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Code Word (2012)

by Traci Hunter Abramson(Favorite Author)

4.17 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1621081885 (ISBN13: 9781621081883)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Covenant Communications

series

Saint Squad

review 1: SummaryCarina, Gianna, and Bianca had been running away from their past as long as they could remember. Their father was a member of the Chicago Mafia, and had murdered their mother. Ever since their mom died, Carina had taken care of her two younger sisters. They had remained untouched from their father and his family for several years, until one day when an unexpected visitor came to Denver. Pete Wellman, Bianca’s swim coach, has a son named Jay. Jay is a Navy Seal and meets Carina at the pool while he is on leave. The first time Jay sees Carina; he knows he wants to go out with her. A few minutes later when Carina is leaving, her car will not start. Being the kind, generous person that Jay is, he offers to help Carina out. They trade cars, so that Jay can fix Carina�... more��s and she can get to work on time. Later that evening Jay goes for a run to Carina’s house. He plans on getting his car back and asking her on a date. While in the process of asking her out and unexpected visitor knocks on the door. When Carina opens the door she realizes it is someone from her dads family. The man’s name is Nick. He is trying to get Carina to go back to Chicago with him. After refusing to go, a black car races down the street and starts shooting at Carina and Jay. No one was hurt, but Carina was sure shaken up. After the shooting, Jay decided Carina and Bianca could no longer stay at their apartment. The two sisters packed their things and moved into a high security residence. Hopefully no one would be able to find them now. Urgent to find out more information about Carina’s past, Jay goes and talks to one of her lifelong friends, Lou. Lou told him the truth about everything. Carina’s Father hadn’t killed their mother, and he had only tried to protect them throughout their lives. Lou also mentioned that the man who was really in charge of the Mafia, was a man named Alex. Carina knew many things about her father’s business, but had never realized how valuable it was. Alex could not risk carina finding out his identity, so he made a plan to dispose of her. He found out where they had been hiding out and attacked them when Jay was on his way back to the military. Alex had both Carina and Bianca at gunpoint when suddenly; Carina pulled a hidden gun from her purse and shot Alex. As you can image, everyone lives happily ever after. Carina and her two sisters don’t have to worry about the Chicago Mafia anymore. Jay decides to start taking the missionary discussions. Carina and Jay make plans to get married. Carina can finally start to pursue her lifelong dream of fashion design. ThemesI believe the author wants us to know two things specifically. First, serving others always leads to happiness. Second, stay true to your beliefs. These two ideas reoccur in the story multiple times. They also intensify as the story moves forward. Jay is always serving others, and in return he is always happy. On the day when Jay and Carina first met, he offered to fix he car for her. He barely knew the woman and yet, deep down he knew it was the right thing to do. When we serve others and do what we know is right, we always get a lovely feeling inside. It always makes us a little happier. Sometimes it makes us so happy, that we can’t stop serving others. I believe that is what happened in this story. As the book moved forward Jay continually outstretched his hand to Carina. Even when the situation became dangerous, he still volunteered to help. I love that Jay never leaves her. He never says, “Alright I’m done, hope you have a nice life.” No, he stays with her and helps her through all of her trials. In the end he finals receives his award; Carinas hand in marriage and a life full of happiness. The second theme in this story is to stay true to your beliefs. Carina and her sisters are all converts to the LDS Church. They know their beliefs and who they are. Throughout this story, life gets hard and they may have wanted to blame it all on God, but they didn’t. Carina stayed strong and continued to pray to her heavenly father when times got tough. Carina, Bianca, and Gianna were blessed because they remained steadfast and immoveable. The Lord will bless our lives if we chose to stay true to our beliefs. CritiquePersonally, I love Tracy Hunter Abrahamson. She is my favorite author, and I have read many of her books. My favorite part about her writing is how she incorporates the LDS faith. For me, it’s really nice to know that I can find a good book, that doesn’t have the standards of today’s world. I also love how her books are romantic, but full of adventure and suspense. My favorite character would probably be Bianca. In the beginning of the book Bianca helps land Jay a date with Carina. She is like this little mastermind that no one pays attention to. It’s also really funny how she is always asking for French fries. Bianca is a swimmer, and part of her diet states that she can’t have fast food. That definitely doesn’t stop her from asking every time they are out. When I picture Jay, he is the type who opens doors for women and is always a perfect gentleman. Then I remember that he is a Navy Seal, and all I image is a really attractive man. No wonder Carina falls in love with him. He is nice and attractive; the perfect mix. I also picture Carina being very beautiful. I imagine her as the girl who looks gorgeous in sweats and a t-shirt. I am pleased with the characters in this story. They all have a unique personality, with a unique background.
review 2: Again I say, "I really like Traci Hunter Abramson's books!" I have not read one that I haven't enjoyed. This book, one of her "Saint Squad" novels, highlights Jay Wellman, the only non Mormon on the Saint Squad. He has been with the squad about a year now, and has developed great respect and love for his team members, but has not yet read the BOOK OF MORMON that each one has given him. He is also the only member of the team that is not married. Of course, I knew immediately how all that would work out, but I still enjoyed reading all the details of how the Navy seal "saves the day," finds true love and eternal happiness! less

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