What do you think?
Rate this book
Redemption #1
Redemption
*New Revamped Edition available as of 2025. Experience a brand new, professionally designed experience!
“The dark held new meaning for me now. There was a whole other world out there that I was just beginning to discover. A world that had once been only farce, was now very real.”
It is in our darkest moments that love finds us, pulling us from the depths of despair, and wrapping us in safety. For eighteen-year-old Abigail Sullivan, her moment of darkness is at hand. The sudden death of her parents spiraled her into deep depression. To escape the bitterness of a broken heart, she moves in with her grandmother just in time to start college. Here, Abby discovers a darkness she thought only existed in the world of fiction. His name is Caleb Raines. He, too, carries with him the remains of a shattered life, along with a curse of eternal damnation.
Drawn to her, Caleb risks exposing what he is in exchange for love. The barrier between them is not enough to hold them back. Through each other, they find refuge, solace, and their long-lost faith.
Their love is tested when Caleb’s nemesis comes for a visit and Abby finds herself teetering on the edge of life and death. Believing her death is imminent, Abby desperately grasps the faith Caleb brought back into her life, holding it until the end.
Both struggling to sustain a life with meaning, they realize they are each other’s only Redemption.
“The dark held new meaning for me now. There was a whole other world out there that I was just beginning to discover. A world that had once been only farce, was now very real.”
It is in our darkest moments that love finds us, pulling us from the depths of despair, and wrapping us in safety. For eighteen-year-old Abigail Sullivan, her moment of darkness is at hand. The sudden death of her parents spiraled her into deep depression. To escape the bitterness of a broken heart, she moves in with her grandmother just in time to start college. Here, Abby discovers a darkness she thought only existed in the world of fiction. His name is Caleb Raines. He, too, carries with him the remains of a shattered life, along with a curse of eternal damnation.
Drawn to her, Caleb risks exposing what he is in exchange for love. The barrier between them is not enough to hold them back. Through each other, they find refuge, solace, and their long-lost faith.
Their love is tested when Caleb’s nemesis comes for a visit and Abby finds herself teetering on the edge of life and death. Believing her death is imminent, Abby desperately grasps the faith Caleb brought back into her life, holding it until the end.
Both struggling to sustain a life with meaning, they realize they are each other’s only Redemption.
452 pages, Paperback
First published May 10, 2013
About the author
Kellie Thacker
10 books22 followersKellie is a dreamer, constantly walking around with another story in her head, jotting down notes for future use. She found her love for writing as a teenager in high school.
She is the proud author of the YA Redemption trilogy and her best selling children's book, Little Gideon. Her work also includes His Name is Moonlight and Broken Road.
Kellie did not intend to write Christian fiction in the beginning, but every day she's glad she did. She is a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ. He is he rock and her savior. He has blessed her family more times than she can count and her faith in him will never falter. Without his love she would truly be a lost cause.
"I hope you take the time to check out my books. All are available through amazon.com. And you can follow me at www.facebook.com/InspiredKTBooks God Bless."
--Kellie Thacker
She is the proud author of the YA Redemption trilogy and her best selling children's book, Little Gideon. Her work also includes His Name is Moonlight and Broken Road.
Kellie did not intend to write Christian fiction in the beginning, but every day she's glad she did. She is a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ. He is he rock and her savior. He has blessed her family more times than she can count and her faith in him will never falter. Without his love she would truly be a lost cause.
"I hope you take the time to check out my books. All are available through amazon.com. And you can follow me at www.facebook.com/InspiredKTBooks God Bless."
--Kellie Thacker
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 - 4 of 4 reviews
October 14, 2013
I love this book, the characters are so well developed that I feel like I know Abby and Caleb and her descriptive scenes place me right there with them.
June 17, 2014
**I received this book free from the author in exchange for an honest review.**
Ok, first off, quick overview of Redemption by Kellie Thacker. New human (Abigail/Abby) in town sees and falls for the humane vampire (Caleb). She's recently lost her parents and she's living with her grandmother. They fall in love and ethical and life-expectancy questions arise. Of course, there are murdering vampires lurking in the background. There's also the "other" boy interested in Abby.
So with the plot set, let's look at what I thought about the book.
What kept me reading? Yes, this book was Twilight-esque. It borrowed heavily on that vampire schema. However, what I see is someone who took some of the things that irked some of us about Twilight and turned them around. 1.) Edward takes four books to get over his fear of being with Bella. Caleb takes a few months. 2.) Edward ditches Bella foooor-eeeeh-vah. Caleb can't manage being gone from Abby for two weeks and is nearby constantly. 3.) Bella refuses to let Edward buy her anything. Caleb does things for Abby and Abby is gracious.
What made me wanna stop reading? 1.) Some of the writing was too close to the Twilight book/movie dialog. 2.) There were upwards of two grammatical errors per page (their/they're/there and your/you're usage, has instead of as repeatedly, and so on). I know we can't afford professional editors. I should know. I, for one, cannot. 3.) And this is said with the utmost respect, but the element of hardcore religion in relation to vampires, though wonderful as an allegory for people who think they're too far gone, is difficult for many readers to swallow.
So, though it reads like FanFic at times, there were enough unique elements to make it a worthwhile read. Note: There is a book two, titled Sacrifice.
Ok, first off, quick overview of Redemption by Kellie Thacker. New human (Abigail/Abby) in town sees and falls for the humane vampire (Caleb). She's recently lost her parents and she's living with her grandmother. They fall in love and ethical and life-expectancy questions arise. Of course, there are murdering vampires lurking in the background. There's also the "other" boy interested in Abby.
So with the plot set, let's look at what I thought about the book.
What kept me reading? Yes, this book was Twilight-esque. It borrowed heavily on that vampire schema. However, what I see is someone who took some of the things that irked some of us about Twilight and turned them around. 1.) Edward takes four books to get over his fear of being with Bella. Caleb takes a few months. 2.) Edward ditches Bella foooor-eeeeh-vah. Caleb can't manage being gone from Abby for two weeks and is nearby constantly. 3.) Bella refuses to let Edward buy her anything. Caleb does things for Abby and Abby is gracious.
What made me wanna stop reading? 1.) Some of the writing was too close to the Twilight book/movie dialog. 2.) There were upwards of two grammatical errors per page (their/they're/there and your/you're usage, has instead of as repeatedly, and so on). I know we can't afford professional editors. I should know. I, for one, cannot. 3.) And this is said with the utmost respect, but the element of hardcore religion in relation to vampires, though wonderful as an allegory for people who think they're too far gone, is difficult for many readers to swallow.
So, though it reads like FanFic at times, there were enough unique elements to make it a worthwhile read. Note: There is a book two, titled Sacrifice.
November 9, 2013
I loved this book. The descriptions and characters were so real that it really came to life for me. The dialogue was real and at times humorous.
I found the story line to be unique because you don't hear of religious references in a book about vampires and it was a nice change. I think if I were a vampire, I would wonder about my soul so it's a very realistic concept.
I look forward to finding out what happens with Caleb and Abby and their relationship.
I found the story line to be unique because you don't hear of religious references in a book about vampires and it was a nice change. I think if I were a vampire, I would wonder about my soul so it's a very realistic concept.
I look forward to finding out what happens with Caleb and Abby and their relationship.
June 17, 2014
I'm sorry but I couldn't finish. I tried hard but the beginning of the book completely buried me. I found myself skipping entire paragraphs in an attempt to get to something of consequence in the story.
Never ever should you have a situation where 7% of the book has been read but nothing of significance has happened yet. The beginning of the book is like a huge info dump, but that info sucks. Its a teen girl's bland interpretation of the bland world around her.
Its a vampire book. Chapter one shouldn't be "my parents died so I'm going to live with my grandma in maine and let me describe everything to you and how I feel about it in excruciating detail while also filling you in on every mundane nuance of my surroundings." It should be "HOLY SHIT, VAMPIRES!"
I know that the goal here is to mimic Twilight. In that book, the extremely dense female protagonist took entirely too long figuring out there was something off about her would-be boy toy, and excessive page space was dedicated to how she hated where she was now living and boo hoo whatever.
Its a horrid thing to aspire to. I know Stephanie got mega rich off that series of books but she also did it as well as it could possibly have been done. Further, if you don't do it as well as she did it becomes as bland as sawdust.
The author fails to make the character interesting and fails to invest the reader in the story by the 7% mark. Its a critical flaw that I can't get past.
Also, the author seems to have some trouble maintaining tense. One sentence will be first person present and the next will be first person past. Its jarring, and should be edited.
Never ever should you have a situation where 7% of the book has been read but nothing of significance has happened yet. The beginning of the book is like a huge info dump, but that info sucks. Its a teen girl's bland interpretation of the bland world around her.
Its a vampire book. Chapter one shouldn't be "my parents died so I'm going to live with my grandma in maine and let me describe everything to you and how I feel about it in excruciating detail while also filling you in on every mundane nuance of my surroundings." It should be "HOLY SHIT, VAMPIRES!"
I know that the goal here is to mimic Twilight. In that book, the extremely dense female protagonist took entirely too long figuring out there was something off about her would-be boy toy, and excessive page space was dedicated to how she hated where she was now living and boo hoo whatever.
Its a horrid thing to aspire to. I know Stephanie got mega rich off that series of books but she also did it as well as it could possibly have been done. Further, if you don't do it as well as she did it becomes as bland as sawdust.
The author fails to make the character interesting and fails to invest the reader in the story by the 7% mark. Its a critical flaw that I can't get past.
Also, the author seems to have some trouble maintaining tense. One sentence will be first person present and the next will be first person past. Its jarring, and should be edited.
Displaying 1 - 4 of 4 reviews