Under a Turquoise Sky

Under a Turquoise Sky is Christian Romantic Suspense, usually my favourite genre, but this really didn't gel with me. I found the characters too stereotypical, and the plot verging on melodramatic. \\r\\nIt didn't start well. In fact, it started three times: Kailyn meets RafeAaron at a party; Kailyn watches her best friend get murdered by her drug lord husband; Kailyn in witness protection where her care is entrusted to Aaron. I didn't like Kailyn as a character. She came across as dim. \\r\\n\\r\\nAaron was more complex, a half-Navajo child who'd been mistreated by his white stepfather then adopted by a white family. He had rejected God, but this is a Christian romance, and we all know that means the hero and heroine both have to be Christians by the end of the book. This was another big failing for me: I didn't see any development in Aaron's faith journey throughout the book, which made the inevitable conversion seem unrealistic. \\r\\n\\r\\nWhat was good? I really liked Aaron's Navajo grandmother. She was brighter than she let on, with a wicked sense of humour and large doses of tribal and Christian wisdom, even if it tended to be delivered as clich dialogue. But the good wasn't enough to make up for lacklustre writing and a main character I was unable to empathise with. \\r\\n\\r\\nThanks to Abingdon Press and NetGalley for providing a free ebook for review.