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I really liked this book. Im familiar with this story from having read the scriptures. I still found myself getting sucked in and wanting to keep reading. I enjoyed learning about their culture at that time. It really brings The Book of Mormon to life. *I received a free copy in exchange for an honest review.

I thought this was great. I love the author anyway but she did a marvelous job creating lives for some of the Book of Mormon prophets. While many of the personal life details are fiction, they make a person wonder. Obviously there isnt room for the details of each persons private life in the scriptural records. There are many factual events in this book from recorded scripture. This book has clean language and no sex scenes of any kind but there is mention of the moral depravity that existed in the Mayan culture and at King Noahs court. She couldnt very well leave that out although some may not appreciate it but it happened and the author did a good job including it in the story without being lewd. I look forward to the next book to find out what happens with each character... I received an advanced reader copy in exchange for my honest review...

This book keeps you riveted, mixed with scripture to support the making and journey of a preacher. I enjoyed the journey!

Reading this book deepened my understanding, respect, and love for Abinadi, the Book of Mormon prophet. H.B. Moore has done an incredible thing in this fictionalized account of a true prophet who lived thousands of years ago--she brings him to life in a way that Id never considered before. His sacrifice was acute and terrible and he did it because he wanted people to know about the Savior, Jesus Christ. Now, dont think that this is a preachy book. It is not at all that. In fact, people who know nothing of the Book of Mormon will love this book because Moore has written it in a way that transports you back in time to a people who lived like the ancient Mayans. She portrays the hardships, way of life, and challenges to seek and study religion and live beyond the servitude that so many people had to endure during the reigns of kings. I have read the entire series of Moores books that develop from prophets and religious leaders in The Book of Mormon and The Holy Bible. Each is excellent in its own right and your time will be well spent in reading these novels.

It was great to see Abinadi as a young man. This was a new perspective for me.I felt the author did a good job of developing her characters and bringing insight into their actions. I want to read more like this one.

Loved the book. Full of wonderful ideas about the life Abinadi could have had. Brought me closer to the scriptures.

Another great story by Heather Moore. I love reading her version of these scriptural figures. She researches the time period and culture and makes the characters come to life. I feel like I understand them more after reading her stories. I liked her new take on Adinadi where she portrays him as a younger man. It makes his sacrifice that much more. I enjoyed reading this book and would highly recommend it.

This book is action-packed, to be sure, but I would say that its almost to its detriment. It seems that there is always some new thing arising that keeps out characters in jeopardy so that there is never time for them to simply be themselves together. In some stories, that works out just fine, but this book seems like it is mostly trying to be a romance. The non-stop action and melodrama means that our two leads rarely have time to interact in any meaningful way that isnt either fighting for their lives or preaching the gospel at each other. They have maybe one or two chances to joke around with each other, with no more even implied as having happened offscreen, before they decide to become eternal spouses. Likewise with the side romance -- Alma and Maia at least have a backstory of being distant cousins, so there is some implication that they might have known each other for a most of their lives. However, this really isnt addressed within the book. It would have been so easy to throw in some mention of Alma remembering her being there for him when his parents died or playing together when they were children, but there is none. As a result, the lingering impression is that these are just a bunch of young people throwing themselves together because of physical attraction. The narrative seems to be trying very hard to get us to believe that theyre being drawn together because they sense that they have some underlying shared value system, but its not doing a very good job because they dont talk about that. Abinadi preaches at Raquel and Raquel accepts his teachings. This is not the same thing as actually having a back and forth conversation on the matter. There is no chemistry established between them beyond the fact that their physical attraction to one another makes them want to interact with each other, and it feels like Moore is being exceptionally cagey about admitting that what shes writing about here is physical chemistry. The point of the book seems to have been to develop Abinadi as someone who has much to lose by dying as a martyr and give us a greater emotional attachment to his death. However, Moore mostly just TOLD us that Raquel and Abinadi are happy and in love with one another rather than showing it to us, so the climax falls somewhat flat, like Moore is again just telling her readers what they should be feeling the way a Sunday school lesson about Abinadi might, rather than giving us proper attachment to the character. There are positive points about the book, though. For instance, Raquels father is also an unusually well-developed and complex antagonist for the genre. His motivations are shown to go a little beyond just being wicked is enjoyable. Moore shows the fear, social pressures, and even a certain level of parental affection for his daughter that motivate many of his unfortunate choices. He makes efforts to protect Raquel from the king, even if they are ultimately fruitless, and seemed to have her interests at heart, even if he and Raquel differed on what those interests should be. After all, marriage to a wealthy, respected scholar who was liable to dote on her, give her children and then die early to leave her with her own estate was probably one of the best things a father could wish for his daughter in this sort of society, whatever fancy notions of romance Raquel might have had. Essentially, Amulon has a far more nuanced character arc than expected. Overall, though, this book comes across as a story about two young people rushing into marriage in exactly the way that the church leaders have been counseling young people not to in recent decades.

This is the first book I read by H.B. Moore and has since been a favorite author. I so enjoyed this story which keeps the scriptural account accurate while giving an endearing senario of this amazing person. Highly recommend to anyone even if you arent interested in scriptural stories.

Loved the book