Keepers of the Covenant (The Restoration Chronicles, Book 2) by Lynn Austin

For those of you who love biblical fiction, you should definitely check out Lynn Austin's novels in that genre. Her series, The Chronicles of the Kings (5 Books) is absolutely amazing! So when Austin began her new series, The Restoration Chronicles, needlessly to say I was thrilled. 

Keepers of the Covenant, Book 2 in this series, is without a doubt a wonderful, well written and moving novel. It brings to life the OT times and sheds more light on a time period, where normally the focus would have been on Queen Esther. However, in this novel, Austin writes the story from the perspective of several different Jewish exiles and a Gentile, scattered in the Babylonian Empire.

I loved looking at this story with fresh eyes. Seeing the way Austin not only wove in God's love, mercy, grace and the miraculous as well as showing us His Holiness and the calling to live set apart unto Him; while in the midst of this creating not only relate able characters but ones that endear themselves to you. At one part in the novel, I was so captivated and held in suspense, I could literally feel my heart pounding in my chest. 

There were however, parts of the story that seemed a little repetitive or unnecessary, and because of that I did not give this novel an even higher rating. Nevertheless, this novel is well worth your time to read! It is captivating and will make this area of the OT come alive, with a breath of fresh perspective and tugs of reflective thoughtfulness in your own life.

Definitely on my recommendations list!