Thomas Nelson
I was really excited to see this biblical fiction offering from Thomas Nelson when it came out -- especially since it had to do with Daniel's time and King Nebuchadnezzar which is an area that I think is underdone in the biblical fiction genre. But I did not find this book to be as compelling and interesting as I had hoped. Its very much a biblical murder mystery/love story that is far to predictable and does not have enough interesting aspects to the plot to keep me wanting to get to the end.
The characters seemed to be very two-dimensional, especially the secondary characters (i.e. the plotting Queen, the evil seducer, the dead prince, etc.) but even the main characters (Tiamat the princess, Pedadiah the love interest, and Daniel himself!) were flat characters with responses and actions that were far to predictable -- even though it was clear that the author wanted to try and make them deep and complex as people.
Higley's use of language and imagery was excellent, but it wasn't enough to keep this story from being too archetypal and formulaic. I would be interested in seeing how her writing improves as she continues to produce.
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