Thursday, May 7, 2015

Tour ~ Sacrificial Lamb Cake

*Book source ~ A review copy was provided in exchange for an honest review.
Author ~ Katrina Monroe
Published ~ 17 February 2015
Genre ~ Fantasy | Humor
Pages ~ 208


My Rating ~ 4 bites and a nibble

Rainfall on the Desert Plains Johnson hightailed it from her insane family at the first possible opportunity. With high hopes of college and then job success Rain ends up waitressing for a living. She’s not the success she thought she’d be and while she’s not unhappy she’s thinking she really needs to get a new life. One night when a weird guy shows up at one of her tables her life changes dramatically. She doesn’t know Jude’s story, but the unbelievable things he’s telling her are coming to pass. Rain is to be the new Messiah. Her. The non-believing, pacifist, lesbian loser in Life’s footnotes. When she had decided she needed to do something with her life, this wasn’t exactly what she had in mind.

Delving into religion can be a tricky sell. Preach too much and you put off those who will never believe. Be too irreverent and you put off the hard-core believers. Right off I have to say that I don’t have any interest in religion and my knowledge is limited. That doesn’t matter with this book. Bible-type stuff is explained without boring me to tears and the humor sprinkled liberally throughout made me laugh out loud. In public.  


The plot, the writing and the characters are simply divine and I have to admit, as a fan of the expletive, that I found the occasional swearing to be quite amusing and not over the top. And bonus, the snark is strong with this one. Alternating POVs between Rain and Jude give the book a balanced feel and I have to admit the creative plotline as well as the inspired use of the Ultimate Traitor is what really sells this story.

To answer Maximus...
Why, yes. Yes, I was.





2 comments:

  1. I am really glad you and BigAl both enjoyed this book. I was afraid I wouldn't be able to do it justice. I have read Lamb by Christopher Moore and really enjoyed it. I can't wait to read this one. :D

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    1. I haven't read anything by Moore yet though I have a couple books. One of these days I'll get to them. lol I hope you like this one! :)

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