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Piercing the Darkness by Frank E. Peretti
5.0
So damn COOL!!!
This sequel gave me exactly what I was looking for that I felt This Present Darkness didn’t have enough of and that is more spiritual involvement with the physical world. The balance between the human stories and the conflicts between angels and demons was perfect!
There were so many more elements in the plot that really made it more interesting. I had a hard time getting through the investigation portion of the first book. Not so with Piercing the Darkness. There’s a lawsuit battle involving a possessed little girl and a Christian school, a pastor gets his children removed from his care because of it, and a young woman on the run is the key to it all. In the spiritual world, Captain Tal, who spent most of the first book keeping a low profile, is thoroughly involved in the fight--plus, Tal’s soldiers are seen guiding, comforting, and protecting Sally Roe, the girl on the run, almost every time she shows up in a chapter.
AND THE FEELS!! Whenever you bring children into the mix--and unrightfully take them away from their parents--the heart starts to cry. Also including the death of a child and the struggle for self-forgiveness really got me. Had to pause while brushing my teeth at that reveal. One element I thought was so epic was how one of the characters gets a glimpse into the spiritual world and comes face to face with a demon they have a personal history with. I was not expecting that at all and was left thirsting for more epic battles and spiritual involvement between human characters.
The only thing I can think of that I didn’t like about this sequel was how limited Peretti was with the descriptions of the demons. In the first book he would give a full picture of how each demon looked based on their purpose. I think he did that twice in this book.
Other than that very small nag, I loved the spiritual battles, court battle, characters, themes, elements--pretty much all of it.
Definitely one of my favorite books of all time.
This sequel gave me exactly what I was looking for that I felt This Present Darkness didn’t have enough of and that is more spiritual involvement with the physical world. The balance between the human stories and the conflicts between angels and demons was perfect!
There were so many more elements in the plot that really made it more interesting. I had a hard time getting through the investigation portion of the first book. Not so with Piercing the Darkness. There’s a lawsuit battle involving a possessed little girl and a Christian school, a pastor gets his children removed from his care because of it, and a young woman on the run is the key to it all. In the spiritual world, Captain Tal, who spent most of the first book keeping a low profile, is thoroughly involved in the fight--plus, Tal’s soldiers are seen guiding, comforting, and protecting Sally Roe, the girl on the run, almost every time she shows up in a chapter.
AND THE FEELS!! Whenever you bring children into the mix--and unrightfully take them away from their parents--the heart starts to cry. Also including the death of a child and the struggle for self-forgiveness really got me. Had to pause while brushing my teeth at that reveal. One element I thought was so epic was how one of the characters gets a glimpse into the spiritual world and comes face to face with a demon they have a personal history with. I was not expecting that at all and was left thirsting for more epic battles and spiritual involvement between human characters.
The only thing I can think of that I didn’t like about this sequel was how limited Peretti was with the descriptions of the demons. In the first book he would give a full picture of how each demon looked based on their purpose. I think he did that twice in this book.
Other than that very small nag, I loved the spiritual battles, court battle, characters, themes, elements--pretty much all of it.
Definitely one of my favorite books of all time.