I think it was most hardest for Keisha to learn the gift of forgiveness. Keisha could easily see the bad and not the good in the other person. This character trait led her to make a huge, awful judgment about her true love, Canyon Westmoreland. Then, she also had to learn the hard lesson of forgiving herself. Canyon's love for Keisha is true. His love for her is as wide as the Grand Canyon. He seems able to forgive her so easily. He is also able to teach Keisha how to forgive herself. The reason for Canyon's name made me chuckle.
In Canyon, she draws on her suspense and mystery gloves along with her psychological gloves. Reading this novel helped me to see the intricacy of forgiveness. There is more to forgiveness than the three words "I forgive you." Reading about Keisha learning this lesson for the sake of herself, Beau, Canyon, her mom and Kenneth Drews and the Westmoreland family is fascinating. There were times I wanted to not forgive a character. A couple of characters walked on my last nerve. For example, Kenneth Drew is Keisha's father. From the beginning he says Keisha is not his child. He breaks Keisha's mother's heart. Only after fifteen years does he meet and accept Keisha. Then, there is Bonita. When I met her, she had died in a car crash. That didn't stop me from wanting to pull her out of the grave and shake her. She is a terrible friend to Keisha and hurts her love, Michael. This is where Brenda Jackson delves deeply into the Mental Health world. Canyon by Brenda Jackson is powerful. I now am ready to meet the rest of the Westmorelands. Can't say when but meeting them is definitely on my agenda. I might spend this evening looking up at the sky for "Flash" with Music of the Night playing in the background. This is definitely a starry, bright romance.http://www.brendajackson.net/
