I just finished reading Winter and just let me say "Wow"!
For a first book by this author it is a great read and I would imagine that the next ones in this series will probably be even better.
Winter Maessen is a 19 yr old going for her freshman year at Tishbe University. She has no idea what God has in store for her or the gift that He has bestowed on her. She is a Goth but also a Christian who somewhere along the line went into witchcraft. She doesn't understand the dreams she has been having or what seems to be deja vu occurrences that she has been experiencing. She just thinks that she has a brain tumor just like what her mother died from. But through other students at the school, she begins to get glimmers of understanding.
Winter's character in this book did get on my nerves occasionally but when I tried to imagine how I would react to what she was experiencing I was able to get past it. She sees herself as someone that no one will listen to or believe based on her appearance. She makes a few close friends at the school who help her to start understanding the gift that God has given her and how it can be used to help with the troubles that have been happening at the school.
The book alternates between Present Day and 4 years previous giving us an idea of what Winter's past was like and how she got to where she is now. I'm not really a fan of books when they do this but it weaved in and out pretty smoothly. Kept my attention throughout. Even by the end of this book, there is still plenty that you want to find out about Winter and what she experienced before becoming a Christian.
One interesting fact concerning the author is that he studied Supernatural Theology at seminary. I had never heard of such a thing but one of the topics covered is the study of angels and demons which definitely comes into play in this book.
I did notice that someone had applied the Horror genre to this book which I don't agree with. The protagonist is a demon and Winter's visions are described with blood coming down walls and pools of blood but that is really about as far as it gets.
I would most definitely recommend this book and can't wait for the next in the series to come out.
For a first book by this author it is a great read and I would imagine that the next ones in this series will probably be even better.
Winter Maessen is a 19 yr old going for her freshman year at Tishbe University. She has no idea what God has in store for her or the gift that He has bestowed on her. She is a Goth but also a Christian who somewhere along the line went into witchcraft. She doesn't understand the dreams she has been having or what seems to be deja vu occurrences that she has been experiencing. She just thinks that she has a brain tumor just like what her mother died from. But through other students at the school, she begins to get glimmers of understanding.
Winter's character in this book did get on my nerves occasionally but when I tried to imagine how I would react to what she was experiencing I was able to get past it. She sees herself as someone that no one will listen to or believe based on her appearance. She makes a few close friends at the school who help her to start understanding the gift that God has given her and how it can be used to help with the troubles that have been happening at the school.
The book alternates between Present Day and 4 years previous giving us an idea of what Winter's past was like and how she got to where she is now. I'm not really a fan of books when they do this but it weaved in and out pretty smoothly. Kept my attention throughout. Even by the end of this book, there is still plenty that you want to find out about Winter and what she experienced before becoming a Christian.
One interesting fact concerning the author is that he studied Supernatural Theology at seminary. I had never heard of such a thing but one of the topics covered is the study of angels and demons which definitely comes into play in this book.
I did notice that someone had applied the Horror genre to this book which I don't agree with. The protagonist is a demon and Winter's visions are described with blood coming down walls and pools of blood but that is really about as far as it gets.
I would most definitely recommend this book and can't wait for the next in the series to come out.
