The characters in this book are dealing with loss, not only of family members but also friendship. The young people which are now older have lost their way. Some have gotten into trouble others have lost their belief in God.

Susan May Warren gives you not only the stories of these people, but why they lost their beliefs and in the course of the story line you find why and how they get it back. While reading this book, I found myself wondering about my own beliefs. I have suffered loss of family members, and struggle to find a job. Maybe God has a plan for me.

There is Darek, who gave up his dreams of being a firefighter who would travel around the world putting out big fires. Than there is Ivy Madison. She comes to the town as the new assistant county attorney. There lives will intertwine, in a way that no one would have guessed. We meet several different characters who have had problems in their lives and believe that God was not there for them. Dareks' mom is a big believer that God will help people out no matter what they had done in lives. Weather it was good or bad.

When a huge fire threatens the town, Darek, must make a decision that will change his life along with other people in the town.

There are other characters that have gone by the wayside. There is Jensen, who is trying hard to have people forgive him for something that he did, but feels no one will ever trust him again. Claire loves to tend to the different flower gardens around the city, but her family wants her to move out of the town and go to college. She also feels that God has forgotten all about her.

I find myself wanting to go to the resort that Susan May Warren depicts. They way that she writes does make you feel like you are living in this town. It is a small town, but the people there are hard working and have their pride. Everyone in the town knows each other and I sometimes wished that I lived in a small town.

While Susan May Warren writes about God in TAKE A CHANCE ON ME, it is not thrown in your face though the whole book. It is not just about God, but about the friendships in this town along with the people that hate, but realize that their hate will only harm other people in the end.

At the end of TAKE A CHANCE ON ME I can almost guarantee that you too will be rethinking your life and the choices you face.

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