Pages: 304
Format: Paperback, Kindle/ebook
Category: Suspense/Romance
Style: Character-driven with some action
They say everyone has a doppleganger, even in LDS fiction. Savannah is a middle-class Mormon girl at a turning point in her life. Amelia is a spoiled cosmopolitan heiress on vacation. Everyone loves Savannah. Amelia not so much. Their looks are similar enough that they are mistaken for one another when both are wearing sunglasses. They sit down next to each other on a flight from Mexico to Arizona. Mayhem ensues.
Typical topics for LDS books, with the Gospel being shared, lives changed, hearts are won, etc., etc., Identity differs with its plot of murder, intrigue, industrial espionage, blended family politics, alcohol dependency and surprise developments. The blood and guts seem an odd juxtaposition to father's blessings and scripture study, but, it actually works.
The first published work of Ms. Love, it is ambitious. While not ready to face off with Tom Clancy or Dan Brown, she manages to pull it off with few contradictions and plausibility issues. I had a few problems with it, not the least of which was the bad .mobi formatting of the Kindle version and lack of a table of contents, but such difficulties could be eliminated with a new edition.
