Review: A Romance of the Spirit
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 14, 2013
I've read this entire book once, and I've read some parts of it twice. Why? Because it's a romance of the spirit, an evolving dance between character, setting, and knowledge. The relationships between the characters, their relationship with the earth, and their growing relationships with self make this book a celebration.  I guess that's what brings me back to it.Ruby Standing Deer has a lovely writing style that invites readers into the story and encourages them to stay for a while.  There's an innocence about her style that I find especially evocative. Her characters do not sit on the page; they come to life before the reader's eyes. It's a gradual reveal, almost as if you and the characters are growing together. They grab your heart and they don't let go. I worried over the women of Spirals as if they were my own daughters. I loved the Wanderer like my own favorite mentor.This book is  a sequel to Circles.  If you haven't read the first book, don't let that stop you from reading this one. Spirals stands alone as its own unique adventure with its own characters, themes, and stories lines.Read this book for the story, read it for the wisdom, read it for the beauty of its language, but most of all read it for its characters. They settle in your heart, and they never leave.