Religious Fiction Book Reviews

Review: Doctrines of Demons by Eddie Donnally

★★★★ Doctrines of Demons by Eddie Donnally

Doctrines of Demons: The New Age Dawns is the first book in a projected trilogy by Reverend Eddie Donnally.

Pastor Casey Carl is worn out. He has used up every ounce of his energy trying to help the local kids on the streets, but he does not have much left to give. Then, in one bizarre night, Casey finds himself confronted by a demon, jailed, and accused of attempted rape. Exhaustion immediately becomes the least of his problems. Confused as to who would want to frame a small-time, washed-up pastor, Casey struggles to find answers while avoiding the media’s […]

2016-06-13T09:30:37+02:00May 13th, 2016|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: , |

Review: The Cats of Rekem by C. L. Francisco ★★★★

The Cats of RekemThe Cats of Rekem, by C. L. Francisco, is a thoughtful story about Jesus and his followers told from a feline perspective.

This is the third book in the Yeshua’s Cats series and it opens with the characters from A Cat Out of Egypt twenty-five years later. In the Nabataean city of Rekem there’s religious and political discord. Tikos, Zaidan, their daughter Hinat, and their faithful cats are placed in a dangerous situation when Yeshua and Mari appear before and after the Resurrection. Yeshua makes a request: help save Paul of Tarsus. Can they and what will the consequences […]

2015-12-17T08:27:01+02:00October 30th, 2015|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: , |

Review: Robyn: Family Secrets by Glen R. Stott ★★★★

RobynRobyn by Glen R. Stott, author of Dead Angels and Timpanogos, is the harrowing tale of sexual abuse in a Mormon family. Skipping between past and the present, it is an epic tale about how sexual abuse has affected people over generations, while the perpetrator has gotten away with it for so many years. Robyn acts as a kind of detective of her family, trying to uncover the awful truth about her grandfather, Joshua Godwin. Eventually, the full truth may be revealed.

At first I was left wondering why this book was written. Why the author, as a man […]

2017-03-24T06:24:45+02:00February 24th, 2015|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: , |

The Elder’s Circle by Jessica Schaub

the elderscirclePicking up right where Gateways, Book I of The Elemental Chronicles left off, Victoria believes that she’ll be home tomorrow. After all, she defeated Ona, the mage who killed her father, and essentially saved the world. Or did she?

The Elder’s Circle is the second book in the series by Christian fantasy author Jessica Schaub. Victoria is a Painter, and can paint anything into existence. But she’s been forced to open a dangerous Earth Gateway, and now the powerful and evil mage Ona is missing. In this installment, the story follows Ona’s followers while they attempt to find her.  Meanwhile, […]

Review: A Cat Out of Egypt by C. L. Francisco

A Cat Out Of EgyptC. L. Francisco’s, A Cat Out of Egypt, is an imaginative and thoughtful tale about Jesus’ years in Egypt. The narrator is Miw, also called ‘Daughter of Fire’ by her people. And she’s a cat. This novel is the prequel to The Gospel According to Yeshua’s Cat (reviewed here by SPR).

Miw is an Egyptian cat from the temple Bubastis. After she learns that corrupt priests are plotting her death she leaves the temple with a priestess of Bast, named Tikos, and they escape to a Jewish village. Here they meet Yeshua and his family. Miw actually fights and […]

2014-10-29T07:40:22+02:00October 29th, 2014|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: |

Review: The Gospel According to Yeshua’s Cat by C.L. Francisco

yeshuas catThe Gospel According to Yeshua’s Cat is a Christian fiction story by world religion expert C.L. Francisco.

Mari, a little black cat, travels with Yeshua, tucked inside his robe as he fulfills his destiny as the son of God. Through the eyes of a cat, details of his life and times are elegantly described to the reader for an especially spiritual Mashup Fiction experience.

There is a comparison to the bestselling book,  The Fire Gospel by Michel Faber, in which an Aramaic translator finds a lost scroll that turns out to be a controversial testament to Jesus’ life. In that […]

2014-06-03T14:28:45+02:00June 3rd, 2014|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: , |

Review: Vision by Galen Snowden & Cathy Newcomb

The young girl looked back and merely nodded. “Mommy, where do monsters live?”

“You mean like Elmo?”

 “No, real monsters.”

“Honey, there’re no such thing as real monsters. They’re just make believe.”

“There are,” she insisted. Madi leaned in, spoke in hushed tones. “I just saw one.”

Galen Snowden and Cathy Newcomb introduce an unlikely heroine named Madrigal, Madi for short, in their paranormal novel Vision. She’s not a typical woman in her early twenties. She’s shy, doesn’t have a lot of friends, and doesn’t have a family around. She helps run an all-female indie record label with her […]

Review: The Book of 1 Ariel by Aaron Quincy

“I can be the greatest angel of all-time.  It could happen.”

Have you ever wondered what it is like to be an angel?  Aaron Quincy’s novel, The Book of 1 Ariel introduces heaven’s newest angel.  When Ariel arrives in heaven she learns that she is to train to become an angel.  Her first few days in heaven and on the job are difficult.  Ariel, who wants to be the best angel ever, can’t remember her life on earth.  Her own past, or lack of remembering her past, haunts her.  When she is assigned to watch over Natalie, an eight-year-old, her […]

2012-06-08T12:59:35+02:00June 8th, 2012|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: |
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