I'm going to start out by saying I really liked this book- but I'm going to critique it so don't take it as if I'm trying to tear it apart because I dont like it... because I do... ya follow me? I thought the story was so cute. I love Book of Mormon fiction. It always makes me want to study the scriptures a little bit harder. I liked the characters. I felt their frustration and I was happy for them when they finally figured things out.BUTThe style of writing really turned me off. The lack of pronouns drives me crazy. "Amulon's grandmother told Amulon that his father had been pushed out of power by a man his father considered beneath his notice. So Amulon never underestimated anyone." On this one page alone- Amulon's name appears 12 or 13 times. Honestly- your readers know who you're talking about when you say "his" or "he." After a while I had to put my own pronouns in as I read because it was so distracting. It's throughout the whole novel. Sometime's Sam is the only female present- but instead of "she and her" it's Sam this and Sam that. I know her name. I got it... moving on.I won't say anything about the typos: "then" instead of "than" among others. sigh... but I really did like this book. I wish I knew the scriptures enough to come up with clever stories like this. Alma, a young high priest in King Noah's court, has fallen in love with a Believer. How can he convince her of the error of her misplaced faith? Then King Noah forces her to marry Alma, and he hopes to find a way to teach her to love him in return.I found this book to be quite historically and doctrinally correct, and loved a different viewpoint on this familiar story from the Book of Mormon.
loved it! it helped me understand the story it follows a lot better!
—lyssabug
Good story but she seemed to get bored with it near the end.
—lisaerlidtawesome
I'd give this one more than 5 stars if I could!
—dimps
