Review: Emalyn's Treasure: A Story With Healing Powers
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 23, 2013
In a world full of brokenness and pain, along comes a storyteller that is so gifted, she pulls words from thin air and spins them into gold. Golden tales that stay with you long after you've turned the last page or closed your Kindle.You say you don't believe in angels? Or special messengers? Maybe you will feel differently after you read this tale.With the charm of a magician and the brush strokes of a master painter, Joy Ross Davis creates such vivid imagery of time and place, and characters as real as your own friends and family, that you'll feel like you are living inside the pages of  "Emalyn's Treasure." You become the characters, experiencing each step of the story as it unfolds before you. And just when you think you've got it all figured out, along comes another surprise that leaves you laughing and crying at the same time. These are the best kinds of stories, the kind that take you on a emotional journey. One second you're blowing your nose and wiping your eyes, the next you are chuckling and diving back for more.Other reviewers will discuss the plot and characters of "Emalyn's Treasure," but I wish to simply state that hours after reading this story, I feel as if I've dipped my soul into healing waters. At the time I ordered "Emalyn's Treasure," my family and I had just experienced several great losses back to back. Reading "Emalyn's Treasure" was salve to an aching spirit.This is the third body of work I've read by this author, and I've come to respect how hard she  works at her craft. And yet her craft never feels like she's labored. Her stories sweep you along in a natural rhythm. Joy Ross Davis' writing is truly her ministry. While you're here, go grab a copy of her debut novel "Countenance" and her short story "Olivia's Wedding."  You won't be disappointed.Kathleen M. Rodgers ~ author of the award-winning novel "The Final Salute"