Jovah's Angel (Samaria Trilogy, Book 2)

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Summary: I'm Rooting Around In Another Genre, Sci-Fi_Fantasy
Review: This novel, like its prequel "Archangel," combines, angels, biblical lore, science fiction-fantasy and romance. I knew it wasn't going to be a disaster simply because this combination worked in that earlier book. Author Sharon Shinn has a terrific imagination. This one is perhaps not quite as romantic as the equally 5 star "Archangel" but it is even more thought provoking. The hero, Caleb, has the best mind for tinkering and inventing in this world. The archangel Allelulia, the heroine, needs to use Caleb's talents when her music machines start breaking in her stronghold. Then the God, Jovah, sends messages to her that he/it needs help. She needs to take Caleb with her to see what the God needs in addition to trying to solve all of the problems on her world, which now seems to be falling apart because the God no longer is answering their prayers. What they find when they meet the God will bring about a profound crisis for the archangel. I'm looking forward now to reading the third book in the trilogy, "The Alleluia Files." It seems that quite a few women writers, who perhaps found the formula too confining in the romance genre, can be now be found in the sci-fi-fantasy genre where there is more room for combining other elements with a love story and emotion. In fact, there seems to be no formula in the sci-fi-fantasy genre other than setting the story within what is referred to as an alternate reality.

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Summary: I'm Rooting Around In Another Genre, Sci-Fi_Fantasy
Review: This novel, like its prequel "Archangel," combines, angels, biblical lore, science fiction-fantasy and romance. I knew it wasn't going to be a disaster simply because this combination worked in that earlier book. Author Sharon Shinn has a terrific imagination. This one is perhaps not quite as romantic as the equally 5 star "Archangel" but it is even more thought provoking. The hero, Caleb, has the best mind for tinkering and inventing in this world. The archangel Allelulia, the heroine, needs to use Caleb's talents when her music machines start breaking in her stronghold. Then the God, Jovah, sends messages to her that he/it needs help. She needs to take Caleb with her to see what the God needs in addition to trying to solve all of the problems on her world, which now seems to be falling apart because the God no longer is answering their prayers. What they find when they meet the God will bring about a profound crisis for the archangel. I'm looking forward now to reading the third book in the trilogy, "The Alleluia Files." It seems that quite a few women writers, who perhaps found the formula too confining in the romance genre, can be now be found in the sci-fi-fantasy genre where there is more room for combining other elements with a love story and emotion. In fact, there seems to be no formula in the sci-fi-fantasy genre other than setting the story within what is referred to as an alternate reality.

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Summary: A review of the book Jovah's Angel
Review: This was a great book filled with romance, excitement, some danger and mostly fun all around! When the Archangel Delilah falls crippled by a storm, Alleya, a most unlikely candidate for the job comes to term. Together she and her lover, Caleb start to figure things out when the god starts to falter. I enjoyed the book, especially since I was a fan of the book Archangel, also by Sharon Shinn.

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Summary: Great book, more sci-fi than I expected
Review: When I first started reading and realized this book took place 150 years after Archangel, I thought I would not find it interesting. I was quite mistaken. This book has an edgier sci-fi theme, where I found Archangel more of a love story. This was spottier at times, but the end was great. I am looking forward on reading the third in this trilogy.