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Liked It Rated 4 stars “I thoroughly enjoyed this novel. The author writes well, his plot flows well, the spiritual warfare aspects are good. My only concern is that the two main characters, Rebecca and Justin are not well developed enough and the reader does not connect with them as much. However, the...” see full review » see other reviews »

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  • Rated 4 stars

  “I thoroughly enjoyed this novel. The author writes well, his plot flows well, the spiritual warfare aspects are good.
  
  My only concern is that the two main characters, Rebecca and Justin are not well developed enough and the reader does not connect with them as much. However, the character of Simon is cast well, developed better than the main characters and the reader likes and connects with him, before and after we discover who he really is.
  
  The author seems to reveal more why Justin does not follow God than he does in portraying Rebecca's faith in God. Not once, while under spiritual attack or influence by the demon in her house or from Dominic, does she pray, seek help from her pastor or other Christians. Even when she considers talking to her pastor, she decides not to as she feels he will think she is loosing her mind. As a Christian, I don't believe she would have allowed this thought to dictate her behaviour. I believe that it is wise to check these feelings out and these strange occurrences to prove if they are of demonic origin or exisiting in one's mind only and to accomplish this, would seek assistance from within Christian circles, either their church/pastor or other Christians they know. It was also a worry that despite Rebecca not doing this, the author did not include whether Rebecca attended a church or had any affiliation with a church or other Christians other than the pastor that was mentioned. Adding this to the story would have added more depth and adherence to the reality of spiritual warfare that exists in the real world as outlined in Ephesians 6:12.
  
  Despite this, this novel does portray spiritual warfare, demons and their evil purposes well. It just falls short on the Christian response to this warfare. Yes, God does send His angels in whatever form in our physical world in the midst of our spiritual fight against them but in this story, the fight is solely between an angel and the demon with no spiritual input from the Rebecca, the only Christian mentioned in the novel and who, between her and her husband are the object of their fight.
  
  I am not deliberately being critical of this author's work. This is a good story. I believe this author is on the right track. Hopefully his future works concerning spiritual warfare will portray it like it really is. He has made one very good start with this and The Succubus, the sequel. I would like to think that I could write like this author; it is easy being a reader and reviewer, much more difficult being the author and creator of the written word!!
  
  I would still follow this author. He has great potential. God is not finished with him as an author yet!!
  
  
  
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  Peter wrote this review Monday, December 31, 2012. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
  
  • Rated 3 stars

  “The story was ok but it lacked in character development. I didn't really get to know Justin or Rebecca much, and I also felt that for Rebecca being a Christian in this novel, it certainly didn't really show in her actions or manner. Her beliefs never really came into the story at all except for Justin mentioning that she is a believer. She was a very boring character that really didn't add much to the story other than the fact that it is her child the evil spirit is after. The husband, Justin, was just irritating. The only character that I connected with was Simon.
  I will still read the follow book up just to see what happens. I hope it gets better.”

  Bookwizard wrote this review Saturday, December 29, 2012. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No