![]() ![]() Now, there are several places in the novel where the historical characters unnaturally narrate events in their pasts, making explanations to each other that are obviously just for the reader’s benefit. The story further illustrates how what happened with Esther and Xerxes was no romantic fairy tale, and the queen’s legendary, heroic acts didn’t mean smooth sailing from then on. The novel has its share of tragedy and violence, sometimes a cruel and bloody reflection of what twisted people inflict upon other human beings. I’d forgotten most of the modern-day side of the plot in this second novel, so I had the chance to view it with fresh eyes. It’s been over a decade since the first time I read this dual-timeline thriller, the sequel to Hadassah: One Night With the King. ![]() Queen Esther’s life doesn’t end right after the first Feast of Purim, and ongoing intrigues play into a critical political time, centuries later-when mortal danger again faces a prominent woman and her people in The Hadassah Covenant by authors Tommy Tenney and Mark Andrew Olsen. ![]() Her unlikely marriage to the King of Persia. The Hadassah Covenantby Tommy Tenney and Mark Andrew Olsen I tend to rate books not according to how “perfect” they are, seem to be, or are said to be in general but rather t o how perfect they are to me. ![]()
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