Review: Simply fantastic!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 5, 2013
Through her camera lens, photographer Stacy Sutton sees a man stumble out of the smoke of a Civil War re-enactment. She knows he's not just another actor, but she can't possibly understand, in that first glance, exactly how far he's come to be right there, in that moment of time...or how significant he will be to her own troubled existence.First, I have to admit that I am not the world's greatest history buff. Wars and battles and all the carnage that goes along with those things have never been my favorite subjects. So when I started reading this book, I was prepared to tolerate the subject matter. Instead, I found myself lost in the storyline, caught up in the possibilities, and held hostage until I'd read the last page.Having done so, I have a brand new respect for the author, Tanya Stowe. Only a writer with mad, crazy skills could meld past and present so seamlessly. Stowe creates an utterly believable, completely riveting storyline that grips the reader in an unrelenting, mesmerizing hold until the final word. It touches the outskirts of science fiction, skims the edges of history and zooms right into the here-and-now, everyday world with fluid grace, never once jerking the reader from the story by stretching the boundaries of possibility a fraction too far.Doubt and self-recrimination collide with faith and forgiveness, resulting in a beautiful journey of healing, hope, and unexpected love.Wish I had a third thumb to hold up. Never-ending Night is that good.