Shadows of the Canyon- Tracie Peterson

Shadows of the Canyon is such an attention-grabbing and exciting book. Tracie Peterson weaves romance, mystery, and Christianity together perfectly to produce a book that is simply superb. When a book really interests me I can’t put it down; I want to read it every available second I have. And for a long time that hadn’t happened; a book hadn’t completely captured me. Well, that was until I read Shadows of the Canyon.

In Shadows of the Canyon, Alex, the main character, faces some really difficult conflicts. Her father is disloyal to her mother and hates Alex, causing Alex’s mother to weaken. Alex is also gaining unwanted attention from Joel Harder while Valerie Winthrop is stealing her true love, Luke Toland, away and amidst all of this she is caught in a middle of a murder case.

Yet through this whole drama Alex remains faithful to God. Sure she had her times when she doubted God’s hand in this mess, but she never stop believing. Sometimes I wonder if I will stand strong in tribulation. When God tests me, I want to be strong enough to handle it and push through, just like Alex (with the help of friends) stayed strong in God.