Review: Interesting Premise With Thoughtprovoking Ideas
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 9, 2013
By reading its synopsis you're expecting a simple paranormal TT story with Never-Ending Night by Tanya Stowe.  What you get instead is a very unique and creative story dealing with issues of religion and faith, PTSD and survivor's guilt, and a bit of suspense with a mystery dating back over a hundred years.  That's a lot of issues to deal with but Ms. Stowe ably juggles each while keeping the reader guessing until the end.Since the death of her friend, Stacy has kept her emotions locked away and just goes through the motions of living until the day a mysterious man comes out of a smoke-filled battlefield.  She feels an instant connection to him and for the first time in a long time wants to form a connection with someone else.  With thoughts of a time long gone, Stacy wants to help him heal and adjust to what his life is now.  She finds in him another lost soul and through his support and belief in her she slowly finds her way back from the solitary abyss of darkness. Tyler comes out of the smoky battlefield convinced he's been at the Battle of Shiloh.  What follows is a man who's become weary of war trying to find peace and forgiveness through a faith that's never deserted him.  He's a good man burdened with guilt, just like Stacy, and their slowly building romance leads them to finding the truth about himself and solving an even bigger mystery.Ms. Stowe has nicely balanced religion and romance.  There's no overt preaching, just subtle inferences of faith.  The romance builds slowly and remains sweet, there's no tawdry bed play for these two but that doesn't make their relationship any less satisfying.  The story had a nice flow but the ending was a bit abrupt.  While there were many enjoyable secondary characters, I found the inclusion of Dr. Harland rather unnecessary.  His character was over the top with the sole purpose of being villainous.  His entrance and exit in the story was equally abrupt and jarring.  On a whole though this was a wonderfully entertaining story with a clever storyline.  This was my first book from Ms. Stowe but definitely won't be my last.