This was an epic read for me. I have just recently really started to delve
into Biblical fiction after avoiding it for years. After a while, I decided to go ahead and take
a chance on it and so far I have really enjoyed reading that genre. This
may be my favorite so far. Mesu Andrews
takes the Egyptian mother of Moses and writes her into the pages of history and
shines a light on her story. Grant it, this
is fiction but Ms. Andrews has done her Biblical and historical research. I have always wondered about the workings of
Moses being saved from the Nile and becoming the son of pharaoh’s
daughter. This story takes a plausible
look at how that may have happened. With political intrigue and a thread of
romance I was taken back into time into the workings of Egyptians royal family
and court. This story does not shy away
either from the cruelty of some of these leaders. I also saw the relevance concerning our current
times and culture happening right now in the world. I so very much enjoyed the author’s notes as
well. I learned some Bible lessons and
history lessons as I went back and did my own investigating of Ms. Andrew’s
research. That is what I have discovered
the most that I enjoy about Biblical fiction.
That I go back to the Word of God and see little tidbits of information
I had only glossed over before. And also
discovering anew how the Bible so neatly and wonderfully fits into history. So I really do appreciate the authors’ notes
at the end of their books and the meticulous research they do. I look
forward to the next in this series of A
Treasures of the Nile and to reading her previous books.
FTC disclaimer: I received this book from Blogging for Books for
this review. As always, the opinions are
my own.
Mesu Andrews’ deep understanding of and love for God's Word brings the biblical
world alive for her readers. Her first novel, Love Amid the Ashes won the
2012 ECPA Book of the Year for a Debut Author. Her three subsequent novels, Love's
Sacred Song, Love in a Broken Vessel, and In the Shadow of Jezebel all released to
great reader enthusiasm. Mesu lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband Roy.
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