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*** AN AMAZON BESTSELLING BOOK***
**A TEEN INK HOT NEW RELEASE BOOK**
It was supposed to be Lexy Quinn's year. Shy, pragmatic seventeen-year-old Lexy has finally landed the coveted spot as Senior Editor of her school's newspaper when the rug is ripped out from under her. Her mother is diagnosed with a rare illness and the family must move half-way across the country to privileged Preston Hills, Texas. Lexy can't think of a worse place to be than at a school full of snobby rich kids where she'll have to start all over to get people to notice her writing, or-who is she kidding--notice her at all. When jock celebrity quarterback and all-around golden boy Ash Preston gives her an exclusive interview, Lexy's life takes an unexpected turn. Ash is the perfect guy and even better, he sees Lexy as she wants to be seen. There's just one problem: Ash is Christian and Lexy doesn't believe in God.
Opposites attract but the differences between Lexy and Ash seem too big to overcome until tragedy strikes. Lexy is forced to question everything she once knew as true and along the way, learns life-changing lessons about friendship, forgiveness, and following your heart.
- Sales Rank: #2577432 in Books
- Brand: Brand: Ic13 Books
- Published on: 2013-01-31
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.00" h x .85" w x 5.25" l, .85 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 329 pages
- Used Book in Good Condition
Review
"[Prodigal] is a young adult fiction novel, which delivers equal parts romance and spirituality in a trendsetting page-turner." -- The Examiner.com
"This book was simultaneously both the most heart-warming and most heart-wrenching novel that I have ever read." Pure Jonel
"This story is awesome. Go read it." -- Pixie Dust Book Reviews
"The book has a perfect combination of heart warming and heart wrenching stories which will leave you breathless." Starlight Book Reviews
"Prodigal is definitely a must read. It's refreshing, written beautifully with a great set of characters and a storyline that will get you hooked from the very first chapter till the end." Sab the Book Eater
From the Author
A Note from the Author.Love, lessons, and life-changing moments. That is what PRODIGAL is all about.My goal in creating PRODIGAL was not only to write a fun page-turner but also to create a different kind of love story--one where faith, romance, and God converge. I hope PRODIGAL is a story that just might change the way you look at your life.Happy Reading!
About the Author
Rektok ROSS is the author of the debut novel PRODIGAL. Rektok graduated college with a degree in journalism, which has since been forsaken in favor of fiction writing. Rektok likes all animals, a good underdog story, and dessert at every meal. Follow Rektok on Twitter @RektokRoss and like Rektok on Facebook at www.facebook.com/TheRektokRoss.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.
Coming of Age - and bringing God along
By Grady Harp
`It began with meatloaf.' Any author who has the courage to let that free standing sentence initiate his story has courage. But Rektok Ross (it is not clear whether the author is a male or female - and that adds to the interest of the book) has considerable talent in constructing the mindset and stage directions for a teen romance and coming of age story and Ross is able to make this little story work.
The concept is not new - except Ross makes it seem new with a thoroughly grounded atmosphere of life as young teens view it. Alexandra "Lexy" Quinn is 17 and has finally achieved the coveted Editor's position on her high school newspaper in Atlanta: life is going well. That is until her life is `broken' with the news that her mother has a rare form of blood cancer, the available treatment zone being, of all places, Texas. Lexy's family uproots and moves to Texas where she encounters endless challenges - she is a senior, used to having the title of editor but is now faced with unaccepting rich girls instead of friends, accepting an assignment to interview the wealthy and attractive Ash. Good assignment? Well, maybe, but there is a contrast that must be overcome: Ash is a Christian and Lexy has been raised as an atheist/agnostic. How the two personalities resolve these differences constitutes the core of the novel.
Rektok Ros has stated in a blog, `My novel, PRODIGAL, is a young adult romance that deals with faith being found in unexpected places. Seventeen-year-old Lexy Quinn comes from a family that doesn't believe in a Christian God. I wrote her mother as an archetype for those who have never had any religious beliefs. Mrs. Quinn "has the religious compass of an ADD hippie" and has dabbled in Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, and even New Age spiritualism without ever choosing one. But for Mr. Quinn, I thought it would be interesting to have a representative from the other end of the nonreligious spectrum--someone who had once had faith and then lost it. Somewhere in between rewriting PRODIGAL Steve Jobs passed away, and I stumbled across an article about his death. I'd heard long ago that Mr. Jobs had been an atheist but for some reason I'd assumed he'd always been that way: Even though they were not fervent about their faith, Jobs' parents wanted him to have a religious upbringing, so they took him to the Lutheran church most Sundays. That came to an end when he was thirteen. In July 1968 "Life" magazine published a shocking cover showing a pair of starving children in Biafra. Jobs took it to Sunday school and confronted the church's pastor. "If I raise my finger, will God know which one I'm going to raise even before I do it? The pastor answered, "Yes, God knows everything." Jobs then pulled out the "Life" cover and asked, "Well, does God know about this and what's going to happen to those children?" "Steve, I know you don't understand, but yes, God knows about that." Jobs announced that he didn't want to have anything to do with worshipping such a God, and he never went back to church. It made me wonder. At thirteen, Mr. Jobs decided that he didn't want anything to do with a God he couldn't understand, but what if at an older age, Mr. Jobs had come back and asked the question again. Would he have changed his mind? This premise was the setup for the life story of Mr. Quinn.'
As usual a few words form the author provide far more insight than a simple distillation of a books outline. Some readers would have problems with the superimposed God entry into a romance, but it seems that is where Rektok Ross wanted us to go. And it works. Grady Harp, May 13
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
Pleasant Surprise
By Isabel Gomez
I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed this book! I was engrossed from beginning to end. I think the biggest reason why I enjoyed this book is the pacing. I love it when a book is able to cover a long span of time without hurting the quality of storytelling. I think Ross did a wonderful job at setting the pace for the book. The beginning alone was told in a pace that was just right, so I was able to get into the story faster. Some parts were told in detail while some were merely part of the narration, but still contributed to the overall flow of the story.
I also liked how real the characters felt - and that's also one of the reasons why I wasn't so bugged out by the religious aspect of the book. I can just imagine how the characters would say their lines if they were real people. Even Blythe's insults and snarky comments weren't over the top unlike in some stories. Everybody was believable.
Now let's talk about the protagonist: Lexy. She's smart but she's pretty clueless about boys. I mean, come on! Ash Preston is basically making time for you, and you know it's not just about the interview anymore, do you even wonder if he likes you? But that was case for the first half of the book. The rest of it - when she did realize that Ash had a thing for her - got more complicated and I don't want to spoil for you. Heh. Lexy's character may be a wallflower on the outside but inside, she's really something. She's a nerd who really goes after what she wants for her future and I really like that about her. It's very rare to read about female protagonists in a school setting who are more bent on getting her choice career track than getting the school's star player. I like that despite becoming a somebody in school, she didn't lose sight of who she really is - she remained a nerd I love that.
What I didn't like about her though is the way she handled her mother's illness. It kind of bothered me that she didn't react the way a normal person would if they'd find out one of their family members have cancer. She still went out a lot and it seemed like her love life troubled her more than her mom being sick. Eh?
I know some of you might get turned off by the religious aspect but trust me, it's not enough for this book to be characterized as religious fiction. Ross just made a few references to God and a parable (Prodigal Son) but it wasn't as if it was the central theme of the book. I think it's cool how Lexy was able to get a bit of clarity with the help of going to Church and reading about God and whatnot but it didn't instantly make her life better like magic. It just made her see things differently, and I think it's one of the most truthful things about religion in general.
And this is what I was saying earlier - the characters seemed real, so when they said stuff like, "Maybe God has a plan for you." it didn't feel preachy to me. I don't think it's because I'm religious and I'm surrounded by religious people so hearing lines like that is pretty normal to me. If it feels preachy, it feels preachy - in books and in real life. Prodigal wasn't like that. To me, Ross was able to incorporate religious references into the YA storyline smoothly.
The only thing I didn't like was the time it took for the Lexy-Ash issue to get resolved. At some point I felt so upset because of the conflict that I felt my heart beat uncontrollably like I'm the one experiencing it (dramatic much). For a reader to be affected like that, that's got to be great writing, right? Trouble was, the resolution happened in the last 3 percent of the book. I kept checking the location map on my Kindle app because I was starting to panic. I almost felt like they weren't getting a happily ever after but once they did, I felt really relieved and satisfied with how it turned out.
Overall, I'd say Prodigal is definitely a must read. It's refreshing, written beautifully with a great set of characters and a storyline that will get you hooked from the very first chapter till the end. Hey, any book that gets me reading for hours straight is surely great one!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
A beautifully woven faith-based novel
By Sandy @ Craving YA Reads
'Prodigal' was a carefully woven faith-based story about a girl learning to cope with the loss of a loved one in her life.
Now I don't usually read faith-based novels, but every now and then I'll read a summary and think I'll enjoy it...and as long as it's not riddled with bible stories and such (where it feels like the author's trying to teach me something) then I give it a go. Anyway, I was given an arc of this some time ago and I decided to read it while I had the chance.
And I have to say I was glad I did.
There was something almost natural about the way some of the bible stories were written into the book. Sometimes when tragedy hits your life, you ask the question of why? People deal with it different ways, but it seemed so natural that Lexy started asking questions about faith and God. Yeah, I have a squeamish feeling in my stomach even writing about God, but there you have it, because I was very impressed with this book. The story line, even though I've read a similar plot before, was done so well it didn't matter. I could relate to the story line - mainly because I lost my father about a month ago. I felt Lexy's pain -with not only the loss of her loved one, but also with the other dramas she had in her life.
Prodigal was such a fun novel, but also a sad one at times. It made me cry anyway. That's another thing I liked about this book - the range of emotions it made me feel. It made me laugh, cry and want to throw things. The writing made it that way - just like the characters did.
Lexy was a girl who had left everything behind and had to start fresh because of it. She handled almost seamlessly. Was she perfectly behaved? Nah, but she wasn't a snarky cow either. I think she was very pragmatic. She was likable and relatable in the way she dealt with things. She didn't become instantly popular, but neither was she immediately disliked. And that's what I liked. She was real.
Every now and then I'll come across a boy main character who deserves to be crush-worthy and I think Ash was. Sure, he was the hottest, sexiest, blah, blah , blah around, but he was also a spineless coward some of the time. His reasons for this were sound, even if his beliefs were not ... and I'm not talking about religion here. He was so well loved that his sister had his back and I liked that. It was so nice to see a normal brother/sister relationship. Sure, brothers and sisters fight when they're children, but most of the time they get along. I know I did with my brother.
And the secondary characters were done really well, especially Blythe. I really loved her transition during the story. She was developed in such a way that my thoughts of her had completely turned around by the time I had finished 'Prodigal'. My compliments to Rektok for having the skill to change my mindset about a character.
The only thing I didn't like about 'Prodigal' was that I felt some of scenes could have been fleshed out more. Some of the more serious parts felt like they had just been skimmed over and it would have been a lot more moving if they had been better developed.
All in all, though, this was an absolutely fantastic faith-based read.
I would recommend this to anyone who likes general fiction, although it wouldn't suit someone who absolutely loathed religion in their books. It might just drive you nuts.
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