The Wanderer Reborn

Author: Natasha Woodcraft
Genre: Biblical Fiction
Series: The Wanderer Series#2
Pages: 316
Release Date: April 15, 2024
Publisher: Broad Place Publishing

One fateful day, she loses the two men she loves most. Can hope triumph after the first murder?

Awan is reeling in agony. The man she loved has murdered her twin brother then disappeared. Tormented by his actions, recovery seems an impossible dream. When her well-meaning father tries to marry her to someone else, Awan refuses, knowing her heart is broken beyond repair.

Questioning the God who claims to stand for justice, Awan struggles to forgive. How can she when the murderer is still out there? Then she makes a terrible mistake that threatens to fracture her family further. In obedience to God’s call, she sets out on a perilous pilgrimage, not knowing if the end will mean redemption or death.

Will Awan survive to find restoration for her soul?

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Reviewer: Laura J. Davis

The Wanderer Reborn is Natasha Woodcraft's second book in The Wanderer series, and it's as fascinating as the first!

In this book, Awan deals with the aftermath of Kayin's murder of Havel. As she struggles with her faith in God and her love for Kayin, she decides to take a journey alone to spend time with God to restore her relationship with Him. When her brother Chayim joins her, she does not expect what follows. She sends him away, and then the Lord leads her to Kayin.

The author has an incredible ability to get inside the heads of these characters. I loved how she showed Kayin struggling to speak after not speaking to anyone for years. I love how she shows how good God is and that His punishment for Kayin was just, but that He still loved him and forgave him.

In the previous book, I grappled with the issue of incest, and this one was no different. However, the author's writing style allows you to overlook this aspect of life in the past and instead immerses you in the characters and their relationships.

I did find some typographical errors in this book that revolved around dialogue. These errors were also present in the first book, but it wasn't until I ran into run-on dialogue that I noticed them.

The author chose to use apostrophes in dialogue rather than quotation marks, which made it difficult to distinguish who was talking. While these errors were also present in the first book, they didn't bother me as much as in this one. When a character is speaking and a new paragraph starts, we anticipate a single apostrophe. However, when the single apostrophe continues with the next character talking, it gets rather confusing. Other than that, I enjoyed this book, particularly the redemption theme that ran throughout it.

If you love biblical fiction, I have no doubt you will enjoy this book. However, I highly recommend you read the first book in the series. You can read this one as a standalone, but if you don't read the first book first, you'll miss out on important aspects of the story.

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