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Jewel Of Persia (2011)

by Roseanna M. White(Favorite Author)

4.39 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0976544474 (ISBN13: 9780976544470)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Whitefire Publishing

review 1: I was pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed reading Jewel of Persia by Roseanna White, which was the November selection for Carrie's book club. I'm not generally a fan of fictionalized Bible stories, but this story was less about Esther and more about the historical time period and the fictional Kasia. I have to admit I was impressed by the historical information she incorporated into the story.In a nutshell, it's a love story about a fictional Jewish girl who becomes one of King Xerxes's wives as he is seeking to expand the kingdom. There are undercurrents of conflict due to the false god the Persians serve and the One True God of the Jews. As the spiritual battle comes to a head, Esther is chosen to be the queen and bravely appeals to the king to allow her peopl... moree to defend themselves against Hamen's edict.I enjoyed White's writing as I was sucked into the plot and made to care about the characters. She did a good job presenting Xerxes as a well-rounded character who struggled between his personal feelings as a man and his duties and power as king. There were also sub-plots going on as the former queen and Hamen conspired against the Jews and a Jewish man struggled simultaneously with his vocational calling, his desires, and submission to the Lord.White illustrated many spiritual concepts including forgiveness, repentance, submission, trust in the Lord's deliverance, remaining faithful in difficult times and even under persecution, the power of prayer, and sacrificial love.
review 2: Roseanna White's Jewel of Persia was a great story of love between the king of Perisa, Xerxes, and his wife Kasia. Kasia, a jewish girl living in Persia inadvertently gets chosen to be the next concubine for King Xerxes. She leaves her family and friends to move to the palace. She falls in love with Xerxes and he falls madly in love with her too. She is the only wife in the compound who he truly cherishes and genuinely cares for. The novel then describes the realtionships between the very many characters. There is an incredible number of strengths that this book has. Firstly, the entire plotline is captivating to read about. You get hooked after reading the first chapter and then you wont put it down until you have finished it. The aspect that I enjoyed most about White's work was the amount of storylines involved. The point of view switches in every chapter allowing you to gain a sense of each character's motives and desires. The switch of views was very well done and easy to follow. Secondly, the characters endure realistic situations and emotions. While one relationship is at a low point, another relationship is blossoming, and it creates a nice balance throughout the novel. The only downside I can think of is the amount of characters in the book. Within the first twenty pages there are already over ten characters introduced, and many have similar names. I began to panic and thought i would get very confused but White did an incredible job reintroducing characters. If a character hadn't been mentioned in a while, White would add a sentence or two reminding the reader what their relation was to one of the prominent characters.This novel runs through a range of emotions. There is so much detail and history packed into the almost 400 page novel that if you missed a page or skimmed something, you would miss an important part of the book. Each page had you wanting more and more. I am definitly going to read other works by Roseanna White. less

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