Review: This book is much better than the "Altar"natives!  @badwordplay
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 29, 2014
I very much enjoyed Lazarus, by Jason Akley, but was a little shell shocked with how dense that book was.  I saw that he has this collections of two novellas, so I thought that this would be both a good change in pace as far as reading difficulty and engagement, while at the same time getting more of this new author that I like.  Hey, everybody needs an easy, lighter read every now and again, right?Salted with Salt follows Solomon Cross (a man whose name couldn't have more of a religious tinge to it if he was named Jesus Bibleman), as he sets out to reunite with old college friends.  But the trip quickly turns into one of self-discovery.  It is a fantastic and sincere look at that journey that everyone will take in their head at one time or another.  At least I hope we all will...The Altar of Silence is a fairly similar premise, but with 3 friends learning that they each have some growing up to do, and some things to learn themselves.  The relationships between the 3 friends were very interesting, and how they helped each other and themselves along the way was very cool.  I enjoyed this story a little better than “Salt”, actually.You know, after going through my library, I'm glad that I didn't stop reading after reading Crossroads from Damascus.  I didn't really enjoy that book all that much, but there was something about the author's style that intrigued me.  That was enough for me to try Lazarus, and I was not disappointed, and now I just finished this book.  I have to say that, while I don't enjoy everything Akley writes, I enjoy the way he writes it, and when the story engages with me in some way, then I'm sold