Shellie R. Warren

Shellie Warren really gives us a transparent view into her life but mainly her relationships with the opposite sex. Shellie's life is not that different from most teenage and young adult women. The only difference is that Shellie had the courage to admit her faults and failings with the complicated beast called love.

As we read Shellie comes of age dealing with rejection from her mother and a inappropriate sexual relationship with her stepfather. Her stepfather's sexually loaded comments show more about her developing body made Shellie more aware her body's influence in relationships with the opposite sex. A sexual assault in High School and the end of her mother and stepfather's marriage due to Shellie exposing his sexual advances and fondling transitions Shellie into college. In college Shellie takes us through several very different relationships that all produced monumental consequences. These relationships led to three pregnancies and three abortions and to the border of an attempted suicide. In the middle of it all Shellie did find real love with Damien which ended in tragedy.

We all can relate to some part of Shellie's story. As I read Shellie's story I just wanted to interject and say stop. We see the same pattern of bad choices that lead to every bad relationship. It's always easy see the pattern when you on the outside looking in. Throughout the entire story we also see Shellie's faith in God at work. This book contained some of the most amazing poetry that I have ever read. I strongly suggest that book to teens and young adult women. show less