Indivisible

The past and how it holds us captive is the theme of Indivisible, Kristin Heitzmann’s newest psychological thriller.  Jonah Westfall is the police chief of Redford, CO, following in his father’s footsteps. Jonah is trying to overcome his abusive childhood and his own alcoholism. Redford is normally a small, peaceful mountain town, but lately Jonah has been investigating some disturbing, occult-like animal slayings. Jonah also spars with his childhood friend, Tia, owner of a small candle shop.  Tia struggles to overcome her past feelings of inadequacy and shame.  Several other key characters round out this cast of imperfect people battling private demons that all culminate in a crime that ultimately draws them all together.

Indivisible explores the themes of repentance and renewal, grace, forgiveness and also what makes us unified and what tears us apart as human beings.

Although, Indivisible was exciting and fun to read, I felt that it had one too many plot lines going on. There were at least three major plot lines in the book. This became confusing at times. Either one of the plot lines needed to simply not be in the book or the book needed to be 200 pages longer. In the end, I was completely confused and had to re-read the ending several times to figure out what was going on and I was left wanting more.  I felt that while the story was good, the characters were one dimensional and could have been developed much better with more content in the book, or maybe less characters.  I think I would have liked another book about Piper and Miles, and simply left them to be a very small part of this story.

For more on Indivisible by the author herself, check this link for an interview: http://www.multnomahemails.com/wbmlt/audio/Kristen_Heitzmann.mp3

Also, check www.waterbrookmultnomah.com for more information on this book.

This book was provided for review by Waterbrook Multnomah Press.