All God's Children: Volume 2 (The Grace McDonald Series) Paperback – 22 Aug. 2014

It takes a special author to make a reader feel strong emotions like anger, grief, hatred, forgiveness. This author has caused all of the above in me with this book.Granted, there were several years in my life where I grew up in a religiously similar situation though my experience was not so severe, so my focus tended more toward that aspect of the story. I also work with the autistic population so I would have loved to see more of that side of the story develop.Overall, I found this book to be powerful, emotional, and thought provoking, and I highly recommend it. Near the end of the book I even cried. I honestly cannot say that I will read the rest of the books by this author because I don't know that I trust my emotional stability after this one.

This is a difficult story. It sucks you in and you can’t put it down.Mike a soldier suffering from PTSD and mTBI, finds out he has an 11 year old son. Problem is he wants joint custody and the mother and stepfather are members of the Westboro Baptist Church.Grace has to help come up with a visitation plan. Grace tends to go overboard trying to help her clients.

I began reading this book with the idea I was going to read a mystery. I got involved in the story so I kept reading but I never found the mystery. Still, it was a good story.

I do not read as much as I would like because I am easily distracted, but this was not a problem at all while reading All God's Children, and I had a blast reading it. Because I went to school with several of the older Phelps children in Topeka, KS, I wanted to read this book. The whole custody dilemma was so interesting, and I enjoyed how the law always gave Grace McDonald the upper hand over the members of the WBC. I love the way the author had several stories going on throughout the book, and would bounce from one to another. As in the first book in this series, the author writes with a witty and sarcastic sense of humor, which I am very fond of. The book has an element of suspense that grows as you get more and more into the book, and peaks in the last quarter. This book has all the qualities needed to keep someone like me from getting bored or distracted. I cannot wait for the 3rd book in the Grace McDonald series.

It is not easy to write a review of this book. Reminds me of a real patient fisherman. He plays with a fish for awhile...letting it get used to his bait...no rush...then, all of a sudden...HE HOOKS IT! That is what Susan Kraus does in this book. It is interesting. Too interesting to stop reading...but exactly where is it going. I mean, is it really going to be worth your time when all is said and done. She tells us about her life, her loss, her family, her abrupt move far away from her home, her daughter and her grandson. She lets us learn about her life and what she does for a living. Some of the cases she works on. Then, along comes a rather interesting case. And just when she is starting to land you - she's set the bait and is just starting to reel you in - making you think this will be an interesting philosophical dilemma - BANG - YOU ARE HOOKED AND IT IS SOME RIDE! It is a book that raises more questions than it answers. Makes you think longer and deeper than you like. But, in the end, you know it was more than worth it and you can't wait to read the next one. This is a perfect book for a book club as it raises so many interesting issues. A MUST READ!