Book Review: Searching for Spice

Written By Megan DiMaria  
Book Review By Roseanna White  

Life is by all accounts good for Linda Revere.  She’s got two gorgeous kids who are almost grown up, a wonderful husband of almost twenty-five years, a passel of fantastic friends, and a fulfilling job at Dream Photography.  Okay, so her boss is a demanding grouch, her daughter’s attitude is getting really annoying, her friends all seem to have it better than her—and would it kill her husband to hold her hand in public once in a while? All around her she sees couples in embraces and little hearts practically floating over their heads.  That’s when Linda decides to make a plan: she’s going to wake up the sizzle in her marriage before it can fizzle out entirely.

Her plan starts out well enough.  Taking the initiative, she begins to do some little things to try to awaken Jerry’s senses to her.  You know—candles, a new outfit, a cute little card.  Of course, everything seems to backfire.  And stress at work is multiplying.  And disaster after disaster keeps getting in the way.  Still, she’d call it a success. At least until a tragedy strikes that not only makes her think passion is a silly pursuit by comparison but makes her wonder if she really knows the man she calls her husband.

Searching for Spice is a fantastic read that I couldn’t put down.  I’m not always interested in books about forty-somethings with grown kids, since my eldest child is all of two, but Linda was a loveable and understandable character who made me root for her from the get-go.  The narration is the light and humorous style, but as the story progresses, the plot becomes more complicated and drew me deeper and deeper into the heart of a woman who suddenly didn’t know which way was up.

With a grabbing main character, a cast of friends and family that makes things interesting, a storyline to keep the pages turning, and writing that brought both laughter to my lips and tears to my eyes, Searching for Spice is a novel not to be missed.  I’m looking forward to reading more from this new author.

Review provided by the Christian Review of Books.  Their website can be found at www.christianreviewofbooks.com

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