Fearfully Indelible

The book Indelible caught my attention from the moment I saw the cover until the last page. It is a fast paced thriller that leaves you on the edge of your seat every time you have to stop reading. The theme of the book is obvious from the first chapter, fear. Facing your fears is one of the hardest things in life, and using your seeming disabilities for good seems impossible. The author, Kristen Heitzmann, was fully aware of how fear effects people and wanted to show that facing these fears is worth it. 

 

Let me give you a taste of the imagery that leaves you panting for more: “A veined bolt of lightning sliced the ozone-scented sky as Trevor plunged won the craggy slope, dodging evergreen spires like slalom poles. Rocks and gravel spewed from his boots and caromed off the vertical pitch. 'Trevor.' Whit skidded behind him. 'We're not prepared for this.' No. But he hurled himself after the tawny streak. He was not losing that kid.” The book implants same fear that the characters are facing in your veins as you read the book. Almost every character in the book faces a fear. Trevor faces the past; Natalie her odd ability, Fleur her blindness; and Jonah the fact that he might not be a good Father to his baby soon to come. However, each character eventually realizes, through the Indelible events that take place, that they must face their fears and not let it ruin their lives.

Despite the excellent substance in this book, I cannot get around the fact that certain sections in the book were hard to follow. Whenever there was a switch in scenes, there would be some instances in which I could not tell which character's thoughts I was seeing on the page. However, by the end of the book I was catching on to the author's style of writing. There is no reason for me not recommend this book despite this small error which was only a small inconvenience.

This is an excellent book that I would recommend to everyone I meet. It helps you to realize that God can use your disabilities regardless of your fears. The reality is that all things can be used for God's purposes. In fact, no matter how strange, every disability can be used as a gift if you let God work in you. 

This book was received for free from the WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group for this review. I am not required to give a positive review.