It's been a long while since I've read any Christian fiction. I've read a good portion of Lori Wick's books, many I liked, some I didn't. Pretense is only one of two of her contemporary fiction books I've read. One of the many complaints about Christian fiction books is that so many of them, Lori Wick's included, take place in the past, and I've always felt a vague "that's not really relatable" vibe from them. This contemporary novel does away with that feeling, since the book starts in the 1980's and continues for 15 years.
Pretense begins with Delancey and Mackenzie, two sisters only 13 months apart in age, as elementary school aged children. They live with mom, a stay at home mother, and dad, an Army colonel. As the novel progresses, the sisters get older, the family moves due to the Army, mom and dad find Christianity, their parents both pass away, finding careers, and eventually love and marriage.
I like the two sisters. I would have been friends with them in high school. I can relate to the sister squabbles, and the inevitable rebellion against their parents. As adults I admire many of their choices and predictably they both find God. I also like the emphasis on family that's harder to find in today's world, but so prevalent in the books written in an earlier time period. I love Mackenzie dealing with her aloneness, because it's just so relatable.
My favorite Lori Wick book is The Hawk and the Jewel, but this one might be a close second.
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