The Vow by Kim & Krickitt Carpenter
Length: 107 pages
Price: $7.65
Author Website: I found this link on their facebook fan page:
http://www.bhpublishinggroup.com/books/products.asp?p=9781433675799 (photo credit)
Basic Premise: A newlyweds Kim and Krickitt Carpenter embark on their storybook life together only to find themselves in a horrific car accident. They suffer many painful injuries, but the most devastating is the loss of Krickitt's memory - she has no recollection of her husband at all.
My Take: 7.5 out of 10 (scale here)
This book was fabulous. It is a true story of one couple's struggle in overcoming unbeatable odds. There were several things I loved about this book. The first was the authenticity of the authors. They were real and honest. There were times they were ugly and they laid it all out, and I appreciated that. The second was their resounding faith. There is no question these people are followers to the hilt of Jesus Christ. My favorite faith moment from the book was when Krickitt was recovering from her accident and nothing about her mind was intact except her faith. Her brother explained that the reason her faith was still so clear to her was that it was part of her soul. The body can be maimed and mutilated, but the soul cannot be harmed by anything in our physical world. I love love love that. The thing I didn't love about this book, and the reason I didn't rate it significantly higher than I did, was the writing style. It was short, choppy, and at times difficult to follow. There were details I wanted as a reader that were not addressed. Things like Krickitt's recovery process were glossed over instead of explained. There was more than one occasion where I found myself flipping back to see if I'd missed something. Normally this kind of experience would disenchant me with a book altogether, but the story was so strong I found I didn't mind the missing details all that much after all.
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