Finally, I have moved on from Twilight (maybe) and am reading and enjoying other books.

I  have enjoyed all of Ted Dekker's books that I have read.  Kiss was no exception.  This was his first book co-authored with Erin Healy, and the collaboration gave a romantic touch to the usual Dekker psychological thriller.

Kiss was full of suspense and intrigue with a touch of romance thrown in the mix.  Shauna just wants to forget her troubled past, but when she really does forget everything she finds out forgetting is not really freedom.  Her release can only come by facing her past and learning from it.  Of course, in typical Ted Dekker style, there are many twists and turns along the way, and things are never what they seem.

The theme of embracing a troubled past instead of forgetting it was very thought provoking to me.  This passage from the end of the book reflects well the message that Dekker and Healy are imparting.  The conversation is between Shauna and her psychiatrist.

    "So what did God tell you when you wrestled with him?"
    "Remember that you were a slave in Egypt."
    I looked up.  "That's cryptic."
    "Not really.  It's Scripture.  His people were oppressed by their enemies."
    "And He wants you to keep that in the front of your mind?  He wants you to stay focused on the darkest seasons of your life?  How could that possible do any good?"
    Dr. Ayers folds his hands across his slim midsection and locks eyes with mine.  Thought the laugh lines deepen at the corners, his gaze tells me clearly that I must not miss what he is about to say.
    "He wants you to remember who delivered you from that time, Shauna.  That's the point of holding on to memory: delivery, not darkness."
    "Perspective, not pain, " I murmur.
    "Now my dear, I think you're getting it."

To see other books I've read this year, check out my reading list here.

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