Wednesday, August 1, 2012

The Color of Snow - Brenda Stanley





Publisher:  Tribute Books
Pages:  413
Source:  ebook from author for review
Genre:  Young Adult, Realistic Fiction, Romance

Sophie is discovered after the man she knows as Papa, shoots and injures Damien, a young man who is trying to rescue her. Now, unsocialized and thrust into the world, and into a family she has never met, Sophie must decide whether she should accept her Papa’s claims that she is cursed and he was only trying to protect others, or trust the new people in her life who have their own agendas. Guided by a wise cousin, Sophie realizes that her most heartbreaking challenge is to decide if her love for Damien will destroy him like her Papa claims, or free her from past demons that haunt her mind.
Sophie is discovered after the man she knows as Papa, shoots and injures Damien, a young man who is trying to rescue her. Now, unsocialized and thrust into the world, and into a family she has never met, Sophie must decide whether she should accept her Papa’s claims that she is cursed and he was only trying to protect others, or trust the new people in her life who have their own agendas. Guided by a wise cousin, Sophie realizes that her most heartbreaking challenge is to decide if her love for Damien will destroy him like her Papa claims, or free her from past demons that haunt her mind.


From Goodreads:
When a beautiful 16-year-old girl named Sophie is found sequestered in a cage-like room in a rundown house in the desolate hills of Arbon Valley, Idaho, the entire community is shocked to learn she is the legendary Callidora--a baby girl who was kidnapped from her crib almost seventeen years ago and canonized in missing posters with portraits of what the fabled girl might resemble. Authorities soon learn that the cage was there to protect people from Sophie, because her biological father believes she is cursed.



My Thoughts:
I want more!  The tension begins on the first page.  From the very beginning the author has created a scene that leaves so many questions.  I would read and think I had answers to some of them only to find out that I didn't quite have it right.  In the beginning I wanted to really dislike the man she had always known as her father.  As I read  I realized that even he was not black and white.  As I was read his past I really disliked Sophie's grandfather.  The fact that he really thought that his family was better than Luke's family because they raised sheep and worked for him made me dislike him. There are so many things going on here.  There are family secrets, issues with social class, as well as a difference in religious beliefs.  Was there really a curse on Sophia's family as she believed?  I would suggest you read the book to find out.  I am looking forward to reading this author's previous book, I Am Nuchu, now that I have found this wonderful author.



Brenda Stanley's Bio: 
Brenda Stanley is the former news anchor at her NBC affiliate KPVI in Eastern Iadho. Her writing has been recognized by the Scripps Howard Foundation, the Hearst Journalism Awards, the Idaho Press Club and the Society for Professional Journalists. She is a graduate of Dixie College in St. George, Utah, and the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. Brenda lived for two years in Ballard, Utah, within the Fort Duchesne reservation where the novel is set. She and her husband live on a small ranch near the Snake River with their horses and dogs.


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2 comments:

  1. Thank you so much for the post and review!!

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  2. Sandra, I'm so glad you're a new fan of Brenda's work :)

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