Catching the Wind

***1/2

PG-13

{UM} {IM}

Wish I Could Recommend but Really Can't :(

I really don't like writing reviews like this...

This book...the plot, the characters...I loved it!

However, there were certainly some moments that I didn't love and that's why I don't like writing this review.  I seriously wish I could write a glowing report and recommend this book but there were a couple of {Uncomfortable Moments} and some blatant {Immorality}.  I even had to create that as a new category since I'd never had to use it before.  There have been times when it was alluded to in a backstory and so I would use the {BSt} category but this was in the heart of the story and actual scenes that I skipped (although I don't think anything "happened" in them, I just didn't like the idea).

So, I don't think most people would give this a PG-13 rating but those couple of scenes do go beyond what I would call a PG...so there it is.  I would have given it 4, maybe 4.5 stars if it hadn't been for those two scenes.  I don't know if I've ever given a PG-13 rated book 3.5 stars though so it's kind of a balancing act.

Melanie Dobson is a magician though when it comes to weaving the present with the past.  It is brilliant how the story works out.  This one really had my mind working hard to keep everything straight and where it should be in the timeline.

Again, wish I could recommend it but I can't look past the immorality.