Immanuel's Veins-Ted Dekker

Immanuel's Veins is a romance novel.  I'm not going to describe it otherwise.  I say this because I know  several of my readers can't stand even the smallest amount of romance.   I, on the other hand, am a sap for romance if done right.

That's not to say there's not a little suspense or fantasy in the book, just that it's not all swords and arrows.

I read the book within a week of receiving it.  That's not a huge deal, though.  I've read many in that time.  But I can say without reservation that if I was able to stay up all night reading a book, I would have finished it in one nights' time.  It was absolutely captivating.

When I finished I wanted to rush out and buy a thousand copies, only to give them away to any and every person in sight.  I wanted everyone to hear the story of redemption that is contained within these two covers.  The message of this book is simple: the saving power of love.  God's amazing love and man's greatest possible love for another person.

Many people have said that this book is simply the same as any of Dekker's other novels.  I would say I agree, it's much like his other novels.  Almost exactly the same.  But it's different.  I don't understand why, exactly, but this one's better then any other I've read by the author.  I got lost in it.

The plot is a simple one as I've stated before.  It's something else I can't quite wrap my head around, and I'm not sure I want to.  That is the love that is portrayed in this book.  It's utterly beautiful.  The writing flows effortlessly as to not get in the way of the love portrayed.  Ted Dekker has outdone even the greatest of his previous works.
Needless to say, I give this book five pens.  It was awesome.

Notice: I received this book from Thomas Nelson Publishers and was not forced to write a positive review.

This book has been officially been released and can be found on Amazon and most major bookstores.

I have been asked to do something pertaining to the book. That is to answer a question.  That question is: What is sacrificial love?
My answer:
Sacrificial love is full willingness to give any and everything for someone else.  It is to love without reservation.  Sacrificial love is to give everything for another with the knowledge that they might not care.  That they might not return your love.
It is love in the highest and most beautiful form.  Sacrificial love is to forsake everything you have and hang your pride on a stake and never return to it.  Sacrificial love is to love without abandon.


As you can see, sacrificial love isn't something we see everyday.

I am also happy to bring you a giveaway celebrating this books' release, but more importantly, the message it carries.  "Spread the Love".  It will be a shirt giveaway, and judging by Dekker shirts I've seen (I own one too) and what I've been told, it's going to be a good one.  Right now it seems as if these shirts won't go on the market, so you won't want to miss the opportunity to snag one.  To enter, simply comment on this post!

Also, enjoy the book trailer and what other readers have to say!

Starlighter Giveaway

You can find my review of this book here.

Dragons are enslaving humankind and a black egg signals the end of the world. Jason Masters must journey to another realm and join forces with a slave girl named Koren to rescue the captives and save two worlds from destruction. What if the Legends Are True? Jason Masters doubted the myths: people taken through a portal to another realm and enslaved by dragons. But when his brother is taken, he must uncover the truth and find the portal before it's too late. Once he's through the portal, he meets Koren, a slave in the dragons’ realm, who struggles to destroy a black egg prophesied to doom all mankind. Jason and Koren must work together to save their two worlds before the dragons learn that their secrets have been discovered.


I will be giving away a SIGNED copy of Starlighter!  Unlike my other giveaway(s) you do not have to be a follower.  There is only one requirement, and that is simply filling out the form below.  However, for extra entries, you can comment on some of my reviews and my interview.  The deadline to enter is September 14th.

Venom and Song Three Book Giveaway

This Giveaway Has Ended...


I'm giving away three brand new, hardcover copies of Wayne Thomas Batson and Christopher Hopper's newest book, Venom and Song. Wayne Thomas Batson with The Door Within Trilogy and the two-book pirate series has become one of my favorite fantasy authors and Christopher Hopper's White Lion Chronicles is a great series as well-it's been proposed to ransack his house and get the manuscript for Athera's Dawn, it hasn't been attempted yet though.

What's Venom and Song about though?  It's a Young Adult Christian Fantasy novel.  Yeah, I know, there's a lot of those books lol.
Below is my 'smaller' review:

(To view my longer and more in depth review of the book you can go here.)

I would suggest to anyone planning to read Venom and Song to first read Curse of the Spider King.

Venom and Song expands on the glimpses we saw of Allyra in the first book in the series. 

Now in the strange realm of Allyra, the Seven young lords confront a traitor in their midst, a creature-infested forest, teenage fears and doub ts, inexplicable mysteries and the Spider King himself.

I noticed the writing flawed at the beginning.  There were a few viewpoint shifts within scenes and the dialogue tags were off from the beginning to the end of the book.  That doesn’t matter much to me, even though I do notice it.  The book’s plot was amazing.  I thoroughly enjoyed learning more about the world of Allyra and its history.  There were a few typos that I found amusing, but didn’t bother me at all.  Such as a time when one of the characters ‘ased’ a question.  Of course, it was mean to be ‘asked’.

The plot kept me on my toes and kept me turning the page and the ending was very satisfying, though it made me quite sad.

All-in-all I rate the book a eight out of ten.

How do you enter?  There are three ways to get entered:

• Comment on this post, that automatically gives you one entry
• Follow this blog (if you're already following, just tell me and that will still count as an entry)
• Post about this giveaway on your blog.  In the comment tell me the link to where you posted.

That's all there is to it!
 If you've already ordered or own the book, enter anyway!  Give one to a friend or there's no harm in having an extra copy lying around the house.
On a side note, I cannot ship over seas.  Only in the contiguous United States.  Sorry, if I could send over seas, I would.

In Victory,
Seth,