
It took her time, she went through stages, painful ones. Though Melinda dealt with what happened to her with much courage, it wasn’t at all “all” that easy. But the reality of the world we live in contradicts our want of being safe from harm, and thus the painful truth – that some people hurt other people. It’s something no person should ever go through. Ta-da! *falling colorful confetti and glitters*īut seriously now, Melinda went through such a traumatic experience. I love the novel’s protagonist, Melinda Sordino, and out of that love (and my inherent compulsion for re-reading books and making sense out of almost everything), this post is born. I can no longer count the number of re-reads I’ve given it. There, now that’s out of the way, here’s another fact.

I’m the kind who, if a story tugs on my reader heartstrings, would read a book over and over and over again without ever tiring of the plot lines and the characters.
