moral character, hope for our states and our country.
Hope that is found in God.
One of the
most basic comprehension strategies we teach students is to bring their
background knowledge to the task of comprehending, one type of knowledge is the
knowledge of how particular genres of stories work. Readers who are familiar
with this type of story are waiting for the other shoe to drop well into this story,
because we all know that it will. Once it does, the author wastes no time in
moving to clean up the subsequent fall out. The final piece to that solution
comes from a very unlikely source.
I recommend What Matters Most to romantic fiction
readers, and to those who, during this presidential election season, need a
message of hope. Thank you to Revell Publishing and the Christian Blog Alliance
for making What Matters Most
available to me in exchange for my honest opinion. I have received no monetary
compensation for my review.
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