Mended with Love
Book Review by Shannan Harper
Review
How can two people with Daddy issues fall in love with each other and make the relationship work ? You will find out in this third and final installment of the Ishmael Series . The brothers are still dealing with their father leaving them and starting another family .
Kamal Danjuma , from Nigeria , baby boy of the family meets Ebele Ashdieu on a flight back to East London in the United Kingdom . Kamal , a professional Soccer player , has been moved overseas to hopefully repair his damaged reputation with no help from his socalled girlfriend , and meddlesome mother , who is determined to see all of her sons married . Ebele , an older college student who was once part of a famous dance troupe , is trying to finish the work needed to get a college degree . Not only was she late starting her upper education because caring for her mother took a front seat to everything else ; she is also dealing with an estranged father , and with issues surrounding the fact that she just found out that her mother was totally unaware that she had been “ the mistress ”. What I really loved about this story , was the inspirational theme , humor , as well as twists and turns that I did not see coming . I enjoyed the banter between Kamal and Ebele , and the significant difference in height added yet another layer to the story . Readers will learn a lot about true forgiveness and unconditional love in the scriptures that were sprinkled here and there . Several scenes made me cry and I believe the brothers will be healed from the trauma from their past and from their father ’ s mistakes .
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