The very first line of the book caught my attention and kept it until I turned the very last page! "Songs are written of sons, but daughters are left to whispers."
Whispers? Seriously?
Mesu Andrews absolutely captures your heart through the people she brings to life on these pages! King Hezi, awful King Ahaz, beautiful, strong, sweet, emotional, real Ishma who is renamed Hephzibah (Zibah), Micah, Isaiah the list goes on and on and they truly feel like family. I was sad, when I finished the book.
The story is captured through sharing truth whether it be the truth that King Hezekiah was faithful to God, but the long awaited son of this couple is not. The author was able to share this without the focus being on the son, but on the love story of the parents. The journey was not a easy journey, but it was just like life truly is worth the journey.
I don't like to give away much of a book because I like for the book to unfold for each reader and allow God to use the pages of a book to open your heart. God showed up through the sharing of His Words in this story. He sees. He knows. He is Everlasting and to read it through this Christmas season with the prophecies of the coming King and how they wondered if perhaps King Hezi was the fulfillment of one of the prophecies. Also, when God told Isaiah to walk naked through the streets the shame it brought to him, but the absolute obedience that he did it, but the feelings of his whole family. Have you ever thought about being his wife or child when you knew he was following God's commands, but your neighbor might thinks he is just a nut case? God's instructions to be obedient sometimes come at a cost to everyone in the surrounding area. So much food for thought throughout this wonderful book!
I am on Mesu Andrew's team that helps to promote her books and to give honest reviews when I read them. I told her on facebook that I believe this is her best one yet! She develops the people so that you love them or hate them and some you just want to knock in the head! I truly closed the book with a touch of sadness that it was over.
In the beginning the little girl is named Ishma which meant "desolation". How could anyone name a little girl desolation, but then she becomes Hephzibah which means "delight of the Lord" and it is just like a beautiful butterfly! She truly became a beautiful woman through the words on the pages of this five star book!
It releases in January, 2018 and you can pre-order right now on Amazon.com or wherever you purchase your books. Give yourself an amazing gift that will arrive in the new year and it truly will be a great way to start your reading in 2018! Don't miss out on allowing God to speak and heal your soul through the words in this book.
Isaiah's Daughter by Mesu Andrews is breath taking. Order it today!
Sweet blessings,
Debbie Covington
