I was intrigued by the book synopsis describing the metaphysical aspect of the storyline. However, this was a DNF for me – I gave up at 35 percent when I found myself skipping over slow-paced, tedious paragraphs. The writing style was overly verbose and pedantic. I found the characters uninteresting and unsympathetic. The one redeeming quality of the novel was the challenging vocabulary that kept me investigating unfamiliar words.

I am sure there are others who will find this novel gratifying, but it was not a match for me, and I do not recommend it.

My thanks to the author, the publisher, and NetGalley for the privilege of reviewing this book. The opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

This review is being posted immediately to my GoodReads account and will be posted on Amazon upon publication.

This was a good book! It was so entertaining to see how all the characters reacted to the glowing, or the Nimbus, and also how those who could not see the glow were reacting. It did make you think, it had some religious themes, and it was very well written!!

Thank you to NetGalley, to the author, and to the publisher for this complementary ARC in exchange for my honest review!!!

This was a wonderfully done novel, it had that element that I was expecting from the genre. The characters had that feel that I wanted and enjoyed the satire element to these characters. Robert P. Baird wrote a great story and was hooked with how good everything was.