Review: Prequel is an Appetizer!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 5, 2014
Sarah Loudin Thomas is a new writer on the fiction scene and a very good one. In the prequel, Appalachian Serenade, she sets the stage for the blessing trilogy to come. Miracles occur when we least expect it and sometimes from the unexpected hand.Thomas pulls the reader into West Virginia through scenes, word choice, and personalities. Will Delilah, the widow returning from a bigger city, make Wise, West Virginia her hometown? There's Robert, the shopkeeper. What happens when two women absorb his thoughts? Does God only provide large miracles or is his presence seen in the small things?Like the Appalachian creek Delilah wades in, Thomas is refreshing, moving us from one snapshot to the next. A serenade is soothing but has unexpected turns--just like Sarah Loudin Thomas promises in this prequel.