This book was good, the story was intriguing, somewhat intense, with a great romance plot. However the style of writing is not my favourite. Very cheesy at times, little things added in for reasons other than the plot of the book. But I am very picky when it comes to style of writing. I think I read into things too much, and sometimes don't just enjoy a book for the entertainment factor, getting too bogged down in some minor stylistic annoyances.For example, the main family in the story has a short discussion about the death penalty, with members quoting Scripture to back up their reasons for supporting it or not. Doesn't have anything to do with the rest of the story so I felt that the author just wanted to get people thinking even though it doesn't necessarily fit into the story.
I also found that the basis of the title of the book was an addition that didn't really add to the plot. The main character has a condition called synesthesia, which is an actual condition where a person sees colour in numbers, letters and people, evoking personalities just by sight. In the book, this character, Annie, is exceptionally good at her job of search and rescue because of this condition. Maybe it just wasn't explained well enough, but that didn't make sense for me, and I thought the book would have been great even if she was a normal person who did search and rescue. Her condition did make her very good at her other job, as a stained glass artist, which does play into the plot as well, but again, she could have been a very good artist without the synesthesia. It wasn't melded into the plot well enough for me to see it as necessary.
Besides all of that, when the plot thickens just after the middle of the book, I found that I could not put it down and was so invested in the characters and how everything would play out. I want to give this book a good review because of that. It is a good read, minus a few dispensable portions.
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