Throughout the story, the character of Sarah is continually built to the peak moment of her dealing with a life-threatening challenge and her struggle with keeping her faith. And the deep message within the written lines is how such a character can positively shape others in the world, exemplified by the way it shaped the faith and state of mind of Evan. In the end, everybody wins.

From the very beginning, where the contrasting life of the two main characters, Evan and Sarah, are present I could sense the dynamic and moving story I am about to read. Though the book involved faith and spirituality aspects, the read is flowing smoothly allowing me to enjoy the characters’ building and the dialogues, and the heartfelt plot involving child abuse and illness of the plot's main characters. Such elegant writing is amplified by alternating Evan and Sarah's points of view angle and the engaging text they reveal their honest thoughts to us.

“Wonder of Light” introduces us to Sarah Warner and Evan Simes through their tense, high‑school dynamic that slowly blossoms into something authentic. The storyline weaves spiritual themes of forgiveness and redemption through relatable teenage conflict. The chemistry between the protagonists keeps you immersed. This was truly a ‘one-week’ read for me, thanks to its compelling blend of youthful angst and heartfelt resolution. If you appreciate faith-driven romances that don’t shy away from grit, this will resonate deeply.

Told in the first person of the two main characters, Sarah and Evan, "Wonder of Light" explores the emotional rollercoaster that teens go through in high school. Sarah is a good student, with a strong faith, whose hardships are hidden from those who don't know her. Evan has a hard home life and is an outcast at school. When they are finally forced to spend some time together, both discover that they might have more in common than they first thought.

I found it difficult to get into the book at first. I think the first person perspective might have been part of it for me, but the first part of the story seemed to drag for me. However, once things start happening, the story pulls you in and you want to keep reading to see what happens next. The twists of the plot led to a story I wasn't expecting but in a good way. The resolution at the end seems to quick for me and unrealistic---even for a miracle. I don't want to say more and spoil anything. However, the story itself is so engaging that it was easy for me to overlook that.

This is a compelling, gritty story that has a HEA in the end.

This book pulls my heart-strings. Evan and Sarah as the main characters have their own, separate, distinct, challenging and inspiring stories to tell.

The story is written in narratives with so much heart. The scenes and events flow dynamically on each page until an emotional and engaging confrontation ensues in the middle part and a heartwarming conclusion transpires in the end.

All through-out the book, it is showered with faith, kindness, love and compassion while the challenges of incurable disease and human wickedness are dispelled by it.

This is a moving, beautiful book!

This novel is totally heartbreaking and heartwarming at the same time. Older teenagers can relate to this novel as most characters are in their senior year of high school. Cheesy love stories? One or two. Abusive parental figures? Toss that into the mix. Serious illness? Fold that in gently with issues of being bullied and being saved by Jesus Christ is beautiful.

This book has some interesting moments and the premise might have worked. Good vs evil being played out in a high school. However, in the end, it felt like the author glossed over too many details and pushed too hard for a happy ending.

I don't usually purchase books unless they're offered free on Amazon/Kindle, but I felt compelled to buy this AND I'm glad I did because it was worth the read.

Simply brilliant. The concept is so unique, controversial, heavy, and enthralling at the same time. I haven't cried so hard over a book in a while. It's like John Green's "The Fault in Our Stars" but BETTER. I could totally see a movie adaptation for this book. Mark my words!

I was very pleasantly surprised at how strongly this story gripped me from the very start and held on to me until I finished the book!

I can't help but wonder how much it would make a difference in this world if everyone would show a little kindness to each other and bullying and abuse was a thing of the past. Would making this book mandatory reading in school enlighten anyone? I wish I knew the answer.

This story was very well written and brought me to tears which is quite hard to do in my case. I read a LOT and I can't remember the last time a book touched me so profoundly as to make me cry.

I wish everyone had faith as strong as Sarah. What a beautiful place the world would be!

I highly recommend this book and look forward to reading more by this author! Well done!

This author’s writing is provocative and thought-provoking. It’s the rawness and realness of each character that intrigued me to read “just one more chapter”. It was difficult to put this story down. The emotions expressed, whether love or hate (and everything in between), was palpable and made me cry more than once. This is a realistic tale - especially for the time we live in. It holds much hope, which is what we need more than ever today. God IS a God of miracles!

Breathtakingly absorbing, awe-inspiringly affecting and heartwrenchingly miraculous story of a strong young woman motivates people around her through her gentleness, steadfast love and unceasing forgiveness!

A very beautifully written story about insecurities, bullying and everything that can go wrong with teenagers.

I liked the different point of view from the two main protagonists. It helped with the development of the characters.

I loved how Evan although wanted to "destroy" the rich kids, he ended up falling in love with one.

Sarah's personality is so genuinely kind and forgiving.

This story just gives a twist to what the reality is nowadays in high schools and how the kids act and react to everything - lack of empathy you see!

Really beautiful story!

Wonder of Light by Jessica Scachetti is a heartwarming and well-timed contemporary Christian romance

with depictions of abuse, non-sexual assault, threats, illness, gun violence and misplaced grudges. And at the end, a message of redemption.

That the setting is in high school, is perfect for this young adult romance.

It depicts two young protagonists, Evan and Sarah, who the author developed very well. Both come from diverse upbringings and as can be expected, exhibit traits of that upbringing. Each character gets their own points of view described beautifully.

I encountered grammar eyesores. I chose to ignore them due to the amount of kindness, hope, and empathy (and a little dreamy feel—something the world needs now): values I look for in a story. Those values outweighed the typos.

Wonder of Light is a fast read that will appeal to all, especially youngsters, for its character development that will prove common to many.

I give this lovely book a 5-star rating and recommend it wholeheartedly.