*editing to write full review* 5 stars. WOW. AMAZING. BEAUTIFUL. FAITH FILLED. Ya'll I literally just finished this 30 minutes ago and I am so in my feels right now. Ditching my TBR and starting book 2 ASAP! I will have to form my thoughts for a formal review later but just want ya'll to know, READ THIS BOOK! Our main character of Hadassah has such strong faith - she inspires me so much. My heart. The ending... I NEED TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS NEXT!This book is all about Hadassah's faith journey and ...

5 stars “Have faith… When you have nothing else have faith.” This story was incredible. It was long, but once it hooked me, I didn’t want to stop listening. This book is strongly about faith, specifically the faith of one girl named Hadassah, but it’s also got tons of angst, scandal, drama, violence, and a bit of romance. It’s such an epic book. One of the things I loved most about A Voice in the Wind is that I’ve never read a book quite like it before. It primarily follows four main ...

My first read of 2020.
My faith is always encouraged and my heart drawn to the Lord after a Francine Rivers book and this one was no different.

Listening Length: 21 hours 29 minutes.LOVED THIS EPIC BOOKA popular question that gets asked when someone reads a book by a Christian author is- is this book religious? A simple one word answer would be, “Yes.” It’s written by a Christian writer about a biblical time period. It has biblical principles throughout the story. The story takes place 40 years after Jesus was persecuted. Being a Christian was a scary thing during that time period because if you were found out that meant you would be f...

Nothing less than 5 Stars for this beauty!This is such a breathtaking story--so honest and hopeful and humbling. A Voice in The Wind is a Christian Fiction with religious themes that are heavily pronounced. There's no way around them. Religious beliefs, customs, biblical analysis, and Christian theories saturate this story from top to bottom and every crevice in-between. If that's not your idea of fun, than this one may not work for you. This story is long, over 500 pages, and is slowly paced. E...

first read: May 13 to May 18, 2013first reread: January 6-16, 2016This....book.....I couldn't begin to describe to you the emotions this book brings out in me. Happiness, sadness, disgust, anger, love, joy, terror, hate, heartbreak......I just love this book so much. Its not even this book...THIS author, Francine Rivers....her writing is beyond beautiful, and her 'stories' are not just stories, they are filled, absolutely filled with things that really just, make you think. This story takes plac...

I just finished this book it made me feel different, it made me wants to change and become like Hadassah. This book is a good representation of a Christian woman, and the faith, and peace that all of our hearts are looking for. It’s amazing when I read it I became her. Walking in the darkness of the garden to pray to God, the faithful slave girl that served with desire and love to the people who she learned to love. Everything about her wasn’t perfect because she feared, but at the end when she ...

I have a different perspective than most of the Goodreads reviewers of A Voice in the Wind. An avoider of the romance genre--both Christian and secular--I loved the first part of the book, depicting the fall of Jerusalem and Haddassah's transition to Roman slavery. I previously dispassionately stored in my mind the historic fact that losers in wars became the slaves of their conquerors, but Ms. Rivers' long, emotive description made the horror and depth of that trauma real to me in a manner I ha...

This was my first foray into Christian Fiction and I had very low expectations, anticipating a preachy text with so-so writing and the occasional miracle thrown in. And at times, this book can be all those things. But Rivers' trump card is her characters, and before I knew it I was in love, really in love, with these people. I was shocked at how much I cared, and how quickly. I've enjoyed better writing, and not all of Rivers' points hit the mark for me, but I've come across few characters that ...

Wonderful book. Francine Rivers used to write secular novels, but found her calling was with Christian stories. I found myself pulled into the story, wanting to know what happens next, and being fascinated with the Roman way of life. Knowing how Francine Rivers writes, I'm sure the historical accounts of everyday Roman life is pretty accurate. Yes, there is love and romance, but only hints of sex. Nothing tawdry. The descriptions of the Roman gladiator fights were fairly graphic, not to mention ...