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5.0 out of 5 stars
Spectacular!, March 23, 2002
By A Customer
This review is from: Wings of a Dove (Love Spell) (Mass Market Paperback)
Prepare to laugh, cry, prepare to be moved as never before, prepare to be totally and utterly enchanted with this amazing, beautiful, moving story..
When 10yr-old Allie Pearce's mom dies, she's whisked off to a children's home, and given the chance to travel with a group of other children across America in order to find new homes. In the train ride, she's terrified, that is until she spots a locket that has the picture of Virgin Mary engraved on, and is on a chain around 15 yr old Delaney Marsh's neck. She was scared..Delany was rumoured to have just gotten out of jail, and she had seen the hard look on his face, in those bright eyes that seem to see right through her, when he was fighting with that boy the other day. But she had to try...
"Allie took a deep breath. She carefully reached towards the locket..Suddenly Delany woke up. He reached and grabbed her wrist "What do you think you are doing?" ..."I wasnt trying to steal it..i just wanted to borrow it for a while..I wish I could buy it. If I had it, God would hear my prayers" Delaney's mocking laughter made Allie forget her fear and lifting her chin with pride. "My mom used to say that God would always hear her prayers when she was holding a locket like this in her hands.."
Delaney hesitated and then led her hand towards the locket..Allie reached towards the locket..she closed her eyes and prayed. She was tired but felt oddly at peace. For the first time after many months she felt close to God and her mom.
Delany turned and looked at the face of the litle girl that was sleeping beside him. She was a pale, weak little creature. He looked at her hand that was still loosely holding his locket. He tried to choke the forgotten sorrow that suddenly woke up inside him..."
This was the start of a wonderful friendship. Although tough, strong, rough Delaney didnt want to, the little girl that crawled up against him and gave him her trust, had crawled in his soul forever. Without wanting to, he had made a silent promise to always protect her. He didn't know but Allie had made the same promise too..
After they are both adopted by the same family, their friendship grows through the years. Delaney does not get along with the rest of the family but he stays for Allie's sake. He doesn't know what the future holds, and neither does Allie. But they both know they need each other..
This was my first ever romance book and I was captivated. I've read it more than 10 times already, and everytime I read it I'm swamped with the same emotions, the same intensity of the novel.
This is beautiful, captivating, enhancing story of two orphans that grow up together, and come across friendship, love, hardship, pain, bitterness, sorrow and finally...well u just have to read the book don't u?
The books takes us through almost a decade and a half. It's written so good, that you feel Allie's and Delany's need for each other, you hurt with them, you want to see them happy. It's more real than a lot of other romance books that I've read, and believe me I've read a LOT! You will think about it long after you finish reading it...
Allie and Delany were meant for each other..and they were united by a special locket. A locket that send their prayers for each other, for love, happiness up above on the Wings of a Dove..
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4.0 out of 5 stars
The editorial review is extremely harsh, September 11, 2009
This review is from: Wings of a Dove (Love Spell) (Mass Market Paperback)
I think the other, non-professional readers show more justice to this particular romance novel than the editorial reviewer does, definitely. Whew.
While reading WINGS OF A DOVE, I did sometimes catch myself wishing that the heroine, Allie was more assertive at certain times, and that the hero, Delaney was less bitter about what life had dealt him. (Both these attributes will bring trouble into their love story.) But I never wanted to stop reading. This story took me in from the first page. Contrary to what the editorial reviewer states, this is not a particularly manipulative or excessively sentimental story. There were twists in the plot that felt like real life. Circumstances intervene in Delaney and Allie's lives which separate them, but they maintain a strong emotional bond, and though that bond gets stretched very thin at times, it never breaks.
The cover art depicted here is all wrong for this book - this story isn't the rollicking lust-fest the cover art may imply. Maybe the editorial reviewer was expecting something like that, but WINGS OF A DOVE was a much gentler, and sadder, romance novel.
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Over a decade of years cannot erase this novel from my memory, December 6, 2008
This review is from: Wings of a Dove (Love Spell) (Mass Market Paperback)
The first time I read this novel was in 1996. I was in the sixth grade and I absolutely, irrevocably fell in love with this book. Delaney and Ally completely enthralled me in their story. Elaine beautifully conveys the emotion and events that transpire between the two. To this day this novel remains my favorite of all. It had me crying, it made me laugh, it made me angry and jubilant. I can never say that another book has ever grasped my mind and body as much as this one has. I've read it numerous times and it never gets old. I love this book and it is a great buy!
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