Egypts Sister (The Silent Years, #1)

Posted on 19 June 2018 by Angela Elwell Hunt

Five decades before the birth of Christ, Chava, daughter of the royal tutor, grows up with Urbi, a princess in Alexandria s royal palace When Urbi becomes Queen Cleopatra, Chava vows to be a faithful friend no matter what but after she and Cleopatra have an argument, she finds herself imprisoned and sold into slavery Torn from her family, her community, and her elevated place in Alexandrian society, Chava finds herself cast off and alone in Rome Forced to learn difficult lessons, she struggles to trust a promise HaShem has given her After experiencing the best and worst of Roman society, Chava must choose between love and honor, between her own desires and God s will for her life. Best Download Egypts Sister (The Silent Years, #1) [ by ] Angela Elwell Hunt [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr I absolutely love Angela Hunt s biblical fiction This one is a little different because it takes place during the 400 years between the last book of the Old Testament and the first books of the New Testament The Silent Years Cleopatra is a secondary but pivotal character in the story, and I felt myself steeped in history in the very best sense as I read it Perhaps my favorite part of the book was watching...Okay, so, I am going to get straight to the point I simply could not get over the fact that this is a real historical fiction Cleopatra is a real person, and Angela Hunt wrote a fictional story about it I don t mind stories that are set in a historical time period but unfortunately not stories that have real life people as main ish characters As much as I give the author kudos for writing a story about a historical character, I just don t like the fact that they are making up a story abo Okay, so, I am going to get straight to the point I simply could not get over the fact that this is a real historical fiction Cleopatra is a real person, and Angela Hunt wrote a fictional story about it I don t mind stories that are set in a historical time period but unfortunately not stories that have real life people as main ish characters As much as I give the author kudos for writing a story about a historical character, I just don t like the fact that they are making up a story about them Cleo...Read in one setting, even while cooking and eating dinner I will pre order the next book as soon as it is available on kindle.Many thanks to Bethany House and Netgalley for providing me with an ARC for this book The Silent Years They passed between the days of Malachi and the first Christmas Every Jew longed to hear God s voice, but he did not speak At least not through the prophets Chava and her father, Daniel and brother, Asher, live in Alexandra, Egypt, during its glory days Egypt is as prosperous as its ever been, and Daniel has work at the royal palace, tutoring princes and princesses Even for Jews in Eg Many thanks to Bethany House and Netgalley for providing me with an ARC for this book The Silent Years They passed between the days of Malachi and the first Christmas Every Jew longed to hear God s voice, but he did not speak At least not through the prophets Chava and her father, Daniel and brother, Asher, live in Alexandra, Egypt, during its glory days Egypt is as prosperous as its ever been, and Daniel has work at the roy...I received a copy of this e book from NetGalley, free of charge Thank you I requested this book as soon as I saw it deals with the period of Cleopatra, Caesar, and Mark Anthony What I didn t realize is that Angela Hunt is a renowned author of Bible fiction, with many books under her belt It s certainly visible from her writing style, about which I have no complaints The setting was depicted faithfully, and the original characters developed very well The historical figures, in my opinion, su I received a copy of this e book from NetGalley, free of charge Thank you I requested this book as soon as I saw it deals with the period of Cleopatra, Caesar, and Mark Anthony What I didn t realize is that Angela Hunt is a renowned author of Bible fiction, with many books under her belt It s certainly visible from her writing style, about which I have no complaints The setting was depicted faithfully, and the original characters developed very well The historical figures, in my opinion, suffered from the telling instead ...Egypt s Sister is not the first book that I ve read by Angela Hunt It is the first book of hers that I didn t love It s important for me to mention that because I do think she s a gifted writer This book just fell flat to me.First off, Chava, good gravy, I wanted to love this girl but she was obsessed with Cleopatra It was borderline stalker like obsession I felt like I was reading Pretty Little Liars set in 30 BC.Additionally, I m convinced that Chava is a sim What is a sim Well, a sim i Egypt s Sister is not the first book that I ve read by Angela Hunt It is the first book of hers that I didn t love It s important for me to mention that because I do think she s a gifted writer This book just fell flat to me.First off, Chava, good g...As the Jewish daughter of a royal tutor, Chava grows up close to palace life in Alexandria She s sure that she ll not be parted from her girlhood friend, the princess Urbi, not even when Urbi ascends to the throne and becomes Queen Cleopatra But when a crushing betrayal lands Chava in slavery, she wonders what will become of her life and a promise God once spoke to her in Egypt s Sister, a novel by...Angela Hunt is a well known name in Christian fiction and she is no stranger to biblical fiction either In fact, the first Christian fiction book I read as a teenager was a book based on the Genesis account of Joseph written by Hunt Since then, Hunt has continued to write in a variety of Christian fiction genres and she has recently returned to biblical fiction with her Dangerous Beauty series and now the Silent Years series The Silent Years refer to the time between the end of the Old Testam Angela Hunt is a well known name in Christian fiction and she is no stranger to biblical fiction either In fact, the first Christian fiction book I read as a teenager was a book based on the Genesis account of Joseph written by Hunt Since then, Hunt has continued to write in a variety of Christian fiction genres and she has recently returned to biblical fiction with her Dangerous Beauty series and now the Silent Years series The Silent Years refer to the time between the end of the Old Testament and the beginning of the New Although Egypt s Sister began a little slow, the writing style in first person and the historical detail woven into the plot kept me reading and interested The premise is that Chava, a Jew living in Alexandria Egypt, is close friends with Princess Urbi the future Queen Cleopatra we all know Chava s father is tutor to the royal child...Could she not comprehend that our faith was an elemental part of who were A dart of guilt pierced my soul Had I hidden the essence of my beliefs so completely that she could not see how different we really were I am a big fan of Angela Hunt s writing and her gift of narration She is poignant with her pen and her words are poetic to the heart She does well in getting to the heart and bringing humanity to far off ...This book is so hard to review right now When I saw it come across the available titles at Bethany House and NetGalley it captured my attention and I HAD to read it Biblical fiction is a favorite genre of mine well, lets face it there s so few genres that aren t a favorite While not exactly Biblical the synopsis definitely fits into the genre There s the added bonus of Angela Hunt who is just amazing However, the execution didn ...

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19 June 2018

Angela Elwell Hunt