Hello Bookworms!!
I
have a new review for you all today! Some time back I read a novel called
“Flight of the Earls” by author Michael K. Reynolds. Later, I posted an
interview with Mr. Reynolds! Today, I have the review for the second book in
the Heirs of Ireland trilogy “In Golden Splendor”. Be careful though, If you
haven’t read “Flight of the Earls” this could contain SPOILERS!!!
Summary:
Seamus
Hanley’s life has never been easy. His father was a cruel man. His brother
Keavan drowned and it was all Seamus’s fault. Now he is a defector from the
United States Army living in a cabin that isn’t exactly up to standard for
Rocky Mountain Living. When a United States Soldier has an accident on the
mountain side, Seamus’s life takes another sudden turn.
A letter, a picture, and an inner
pulling from an unknown source lead Seamus to San Francisco in the middle of
the gold rush and the events that follow change Seamus in ways he never thought
possible.
Review:
I am going to say first off that this
is not a book that you should read without having read the first book first. It
will ruin LOADS on surprises from the first book if you read them out of order.
Now, to my thoughts on ‘In Golden Splendor”:
I greatly enjoyed the book. The
characters are numerous but none of them are lost in the story. Each and every
one of their personalities are distinctive and are just as important to the
story as the main characters! No detail is wasted (which is personally
something I LOVE in a book. It can get tiresome to read tons of detail that doesn’t
further the story). As far as the main characters (Seamus, Ashlyn, Henry
Parnell, Annie, Cade, Clare, Davin, Brother Chuck, and others) stories, they
braid together better that a little girls pigtails. Michael Reynolds ability to
tie details together from the very beginning to the very end (and from book one
to book two) reminds me of the writing of J.K. Rowling with the Harry Potter
Series.
There are so many twists in this story
that one can never get bored. Something amazing happens, you get a few pages to
breathe and process the information along with the character and then BOOM!
Something else happens (They’re not all bad things though so don’t panic and
jump ship before you start ;) ). Two of my favorite themes that were dealt with
in the story had to be the damage that parents can do to their children when
they choose not to parent properly and does God really love us no matter what
we’ve done (the answer is yes by the way J
).
I am forced to ask why we have such
crappy movies coming out when there are great novels out there that could make
amazing movies. Flight of the Earls and In Golden Splendor would make awesome
movies! I can see it as I’m reading! Please if you are a movie maker or you
know how to contact one, give these books some consideration!
All
that being said, I HIGHLY recommend this book and its predecessor (Flight of
the Earls) to everyone! Even to guys! I know that sometimes it’s difficult to
get boys to want to read (no offense to any boys and men who do love to read
<3 ), but I think these books especially Seamus’s story will be one that
they will enjoy following.
Read my review of Flight of the Earls here!
Read See Lizzie Read's Interview with Michael K. Reynolds here!
Until Next Time!!!,
Lizzie <3
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