Beauty in the Beast: Breaking the Spell of the Mirror Review

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Beauty in the Beast: Breaking the Spell of the Mirror ReviewIf read with an open heart, this book with change your life. The author is extreamly vulnerable about the emotional trauma that came into her life after being bitten on the face by a dog when she was 8 years old. She talks about how she allowed a name given to her in childhood to define and determine her identity and worth in adulthood. She also talks very openly about her intense struggle to overcome the labels and the lies and to move into the truth of her identity in Christ.
As I read, I was deeply touched because I could identify with so many of Sally's struggles. Especially her feelings of self-hatred and worthlessnes.
This book doesn't offer any quick fixes. In fact, the author admits that there are still things that she struggles with. She also shares several songs that she and her husband have written.
This book gave me hope that I could overcome the past and that things can change for me. It also helped me to realize that I'm not the only one who struggles with these types of issues.
If you are woman (especially a Christian women) who is struggling with feelings of low self-worth, despair, helplessness, being stuck in the past and self-hatred, do yourself a favor. Get this book and read it cover to cover. In fact, read it more than once. I also highly recommend "Beauty by the Book" by Nancy Stafford.Beauty in the Beast: Breaking the Spell of the Mirror Overview

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Under the Highlander's Spell Review

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Under the Highlander's Spell ReviewThe heroine of this story, Zia, is the real focus of the book, although she's hardly under the Highlander's spell. The highlander in question, Artair Sinclare, we met in the previous book by this author. However in this story he seems to have somehow become emasculated and his only action appears to be to follow Zia around, making sure that she gets enough food and saying he'll protect her. His idea of protection is getting her to marry him; once she's a member of the powerful Sinclare family then the various people who are denouncing her as a witch will find they can't get anywhere with the accusations. The common theme in this sort of book, that of the hero having to come to a realisation that he is in love, is rather too hackneyed and feels too unrealistic to work well in this setting.
Zia is a rather stereotypical healer - entirely unselfconscious when healing, totally devoted to her patients, liable to do foolish and risky things in the name of healing. She also seems remarkably successful - there were no deaths of people she was treating during the course of the book which must be very unusual in that time. Perhaps more evidence that she really is a witch! The minor twist at the end with a secret that the Bishop holds wasn't particularly surprising although it did allow the story to be wrapped up well, but also didn't bode well for the Bishop's honesty and integrity in his clerical role.
With the rather unbelievable Zia, the nebulous Artair and a subplot about Artair's brother Ronan which wasn't resolved in this story, the book felt rather unremarkable. It is as if it's a transitional book between the author's stories of Cavan, the elder brother, and Ronan, the younger. Artair and Zia didn't really have anything special in the book that will help me to remember it in future. The setting in 16th century Scotland had rather more potential than was realised in the book and the fact that various characters regularly broke out into modern American English meant that this story is not one that piqued my attention or that will stay with me.
Originally published for Curled Up With A Good Book © Helen Hancox 2009Under the Highlander's Spell Overview

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