I've read three Amy Harmon books: "Where the Lost Wander" (my favorite), "What the Wind Knows," and now "The Law of Moses," which is a romance/paranormal/YA novel. Although I usually prefer historical fiction, I picked this one to satisfy the blue cover reading challenge and wasn't disappointed—Harmon's emotionally powerful writing always impresses me.
Someone found him in a laundry basket at the Quick Wash, wrapped in a towel, a few hours old and close to death. They called him Baby Moses when they shared his story on the ten o’clock news – the little baby left in a basket at a dingy Laundromat, born to a crack addict and expected to have all sorts of problems. I imagined the crack baby, Moses, having a giant crack that ran down his body, like he’d been broken at birth. I knew that wasn’t what the term meant, but the image stuck in my mind. Maybe the fact that he was broken drew me to him from the start.
It all happened before I was born, and by the time I met Moses and my mom told me all about him, the story was old news, and nobody wanted anything to do with him. People love babies, even sick babies. Even crack babies. But babies grow up to be kids, and kids grow up to be teenagers. Nobody wants a messed-up teenager.
And Moses was messed up. Moses was a law unto himself. But he was also strange and exotic and beautiful. To be with him would change my life in ways I could never have imagined. Maybe I should have stayed away. Maybe I should have listened. My mother warned me. Even Moses warned me. But I didn’t stay away.
And so begins a story of pain and promise, of heartache and healing, of life and death. A story of before and after, of new beginnings and never-endings. But most of all...a love story. The main characters Moses and Georgia are precious. We also meet Mose’s best friend, Tag almost halfway through the book and he is important as well. The second book in this duology (The Song of David) is Tag’s story, which I plan to read next as I have read it’s even better.
PS…there was a scene, and it completely ruined me. And after that I think whenever I see Batman pajamas, I’ll burst into tears…??