Review: Capture the Wind For Me

Capture the Wind for Me
Author: Brandilyn Collins

One thing I have learned. The bonfires of change start with the merest spark. Sometimes we see that flicker. Sometimes we blink in surprise at the flame only after it has marched hot legs upward to fully ignite. Either way, flicker or flame, we’d better do some serious praying. When God’s on the move in our lives, he tends to burn up things we’d just as soon keep.

After her mama’s death, sixteen-year-old Jackie Delham is left to run the household for her daddy and two younger siblings. When Katherine King breezes into town and tries to steal her daddy’s heart, Jackie knows she must put a stop to it. Katherine can’t be trusted. Besides, one romance in the family is enough, and Jackie is about to fall headlong into her own.

As love whirls through both generations, the Delhams are buffeted by hope, elation and loss. Jackie is devastated to learn of old secrets in her parents’ relationship. Will those past mistakes cost Jackie her own love? And how will her family ever survive if Katherine jilts her daddy and leaves them in mourning once more?

Sixteen-year-old Jackie Delham is not happy. Her mother died of cancer a few years ago, and now it seems her father is falling in love again. But will Jackie have a change of heart when she has the chance to meet–and fall in love with--the handsome lead singer of her favorite boy band?

Number three and the last in the Bradleyville series, this story takes the reader back to visit with many of the old characters of the quaint small town. This is very much a story about coming of age, of first love. Of loyalty, redemption and second chances. And as always, Brandilyn Collins weaves in the spiritual thread without it being preachy or overbearing.

As with the first two Bradleyville books, I couldn’t stop reading until I got to the end. A must read, and enjoyable for women of any age even if the main character is a teen. There’s a depth to it that makes it very much an adult read, with lessons to be learned at any age. Highly recommended.



Review by Violet