Wings of the Wind Book Review

                                                  I love this series! I was hooked the moment I read the first book (Counted with the Stars). Wings of the Wind by Connilyn Cossette is the third book in the Out of Egypt Series. I was excited to begin reading this book because I loved the first two so much. And let me tell you, it did not disappoint! I loved this book. It could very likely be my favorite of the series. It seems like with every book Connilyn Cossette writes it just keeps getting better and better.

                In this third book you are introduced to all new characters, but with some cameos made by characters (Shira and Kiya) from the previous two books. Book three takes place many years after book two ended, so those characters have aged in book three.

                The two main new characters are Tobiah and Alanah (love those names by the way). Alanah is a Canaanite women looking to avenge her brother’s deaths from the Hebrews. Tobiah is a Hebrew Soldier. When the two are thrown together under impossible circumstances, will Alanah ever be able to trust a Hebrew and their God?

                What I love about Cossette’s books is her synopses are very vague and only tell a fraction of what happens in her books. There’s always so much more that takes place. There are twists and turns everywhere. It was just an all-around great book. If you haven’t read any of the Out of Egypt series I highly recommend you start. There great books and I sincerely hope this series isn’t over. I want more! I would love to see a book on Moriyah.         

I received this book from Bethany House for my honest opinion. 

Known: Finding Deep Friendships in a Shallow World Book Review

                                                                                            I’ve been wanting to read more non-fiction books and I thought this would be a good book to start with. It sounded interesting and I thought the topic was relevant for this time. Known: Finding Deep Friendships in a Shallow World by Dick and Ruth Foth is about just what the title suggests. After reading the back description I was intrigued and interested. The topic is one that can benefit everyone and isn’t exclusive. I also like the idea of a book like this out there. I feel as if there are a lot of books of there about relationships, but friendships is one of those that are past by frequently.

                Although I liked the initial topic and beginning of this book, the further I got into it the more I was confused. I was left asking, “Now what does this have to do with finding deep friendships?”. I felt as if he veered off of the main topic and went down a rabbit trail. This is not true for all the chapters, but a good portion of them. The subjects of some of the chapters did not add anything to the overall picture that I thought he was painting. He went of course too many times. I also did not get the whole “Telling people your story”, but that could have been just me. Even so I felt as if it had nothing to do with friendships.

                Even though I had a lot of issues with this book I still found some the chapters beneficial and informative, but there were too many things wrong with this book to outweigh that. And with that i would say skip on this book, don’t waste your time, there’s better books out there.

                I received this book from Blogging for Books for this review.

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