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This book started out beautifully. The story of Isaiah the prophet is wonderful, and interesting to the point where I didn't want to put the book down at all. However, the romantic element between Isaiah and Lucky (and even Deb) was really superfluous and, honestly, it detracted quite a bit from the overall story. I understand that the plot required Isaiah to sleep with Lucky in order for the town to have a large enough reason to fall out with the prophet, but I really, really wish the author had come up with a different inciting incident because honestly, the romance just did not fit with the rest of the story or with Isaiah's character traits in the rest of the novel. The whole Lucky/Isaiah thing really turned me off the book. However, the ending was quite nice. I like the way everything was tied up, and I really enjoyed the way Isaiah made contact with his congregation through their dreams. I thought that was a very nice touch. So, in other words, I really loved the beginning and the end of the book. It was just the middle that I really did not think very much of...
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This book started out beautifully. The story of Isaiah the prophet is wonderful, and interesting to the point where I didn't want to put the book down at all. However, the romantic element between Isaiah and Lucky (and even Deb) was really superfluous and, honestly, it detracted quite a bit from the overall story. I understand that the plot required Isaiah to sleep with Lucky in order for the town to have a large enough reason to fall out with the prophet, but I really, really wish the author had come up with a different inciting incident because honestly, the romance just did not fit with the rest of the story or with Isaiah's character traits in the rest of the novel. The whole Lucky/Isaiah thing really turned me off the book. However, the ending was quite nice. I like the way everything was tied up, and I really enjoyed the way Isaiah made contact with his congregation through their dreams. I thought that was a very nice touch. So, in other words, I really loved the beginning and the end of the book. It was just the middle that I really did not think very much of...
