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7/11/2016

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Counted With the Stars

 
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Author: Connilyn Cossette
Genre: Biblical Fiction


Sold into slavery by her father and forsaken by the man she was supposed to marry, young Egyptian Kiya must serve a mistress who takes pleasure in her humiliation. When terrifying plagues strike Egypt, Kiya is in the middle of it all.

To save her older brother and escape the bonds of slavery, Kiya flees with the Hebrews during the Great Exodus. She finds herself utterly dependent on a fearsome God she's only just beginning to learn about, and in love with a man who despises her people. With everything she's ever known swept away, will Kiya turn back toward Egypt or surrender her life and her future to Yahweh?

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Reviewer: Laura J. Davis

I love finding new authors and Connilyn Cossette is my new favourite! Her debut novel Counted With the Stars is book one in her Out From Egypt series and if you love Biblical Fiction, you will love this book.

Kiya is a young Egyptian woman born into a life of luxury. With servants at her beck and call she has never learned the true meaning of "hard labour". All that changes when her father sells her into slavery to pay off the many debts he has accumulated through his extravagant lifestyle.

Kiya suddenly finds herself alone, without her family and in an environment hostile to her. The slaves don't like or trust her because she used to order them around and her new mistress is never letting her forget what she once had.


In the midst of adjusting to her new life, she meets a young Hebrew girl named Shira, who has pity on her and helps her adjust to her new life. When terrifying plagues start to strike Egypt Kiya flees with the Hebrews and begins a new journey away from her many gods and finds the one true God instead.


This book has a little bit of everything in it - romance, intrigue, danger and of course the history of the Hebrews flight from Egypt under the guidance of Moses. Connilyn Cossette has made the Bible come to life and presents a believable story of the Exodus from Egypt that even Jewish readers would appreciate. If you like Biblical Fiction Counted with the Stars will not disappoint you. I highly recommend it.

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This book  has been provided courtesy of Baker Publishing Group and Graf-Martin Communications, Inc.


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Reviewer: Rebecca Maney

Panic seizes Kiya, a lovely young Egyptian teen, when she is faced with the fact that her father has sold her as a household slave in order to absolve his unfortunate business debts. Forced to serve a cruel and demanding mistress , she is befriended by a young Hebrew woman, Shiya, who gently introduces Kiya to the one true God, an anomaly for any Egyptian to comprehend.

When a Hebrew prophet enters Egypt bringing with him a myriad of pestilence and plagues, Kiya bravely listens when urged by her kind master to flee their beloved homeland under the cover of darkness, on the historic Night of Death. Convinced that this decision will save the life of her mother and beloved brother, Kiya cautiously joins Shira's family even though Eben, Shira's enigmatic older brother, appears to vacillate between attraction and disdain for his sister's new friend.

Connilyn Cossette has skillfully breathed new life into the familiar biblical account of the Exodus, carefully crafting her fictitious characters to mirror those who might have witnessed this miraculous event. Enjoy meting Yahweh through Kiya's eyes, as she learns the glorious truth of being "counted with the stars".

​This book  has been provided courtesy of Baker Publishing Group and Graf-Martin Communications, Inc.

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