Ted DeKker is the most prolific Christian authors of our time and has authored or co-authored over 20 fiction titles and one semi autobiographical memoir in just over nine years. In his latest novel, DeKker co-authors with new comer Erin Healy and it is entitled KISS. With KISS make sure you prepare yourself for a wild ride because, aside from DeKker’s Circle Trilogy, this is by far his most intense and gripping novel to date. I was enthralled and captivated from the opening pages to its “nail biting” conclusion.
Shauna McAllister is the daughter of high powered Senator Landon McAllister who is on the campaign trail for the presidency. On one fateful evening Shauna and her brother Rudy were in a car accident putting her brother in a wheel chair and she in a coma for six weeks. Upon waking from her coma Shauna comes to find that she had lost six months of her memory. As strangers confront her with unusual statements suspicions begin to arise Shauna seeks to find out what it was that she can no longer remember. In her quest for the truth she realizes that since the accident she has “acquired” a new ability which enables her to steal the memories of individuals through touch or a kiss. As she begins to understand her new “gift” she comes to find out that seeking to regain her memories from the past six months could end up costing her life and the lives of individuals she loves. As Shauna seeks the truth she slowly acquires the memories she lost and as she remembers she finds that the truth will in fact get her killed.
DeKker and Healy have penned a fantastic book and will certainly appeal to fans of the suspense genre. Dekker has a similar writing style to Dean Koontz so if you enjoy Koontz’s writings then you will certainly enjoy KISS. Forget all of the stereotypes of Christian fiction that you may have heard because DeKker has continued to break all of the molds of Christian fiction. KISS is a suspenseful, entertaining, and mesmerizing novel that will guarantee to keep you in its embrace from beginning to the end.
Reviewed by Jeff Holton
