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.
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.
The Chapel
Car bride is a historical fiction book set in 1913. It centers on our two main
characters Hope and Luke. Hope Irvine is
the daughter of a preacher who travels around the country in a train car
converted into a chapel. Hope decides to join her father after her aunt passes
away. Despite her father’s hesitation Hope feels as if God is calling her to
ministry work with her father. When they finally stop in Finch, West Virginia
for an extended period of time Hope becomes fast friends with local miner Luke Hughes.
But when a mine manger arrives in town with less than noble intentions, Luke
and Hope’s relationship is put to the test.
I was
really excited to read this book because I knew it was historical fiction and
it was set during a war, which are one of my favorite genres to read. I read
the description but wasn’t sure about the time period, I was guessing some time
during World War I. But I soon found out that it was set during and after the
Spanish-American War in 1898. I loved reading about this time period because it
was something I wasn’t as familiar with. Elizabeth Camden did a good job of
infusing a lot of historical elements which I greatly enjoyed because I love
history. So not only did i enjoy a great story but i learned some things on the
way.
Shine like the Dawn by Carrie Turansky
is set in the early 1900s in England. It follows main character Maggie who was
left raising her six year old sister because of her parent’s and older sister’s
untimely death. Four years later she and
her sister live with her grandmother and work at their own millinery shop. As
events unfold she has doubts that her parent’s and sister’s death was not just
an accident. And if things couldn’t get any worse, the one who she suspects has
something to do with their deaths is her old friend’s stepmother.
Set in
England during the early 1800s, An
Uncommon Courtship by Kristi Ann Hunter follows our two main characters,
Lord Trent Hawthorne and Lady Adelaide Bell. Trent and Adelaide are forced to
marry because of an incident. And of course the only right and proper thing to
do is to marry. Adelaide and Trent have to learn to love each other through the
ups and downs of marriage.
Liz Curtis
Higgs is one of my favorite non-fiction authors. I have read several of her
other books and thoroughly enjoyed them. The Women of Easter was no exception.
Liz Curtis Higgs does it again by writing a book about all the women Jesus
encountered on the way to the cross. She breaks down each verse in an
understandable way that anyone can follow.