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Crown of Wishes, A

Be Careful What You Dream Author: Roshani Chokshi While A Crown of Wishes is ostensibly the sequel to The Star-Touched Queen, it is truly a separate tale. Maya and Amar and their deadly kingdom with its interwoven threads of fate; its sardonic, flesh-eating horses; and its tree of deception, are a backdrop, and their roles here are minimal. Instead, this is Maya’s sister’s, Gauri’s, story about her hard-won journey to freedom. While Maya’s prophecy leads her into the underworld, Gauri’s story takes her from princess to prisoner, awaiting her death sentence. Like her sister, though, Gauri has a certain toughness. When [...]

Frances Carden2025-02-15T14:48:39-07:00February 15th, 2025|Tags: book review, fantasy, magic, myth, read, reading, romance|

What Your Counselor Never Told You: Seven Secrets Revealed-Conquer the Power of Sin in Your Lif

Sin and How it Manifests in Your Health Author: Dr. William Backus Throughout November’s C.S. Lewis year two fellowship, we set our sights on the seven deadly sins. It’s not a popular topic. If we speak of sin anymore, it’s either in a historical context (look what they believed when this book was written, when this person lived, etc.) or in a decadent fashion (Devil’s Food Cake, anyone). When we look at health and wellness, sin never even enters the picture at all. William Backus’ work proposes that a lot of our psychological and emotional problems are less the result of illness (mental or otherwise) and more the consequence [...]

Frances Carden2025-02-09T11:33:55-07:00February 9th, 2025|Tags: apologetics, book review, Christian, read, reading, seven deadlies, seven deadly sins, sin|

Glittering Vices: A New Look at the Seven Deadly Sins and Their Remedies

Are The Deadlies Really Vices? Author: Rebecca DeYoung The seven deadly sins have been marketed as something decadent – the Devil’s Food Cake of “treat yourself” temptations; they’re deadly only in that, secretly, they offer an unbounded, unfathomable amount of pleasure. The “spa day” equivalent of luxury living that you dream about as you go about the hum-drum task of doing your duty, living in moderation, and secretly despairing of living under-the-radar and being satisfied with the meat-and-potatoes approach of just getting by. At least, that’s how the western cultural perception of sin has developed over time, and even as Christians, [...]

Frances Carden2025-02-08T15:34:37-07:00February 8th, 2025|Tags: apologetics, book review, Christian, read, reading, seven deadly sins, vice, virtue|