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Love Amid The Ashes by Mesu Andrews {Book Review}

Title: Love Amid The Ashes

Author: Mesu Andrews

Series: Treasure of His Love #1

Age: Adult

Genres: Biblical Fiction

Publication Date: March 1, 2011

Publisher: Revell

Source: Paperback

Purchase: Paperback | Kindle | Christian Book 

Synopsis:
An epic story of love and forgiveness, suffering and restoration… 
When her beloved grandfather Isaac dies, Dinah must follow his final command: travel to Job’s household to marry his son. After Job’s world comes crashing down, Dinah finds herself drawn to this great man brought low. What will she risk to fight for his survival? 
Mesu Andrews weaves an emotional and stirring account of Job and Dinah. Love Amid the Ashes breathes life, romance, and passion into the classic biblical story of suffering and steadfast faith.
My Rating: 
This was a beautifully written story that comprised the stories of both Dinah and Job. There is love, forgiveness and sin wrapped up in this book to help you understand the love of God and His grace. I adored this book!

Dinah's story can found in the book of Genesis. She was the only daughter of Jacob and was defiled by Shechem. The way Mesu took her story and spun it into one that revealed sexual sin and un-forgiveness allowed for a beautiful look at God's grace and love. Dinah was a strong girl and felt loved for the first time in her life. She married outside of her people only to have killed the people of Shechem. She endured heartbreak and heartache, rude people, rumors and lies. I loved seeing Dinah go from broken to whole. The way her family and friends treated her was horrible, but the way God showed up in her life was amazing.

Job's story is one that is well known. He lost his ten kids, his friends, wife and all he owned because God considered him faithful and trusted him enough to be considered by Satan. Job dealt with much turmoil and strife from all those around him. He even grew a bit weak, but maintained his faith through it all. Job was devoted, loving, kind, friendly, hardworking and phenomenal. 

The romance was utterly amazing! I loved how Dinah and Job grew to love one another despite the many oppositions. They respected one another as people and grew a beautiful friendship that blossomed. I loved the little cat and mouse game at the end between them. So cute!

Sitis annoyed me at first, but I grew to enjoy her character in the story. Nogahla was AMAZING. I loved her! Aban seemed treacherous, but I also grew to love him. Jacob and Easu were terrible to Dinah -- they should have loved and protected her. Sayyid got exactly what he deserved for his acts. I LOVED seeing Joseph included in this story!

Overall, this was a pretty great biblical read that combined the stories of Job, Dinah and a bit of Jospeh, Easu and Jacob.
Blessings,
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