The Devil’s Prayer by Luke Gracias
Sometimes you
pick up a book and don’t know why. It’s
not what you’d normally choose, it’s premise is a little different.
Sometimes you just turn to page one and find you don’t want to stop till
you finish. And then you might try to
think how you would recommend it, what with the title and all.
I chose this book
as an advance copy for my opinion. I don’t
know why but I did and after finishing it last week I find I’m still thinking
about it. Please don’t let the title
slow you down.
The book starts
with a chase. Cardinals chasing a nun
who ends up committing suicide in front of thousands of people. And that’s just the beginning. On the other side of the world Siobhan Russo
realizes this nun is her mother who has been missing for six years. Siobhan travels to Spain in the hopes of
discovering something about her mother’s life since she left.
There is a
journal. Siobhan finds it and begins
reading about her mother’s life, the betrayal of her friends, her torture and
the months spent paralyzed. During those
months Denise Russo has nothing but time and makes a deal with the devil that allows her to seek revenge and in that deal she wagers the
soul of Siobhan.
We spend time
trying to understand how Good lives alongside Evil. How there can’t be one without the
other. We spend time in the 13th
Century, in ancient monasteries and among historical figures of the time who inflicted
incredible evil on the world.
I know this sounds like “hmmm…” but this book is a rousing
page turner, written with an ease of style that will put you there with
Denise. And it will leave you thinking
long after you regretfully turn the last page.
Thanks Denice. The sequel should be out in the next two months.
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