The Saturday Night Supper Club
By: Carla Laureano
Rating: 5 of 5
“The Saturday Night Supper Club” is the first novel I have read by Carla Laureano. While I am a Christian of many years, I have not read that many Christian novels. Based on the caliber of this book, I will be reading more in the future. It was an outstanding book to read both as a slice of life novel and as a representation of God working in our lives.
The story, while containing a romance, really revolves around Romans 8:28, (KJV) “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose.” The majority of the characters in this story have had or are going through a major setback in their lives. We are shown that while the individual believes their live is falling apart, God has control of the situation and is leading them to the future He has planned.
Rachel Bishop is a chef in Denver who, in part because of an article written by another character in the story, is pushed out of the restaurant business she has spent several years building to its current high ratings. She doesn’t know what to do with herself and is really unhappy that the writer of the article chose to write about her.
Alex Kanin is that writer. His article, which did not name Rachel specifically, was the impetus for all that followed in the story. While he meant it for good for Rachel (who he did not know), the story snowballed out of control and ended up harming her. Because of his conscience, he wants to meet her and try to help her salvage her career.
The story, which alternates between their points of view, is how these two Christians meet and what God works in their lives. The road isn’t smooth but it leads to a better spot than either of them could have imaged at the outset.
Other characters are introduced whose stories I would love to read. I hope this is the beginning of a series as I hope to read more about Dina, Melody, Ana and Bryan and to see how God works in this lives of these Christians.
I was provided a digital advance reader copy of this book by the publisher via Netgalley.
“The Saturday Night Supper Club” is the first novel I have read by Carla Laureano. While I am a Christian of many years, I have not read that many Christian novels. Based on the caliber of this book, I will be reading more in the future. It was an outstanding book to read both as a slice of life novel and as a representation of God working in our lives.