Tag Archive | Nadine C Keels

World Of The Innocent by Nadine C Keels

May13

Awakening

World Of The Innocent by Nadine C Keels is a Christian contemporary YA novel about awakening – an awakening to the world around us, to talents and to love. I got completely engrossed in it, so much so that I literally gasped out loud at one point.

Nadine Keels writes with sensitivity, with knowledge and with love. The novel is about love that never dies – the great love of God for His children. And about the love of friends and a blossoming young love. The story is beautifully written.

We need to tell people about Jesus, or how will they know? “People listen because you have something to say.” We do not need to be loud. It’s about the message not the volume.

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Yella’s Prayers by Nadine C Keels

Feb16

The Difficult Years

Yella’s Prayers by Nadine C Keels is a young adult  Christian coming of age novel set at the turn of the twenty first century. It is jam packed full of Godly themes whilst focusing on a handful of teenagers.

Life can be confusing for teens on the cusp of adulthood and Nadine Keels perfectly portrays the teens dilemmas. There are the constant pressures of drugs, sex and looking good. These struggles and conflicts are shown in the novel.

Within the book there is the difficult topic of domestic abuse. This affects not just the abused and abuser but there is the fall-out to the family. This is all realistically portrayed as the victim constantly blames themself and comes up with excuses for the abuser. The reader feels the tension within the family.

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