Amy Harmon (1)

My Review (May contain spoilers, fair warning upon reading this review)

This book was such a hard one to read because Amy Harmon really put me in my paces. I can't believe what I was put through within this story but man I just didn't want to put it down either. If you love audiobooks and have Hoopla, I highly recommend this one in Audio because it was superb in this format.

Out of all the Amy Harmon books that I have had the opportunity to read so far, this was most definitely the most emotional and heart wrenching books that I have read from her. She blended in aspects that I was NOT expecting her to write at all. She literally broke my heart with this one and especially that ending, WOW. I also appreciated that the focus of the book was more on the man's journey than the heroine's. That is NOT common in romance at all and SNAPS to Amy Harmon for having the courage to do it and have it resonate with so many romance readers. I absolutely adored everything about this book. It had so many layers that I just want to dig into. Also if you are spiritual in any way, you will really appreciate what Amy Harmon constantly delivers in her works.

The Law of Moses is a story about a young black man who really goes through the wringer, trying to find himself and his journey and his purpose and about a young woman who loves him deeply and fiercely but Moses has to come into what love means on his own and so with that comes pain and heartbreak at times. But we also see the intensity of a parent's love in this one. I wasn't expecting how this book turned into at all but what we see our couple go through together with their son literally breaks the heart. I really appreciated the LDS connections to this book in matters of death and eternity type of aspects that just felt so raw and real.

Overall I had a blast of a time reading The Law of Moses and I can't wait to read the companion novel "Song of David". If you are looking for a emotionally captivating read, you can never go wrong with Amy Harmon.… (more)

“‘None of us can help who we are. We are born into the world we are born into. The family. The skin. Nobody gets to choose these things. You can’t be mad at a man for who we is. Only what he is …and the choices he makes’” (341).

This is a story about family and choices and race and the sins of our fathers. It’s about coming to terms with who you are and where you’re from, escaping the mistakes of your fathers, and doing a little bit better than those who came before. It’s about Benny and Esther and their attempts to change their 1960s world through their music and love.

“‘You gotta have dissonance to appreciate the resolution’” (310).… (more)

“My mother was careful with her words, so careful that she made them soundless when she died. Now they swarm silently all around me, like quiet watchers waiting for someone to speak them into being” (12).

This is a story about two birds, Lark and Tiras—one bird finding her voice and another bird finding freedom from his cage. Both birds are given gifts—a Teller whose words are power and a Changer whose power is uncontrollable—and both are bound to one another at an intersection of duty and desire. As they struggle to protect their threatened kingdom of Jeru, they learn that their gifts are not the most important thing; it’s the choices they make with those gifts that matter, that determine what kind of persons they are. And in that knowledge, they let go of the past that’s been gripping tightly to them, like the talons of an eagle, because you cannot heal if you harbor hate. In both letting go and holding tightly, Lark and Tiras find freedom from their cages and peace in the home they’ve created with their words.… (more)