I have loved everything I've read from this author. As a Torah Observant believer in Yeshua, it's so great to have these Biblically based books written about Older Testament times. Lots of scope for the imagination! Can't wait for book two! ( )

I’ve been wanting to read this book for years, and thankfully, it didn’t disappoint me! Even as a debut author, Cossette has had a knack for writing solid Biblical fiction. I’ve always wondered what it must have been like to be an Egyptian at the time of the Exodus, and she gave me an excellent picture of that in this book. There were one or two things that made me wonder if they really would have happened at that time, but overall, this closely followed the Biblical account. A satisfying read; highly recommended!

*Story does include some violence. ( )

This is the Exodus story told from a unique perspective: an Egyptian who joined the Hebrew people as God led them out of Egypt.

Sold into slavery to pay for her father’s debts, Kiya experiences the devastation of the plagues that the Hebrews’ unseen God brings down upon Egypt. As her friend Shira tells her the history of her people and how Moses was chosen to be their deliverer, Kiya realizes the only chance of survival for herself and her family is to escape from her master’s household and join the Hebrews as they journey to their Promised Land. But she would never imagine that such a powerful, foreign God would care about the fate of an insignificant Egyptian slave girl.

I found this to be such an interesting perspective from which to tell a familiar story! I don’t often think about what it must have been like to be one of thousands in the crowd that followed Moses out of Egypt into the desert, much less an Egyptian suffering through the plagues and then taking that leap of faith. The daily lives and beliefs of both the Egyptians and Hebrews were portrayed really well, and I liked seeing how different people interacted, based on their motives, decisions, beliefs, stubbornness, love and loyalty, fear and courage.

I will definitely be reading more by this author! ( )

3.5 Stars

Clever title and a great idea for a story, but the delivery left me wanting a little more. The development of relationships and plot seemed to just fizzle out in the end. Some of the character's dialogue and reactions to traumatic events did not ring true to me. I genuinely liked all the characters and I appreciated that the book was not bogged down by excessive internal dialogue like so much of today's Christian fiction. Overall, I enjoyed the book enough to continue on to the sequel. ( )

Wonderful characters in this retelling of the plagues in Egypt and the Isrealites leaving Egypt. I loved this story and I can’t wait to read the next book in this series. ( )