“Try it and Jake
is yours, with or without heaven’s consent. You can expect me in Stratus before
this war is over. You can tell me then how you like my gift.” And then he
disappears and I’m left alone in the cruelest place on earth with Canaan’s halo
on my right wrist and the Prince’s on my left.
Genre: Speculative
Fiction/Supernatural
Target Audience: Girls 15+
Subjects: Faith, Loss, Angels, Fear
Summary: Jake is gone. He’s been taken
by the evil one and all Brielle can do is pray and desperately keep seeking to
worship as the battle between good and evil rages over Stratus. Then in a
desperate attempt to save Jake, Brielle too is captured by the evil one and
offered what she most wants: a guaranteed future with the one she loves. The
trouble is that the one offering it is a liar and a thief. But he offers
something else she wants: relief from the seeing. The fear is thick, oozing out
of everyone. It’s hard to have faith when that’s all you can see everywhere you
look. Suddenly she’s back in Stratus with Jake and the rest of the people she
loves. But she’s not the same as she was. She bears a second a halo, a halo
that represents a terrible choice.
Notes: The third in the Angel Eyes
Trilogy, Shannon Dittemore speculates on what a halo might be and what kind of
experience someone would have if they could see the spiritual realm. The story began
in book one with a retelling of the story of Elisha praying that the eyes of
his servant would be opened to see the angelic warriors surrounding the enemy
army and how the servant saw the spiritual realm (Found in 2 Kings 6:8-23).
Then it introduced the story of two eighteen year olds, ordinary humans who are
given a special gift from God. When wearing the halo of his angel guardian,
Jake was given the gift of healing. When wearing the halo after Jake gave it to
her, Brielle is given the gift of seeing the spiritual realm – the angels and
demons and the physical manifestation of feelings such as fear and love. In
book two, Jake was captured and the ring from the Throne that seemed to promise
them a future together is replaced with a sword that was used to kill Brielle
before God restored her life. A battle begins to rage over Stratus as angels
start tearing the veil that hides the supernatural from human’s view. Now in
book three, Brielle is faced with a chance to get back all she wants – loved
ones, guaranteed future with Jake, and relief from fear. She has to decide what
matters most to her and then make a choice. This book also focuses heavily on
the story of two side characters who are also being drawn to Christ even as
evil fights to retain the hold on them. As with the other two books, the big
issue dealt with is fear. Brielle can actually see the fear on people no matter
how deeply they hide it. And the fear combats her faith every step of the way.
It shows just how powerful of an enemy fear truly is. It also shows how
powerful God as faith conquers fear.
Overall
– this series is speculative, but in it’s speculation it does not contradict
Scripture in any way, but rather supports and even quotes it. I highly
recommend this one!
Recommendation Scale: 5/5
Reviewer: J:-)mi
Romans 8:37-39 – No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through
him who loved us. For I am
convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither
the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither
height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate
us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Thank you to YA fiction blog group/Thomas Nelson Publishers for providing me with a free review copy of this book!
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