What if we could have the events of our lives play out the way we want by reliving our past while remaining in the present. In Sara Enochs’ The Code of Destiny, Ava Ballantyne has learned how to do just that. Ava comes from a long line of strong Ballantyne women. Women who revel in being mothers and taking care of their large families while never uttering a single complaint. They sound supernatural, don’t they? Oh, sure the mothering and taking care of large families we can believe, but never complaining? Not even once? Yeah right. This is what Ava is thinking also as she struggles to adjust to becoming a new mother and live up to this legacy.
Ava is your typical type ‘A’ modern woman. She always has a plan, everything in it’s place and according to a well thought out schedule. Motherhood has just thrown a monkey wrench into all of that. She is struggling to adjust to the new changes the arrival of her son, Eli, has brought. Feeling she is losing herself, she embarks on a journey across the country with her mother and son. Throughout the journey, Ava takes side journeys into her daydreams. While most of us daydream about the future. Our daydreams filled with our hopes for that future. Ava’s daydreams are mostly of the past, of the way she wishes things had played out as well as of the present as she puts herself in the center of a conspiracy. Don’t misunderstand, she is not one of those neurotic ‘the world is out to get me’ types. She has a mysterious gift, that the author teases us with, without ever telling us what it is. It is infuriating! And at the same time brilliant. She has insured that we will read the next book, if only to find out what is the darn ‘gift’. Well, we will also read the next one to see where Ava’s daydreams are headed and if she has the courage to pursue her dreams. This book gets three out of five daydreams.
Well it sounds intriguing, but - I don't like the idea of having to read the next book to have SO much answered.
ReplyDeleteI like series where a book from the series can also stand alone. Sounds like the author leaves the reader "hanging" a LOT...the ending being more like the end of a chapter than the end of the book...
It is that way for the most part. It was not the easiest book to read and if I didn't have a curious nature It would have been harder to stick with. Some people really love it. For me it was middle of the road, we'll see if the next one improves.
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