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Brush of Wings Reviewed By Conny Withay of Bookpleasures.com
- By Conny Withay
- Published March 7, 2016
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Reviewer Conny Withay:Operating her own business in office management since 1991, Conny is an avid reader and volunteers with the elderly playing her designed The Write Word Game. A cum laude graduate with a degree in art living in the Pacific Northwest, she is married with two sons, two daughters-in-law, and three grandchildren.
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Author: Karen Kingsbury
Publisher: Howard Books
ISBN:
978-1-5011-287-9-0
“God, what have I done? I’m so sorry. I should’ve gone home sooner,” Mary Catherine prays in Karen Kingsbury’s novel, Brush of Wings.
At three
hundred-and-fifty-two pages, this third and final book in the Angels
Walking series targets those who like a redemptive Christian romance
story with a mix of angels, health issues, and missionary work. With
no profanity or graphic sexual scenes, the topics of premarital sex,
unwanted pregnancy, and illness may be inappropriate for immature
readers.
Referencing the English Standard Version of the Holy
Bible, the story contains minimal spiritual warfare and reminds us
that angels should not be worshiped. The ending contains the author’s
note, fifteen reading group discussions, information on the One
Chance Foundation, and advertisements.
In this current-day continuing story that involves angelic beings on a mission from God, the group of four are challenged to make sure Mary Catherine, a woman with a failing heart and refusal to tell others about it, keeps shunning Marcus, a professional baseball player who loves her deeply. Determined to go to Africa for six months, Mary Catherine’s stubbornness and free-spirit almost kill her until the angels interfere and guide her back to the man she has always loved.
With prior characters of
Sami and Tyler as well as a young, scared teenager trying to escape
the leader of a local gang, the angels do their part to tie the story
together regarding why Mary Catherine and Marcus’s relationship is
so important.
Considering angels and their role among humans
is fascinating yet completely unknown to us. I like how the author
had the angels blend in as normal individuals to urge their charges
to take one step closer to God’s will. The story is interesting
from the aspect of involving angels, even if we do not know the depth
of their capabilities.
Those that do not like faith-based
books about angels and humans ardently praying for healing and
restoration may not appreciate this book. Others may feel the
predictable ending got bogged down with the protagonist consistently
unable to confide in others.
A bestselling novelist with over
twenty-five million books sold, Kingsbury is a visiting professor of
storytelling and host of her radio show as well as soon to have
theatrical and cinematic movies made based on her stories. Living in
Tennessee with her husband, they have six grown children.
I
was glad that this third and final book in the series answered the
questions that were left undone in the second book. Ideally, the
three books could have been one long novel or maybe two.
The
story shows how angels help guide individuals to a deeper love of the
Almighty. If you like romance with a few twists and heartbreaks as
angels interact with humans, this three-book series may be a good
choice.