Review ~ God’s Eye

 

God’s Eye
by AJ Scudiere

5- Moms Fried Chicken, Mashed Potatoes and Dessert. It doesn’t get any better!

 

 

 

Synopsis:  (From Good Reads)

Katharine Geryon is living the life her family name has dictated, and why not? After all, it has given her a good job in the family company and a fine life with all the things she should want. But all that changes as increasingly disturbing events begin to occur: soot stains on the carpet, glimpses of strange black animals, and cryptic messages written on her bathroom mirror. Baffled and afraid, Katharine begins to doubt her own sanity.

At the same time, two charismatic men enter her life: Allistair, her new assistant at work, and Zachary, a well-heeled neighbor who just moved into her building. Katharine soon finds each of them inextricably entangled in her affairs. As her life becomes stranger and her dreams more terrifying, she realizes neither man is what he seems and that she's caught in something far beyond her own comprehension. For the first time, she must reach beyond her own boundaries. There Katharine forges her first true friendship with Margot, a librarian who helps her discover what these men really are, why she's drawn to them, and what they want with her.

The answer places Katharine in the middle of a fierce battle that forces her to decide between the two men fighting for her soul.

In the end, only one can be saved, but all three will be judged.

What Did I Think? 

This is the first book I have read by AJ Scudiere but it will not be my last.  I am actually anxious to go back and read the ones I have missed already!  God’s Eye is a stand alone novel about a woman who is caught in a battle between an Angle and a Demon.  What I love the most about the story is that I don’t see it as a struggle between heaven and Hell, I see it as a story about a woman trying to make a choice about who she is and what, if anything, she stands for.  I loved that you don’t know who is the demon and who is the angel. You have only a small amount more information than Katherine does so as the reader you really get to struggle with her and try to decide who to trust.

Katherine is an interesting character.  At the beginning of the story, she is very much a product of her surroundings and her upbringing. Her family has money and at some point she must have given up control over her life.  She works at her fathers company and moves departments at his whims. She is a woman who is just existing and is easily influenced by others. Two men enter her life in a short amount of time and they both easily control her as well.  The struggle for her then becomes learning to take control of her life or not. Waking up and seeing the impact that her life is having on other people, specifically through her work, or continuing to blindly be led along on the same path. While it might seem from my description that she is uninteresting or unlikable, that is not the case. Following along her journey shows you how anyone can become a passenger in their own life. 

Both of the men in her life are fighting for more than just Katherine. They both have their positives and negatives and I really felt that she could have chosen either one.  I followed along with her decisions agreeing at times that one was better than the other and then switching back again with her. I think the men are quite the metaphor, perhaps hell can look like heaven when you shine the right light on it. Besides the men, she also makes a female friend.  I am delighted every time I read a book with an authentic female friendship. Margot is interesting in her own way and she is great for Katherine.

I was left clueless right until the end about how this story was going to turn out and that is something I have learned not to take for granted.  When you read as much as I do, you often know where a story is headed long before you want to.  I like to be surprised and left guessing until the last second. This is an adult story so there is some sexual content but nothing graphic.  I know that many of my readers tend to shy away from religious based stories and I think that this one is much more about Katherine than religion so I hope you don’t let that stop you from reading it. I really enjoyed it and I would recommend it as a great read especially considering the season.  There was a spooky factor in this story for sure!  

BOTTOM LINE: Interesting characters and well written storytelling that leaves you guessing until the end. Not to be missed!

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For More information on the Book or the author you can check out the authors website at www. AJScudiere.com.  

Source: Review Copy from the Publicist for Review.