My review of the Julian Chapter
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I choose this book because I really like stories like this, which can relate to real life. That way, I can take notes and compare to other books.
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I actually haven't read it yet, I got about 2 chapters in before my mom grabbed it from me to read it first. I went to the book signing and met Anu, there was a great turnout and a lively discussion.
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My mother gave me this book when it was first published in 1999. In all honesty, I thought it was the original book "Joshua" by Joseph Girzone. Since I had already read the original I didn't bother picking it up until now. I am doing this review for my English 101 class and I thought, since it had been quite some time since I read "Joshua" that I would read it again.
I am at a point in my life that I needed a spiritual uplifting and I knew the book had provided me with this before. I was completely taken by surprise when I started the first page and realized this was a continuation of the Joshua story. It did indeed give me the uplifting that I was expecting. It also gave me a new insight in to thoughts on the Bible and "The End Time".
I especially enjoyed when Joshua was speaking with the elders of The Church of God in Christ about the Bible. He says: "To go back to the book alone is to deny the Holy Spirit's two thousand years of guidance, and all the growth in understanding that has taken place in those two thousand years." (p. 152) I do believe in reading the Bible, and I don't believe that Mr. Girzone is implying that we should not read it, but that this should not be the sole source of our Christianity. I also enjoyed Mr. Girzone's description of "The End Time", something that has entered my mind on many occasions. He says that the world will not end, by God's hand, until "His creation is perfected." (p. 26) and "if evil things happen, it will be the work of human beings, not the work of my Father." (p. 26)

I am very grateful this assignment came up because I would have probably left the book in my closet a lot longer than I have. I would recommend this book to everyone. Especially those that might need a more clear understanding of a loving, compassionate, and forgiving God. It has been an excellent read for me and it provided me everything, and more, that I was looking for in spirituality. I thank you Mr. Girzone, for sharing your wonderful insight.
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SUMMARY:

Ten years ago Linden Hill watched the death of her first love and guardian.

Lindens is a people-persona schmoozer if you will. Its her very bread and butter. She utilizes these skills as a fundraiser. She knows the process like her laundry cycle. Recently, she hasn't been able to perform her job quite as seemly.  Her ability to predict the desires of others is becoming more difficult.

One eveningwhile attempting to loosen a patrons purse stringsshe sees Cyril. Its like no time has passed. How is this possible? He is breathtaking and very much undead. He is also incensed. He senses Linden has a connection to him without any recollection of how. It drives him to act irrationally, and scare the living crap out of Linden.

Linden begins to reminisce her original introduction with Cyril (as a girl). She explains how their relationship progressed. She describes how Cyril died and how his death placed her in Michaels path. Michael took care of Linden after Cyrils death. He claimed to love her and only want to help her. She was going through the motionsto such an extentthat she married him. The night of their weddinghe croaks. Linden (understandably) feels cursed.

Cyril was made by a goddess to be her plaything. Over time the goddess felt the need to create more beings. Cyril used similar powers to save those he loved. He has created six male beings each made of three souls. They are warriors and Cyrils dearest friends.

In the present, Cyril is attempting to understand what happened. It appears his memories of her didn't transfer to this life. He realizes Linden is the woman hes been waiting millennia to find. Cyril wants to ensure Lindens safety, because he knows his love for her is his only weakness. Cyril wants to form a bond with Linden more powerful than anything on earth.

Someone is after Linden and wants to destroy Cyril. Their enemy may be someone from their past, but they must trust one another. Cyril and Linden are passionately drawn to one another. Both are stubborn and pig-headed about what they want and what they think is the right choice.

In their fight to save each other they only blunder things up. Lives are saved and lost. Linden will never be the same.

Cliffhanger Ending.

REVIEW:

I had no expectations going into this. A new author and an unclear summaryI thought, hell, why not?

I was pleasantly surprised. Not your typical god-centric narrative. The creations and powers/abilities were inventive. I appreciated that the gods weren't the only paranormal creatures. The background and history were exactly what I want from a paranormal romance. I like to know the how, why, etc.without having to skim due to rambling.

The characters were entertaining. The men are all distinctive and scrumptious. They provided comic relief, and depth to the character Cyril. Clearance, Lindens gay BFF was a true delight.

I was frustrated at times by Cyrils high-handedness and Lindens belief in secrecy. A little communication wouldve done a world of good. However, that would entail working together, and then things would not have gone horribly wrong. Not much of a novel then. Im hoping their mistakes become lessons. Im not a fan when alpha males just do as they please, or when heroines feel the need to go it alonelike the sacrificial lamb.

I have to say this was very erotic. Like, sweet lord those two were hot. Cyril and Linden make the pages melt. They have great reparteewhich only fuels their erotic fire. I didn't want it to end.

Looking forward to future installments of Symphony of Light.
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I gave wonder the Julian chapter five stars ,because I loved the characters especially August. In school we read wonder as a class book ,and it made my teacher cry a little. Wonder is a great book.
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It was interesting. As a great fan of Palacio's other books in the Wonder genre (Wonder, A Julian Chapter, Shingaling), I recall not being very interested in what went on with Christopher after that first scene in Wonder, so in my opinion this book wasn't really necessary, however good the outcome was. But of course I still think it's an excellent piece of graphology.
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I read through John and then Acts first and I loved how the ISV handled the famous passages. They read so smooth but there is a depth of meaning that you can't gloss over when the wording is a little different than you're used to. And it's easy to keep track of who's doing what because ISV put in the proper noun instead of the pronoun when there are too may "he" & "they" to keep track of.
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5 stars for the romance.  4 for the rest. I have reread my favorite parts many times.  I cried in the reunion scene. The language could be more polished and I wish there had been a bit more development of the sorcery thing for the good guys.  All they do is cause earthquakes.  It would have been cool to have Damian bust out with some secret skill.  I have recommended it to my friends which I only do with about 5% of the books I read, so way to go Sara.
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I liked Christian's POV...I think it really helps explain his actions and I look forward to reading more! Was it a retelling of 50...some parts, like the emails between him and Ana were, but it's been 3 years since I read 50, and I have forgotten a lot, so for me, it was enjoyable. There are new elements like his nightmares described, his interactions with his family, Elena, etc. I think if you read 50 say 6-12 months ago, you may enjoy it slightly less because of that.
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it was epic.
you should read it.
recommend it to sky, ssunde and DanTDM.
:) thx for making the book it is epic plz read headline and make more books with sky dan, ssunde
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Page 17 was awesome.  Pages 26 and 114 were even better. There are other pages I was fond of but I am too busy washing my baby arm to name them all.
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Excellent next chapter, this one is Camille.  I think there are 2 more to go.  I don't want to spoil the book so there is not much I can say about the story - it is GOOD, it's classic Galenorn, which means GOOD.  I will say that there is some new info here about the gems.
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Keep writing. Im going to look into some more of your books. I wish I could give you a critical, thought provoking or awe inspiring review. But I'll say that it's good, the heros powers, descriptions and breakdowns was something I've only seen in fanfiction. Plot was good. About 3/4 of the way through I thought that your story outline could include multiple books covering not only the rest of Felix's crew making a their path to eventual overthrow, exile, shadow organization, (pretty much anything I guess), but a prequel with the overthrow by skooter(I think that was the name) and possibly others that are building a corporate style group for other goals that may conflict in some way with Felix or the government. Anyway it's really late and I couldn't go to bed without finishing your story. I hope you read this review. Good luck.
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It awas a wonderful work and tanslation, i just, the publisher was a chritian group and I get leary with works outside of acadamia, ableit my respect for acadamia is not great, as theyve made big mistakes often enogh.
Enoch 1 is the best and eh, its interesting, as lek Jubilles, which I also read, it was during a time of the battle of the squabble for the sun calander ovr the lunar calandar and so, alot is devoted to arguing that, as the soloar calandar, which was not from Moses, allowed hte Jbiles all fall on the sabath and the lunar asnt so convienent. But in those days, at least with the pharasees, if you vooked andn ate on the sabbath, you may be killed, they were that tight.
The Pharasees were of Levite line exclisvely and very conservative if I recal, the saducces were not always of levite bloodline and more liberal as well they may have let, non pure blood in, as, one is jewish if the mother is jewish, I beleive.
Oddly, we can beleive anything. A double edged sword of the mind/brain as, on the good side it allows individuality to occur out of a continuity, on the bad side, you can beleive anthing. hahaha.
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very good, but I thought the chapter's subjects were hard to keep up with, still I would recommend it to anyone who likes a lot of excitement.
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I liked that this book had a linear background throughout his lifetime to the present.
What I didn't like is the fact that Julian seems to be talking exclusively about his material succes!
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The Ultramarines get one heck of a bloody nose at the hands of the The Word Bearers.  The shock that Guilliman feels really shines through in the writing and I loved that.  I do agree, the Ultramarine method of talking is quite irritating.