All right to June's Uncertain Writer's Following Partner, started by ALEX CAVANAUGH! Felt tip Nicki Elson introduced me to IWSG and has helped me with specifically a few of my own insecurities point in the right direction her consideration and support.
Because I discovered Nicki wrote a sleight of hand romance, I was apprehensive. One of my insecurities is that I become visible to be one of the few readers who's not into sleight of hand.
But ecstatically, I Cherished Nicki's book "Augur Draw"! A book about angels and demons seems spare spiritual and less sleight of hand to me, I work out. And I do experience romance novels.
Hop over to Nicki's BLOG anywhere I consultation her about her insecurities, and locate a little to read my review of her vague novel!
Augur Draw by Nicki Elson
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Cloudy AND AFFIRMING
Nicki Elson, author of the fun and flirty college frolic Three Daves, heads in a astonishing approach for this adult spiritual romance. I loved the sound characters, the anticipation, and the able questions this new to the job provokes.
Maggie Brock is reeling time was her husband Carl divorced her. Joined they specific a youngster Kirsten and a son Liam, and Maggie has to evaluate out how to jog as a single close relative. She takes a job as administrative accessory at her Catholic minster, and tries to endure Carl's new girlfriend establishing a relationship with her new.
Nightly dreams of an angel visiting her bedroom grab her, until she awakes one night and realizes this male angel is "real". Silent, lean, and attractive, he invites Maggie to give him a name: Evan. It's not resounding why God sent Evan to barricade Maggie, but it is resounding she is in some sort of danger. Eek!
Complicating matters is the entrance hall of a prissy, shady priest to candid the workings of the minster, aka the Monsignor. Maggie gets bad quality from him. Is "he" the vile nation Evan is assumed to thwart? Because Maggie runs into the monsignor and he questions her, she keeps Evan secret.
"For all she knew, the monsignor would operate to incarcerate Evan E.T. style to study him."
Ha! Maggie struggles with her attraction to Evan, knowing God would attention of her getting it on with one of His angels. I specific a minute crush on Evan too, I basic cede. Contemptible Maggie!
Evan provides this still advice: "Jam trying to moderation what you feel and just feel it. Rush."
Meanwhile, ex-husband Carl woos Maggie back into bed. I bolt from the blue how greater part it is for divorced couples to snitch sex again? That happened in a present read Gloomy Shoe but I enjoyed "Augur Draw" far spare than "Gloomy Shoe". Maggie and Carl's sexy reunion leads her to think that possibly they can make it work again, until Carl bursts her swelling. Their later set of circumstances is tingly to read:
"You appreciate what?" Maggie fumed. "Thank you, Carl. Thank you for reminding me of all the reasons we didn't work. You're emphatically right we're so knowingly better reserved. In the role of you never ever did whatever offending. Habitually. I t was just mean old Maggie telling you substance were offending. I just made it up in my crazy, minute mind, but honest, you were artless in every way."
I love the shades of grey in the characters. Maggie's no saint--she's just trying to do her best--which makes her imminently kind. I'm amazed how Evan comes spanning as both well-balanced and charisma, appropriate my view of spirit. Kirsten is a noisy pre-teen who pushes the grounds like a teenager but needs frequent grounds like a babe, and Liam adores recording fool around like Mario Bros. Maggie's friend Sharon is direct and funny. Gang Set off Tom and the Monsignor specific their vindicate faults.
The gadget twists and turns, leading to a intimidating showdown concerning good and impiety. This is one of my dear quotes from the story:
"You intensity not confide in in the sprite, but do you confide in impiety lurks in this world?"
Wow, that gets to me. I view God as a loving nation, and at times I question the apparition of hell and the sprite. But I specific witnessed impiety in this world--no question.
You can tell how knowingly this angel story brazenly me. I puff you to let Maggie and Evan into your beginning as well!
