Last Light (Restoration Series #1) | Terri Blackstock

Last Light (Restoration Series #1) | Terri Blackstock | Engossing

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Last Light (Restor...

	Last Light (Restoration Series #1) Terri Blackstock Walker Large Print, 2006 - 578 pages average customer review:based on 34 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

In the face of a crisis that sweeps an entire high-tech planet back to the age before electricity, Deni Branning?s career ambitions have vanished. She?s not about to let her dream of marriage go as well.

But keeping it alive will require extraordinary measures. Yesterday?s world is gone. All Deni and her family have left is each other and their neighbors. Their little community will either stand or fall together. But they?re only beginning to realize that?and trust doesn?t come easily.

Particularly when one of them is a killer.

Best-selling suspense author Terri Blackstock weaves a masterful what-if novel in which global catastrophe reveals the darkness in human hearts?and lights the way to restoration for a self-centered world.

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Blackstock will draw you in

I am a reader, but rarely do I finish a book in only a few days. Blackstock's books are an exception. I finished this book in three days. My recommendation is do not start this book unless you have time to finish it.

Blackstock draws the reader in as the characters cope with a worldwide catastrophic event. In normal Blackstock style, the reader experiences the suspense of the murder mystery while following a subtle romance.

Blackstock is a Christian author and intertwines themes throughout the book. Yet, this book is written in such a way that I believe those who do not normally enjoy Christian writers would enjoy this book.

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By the end of the Last Light I was hooked and had to devour the rest the series. I have to say that the first book gave me uncomfortable dreams -- but that's me. I found myself dreaming about where I was going to get water. [smile] I found the books engrossing, provacative and convicting. It shows you that difficulty and hardship can either bring out the best or the worst in people.

How Do You Live Without Power?

Deni Branning and her father Doug had just landed at the Birmingham airport when the power went out. But it wasn't a normal power outage. Cars wouldn't work and cell phones died as well. In fact, ever piece of modern technology had failed.

The two manage to get home, where they are thrilled to find the four other members of their family waiting for them. But there they realize their problems are just beginning. With no access to the outside world, they don't know what is happening elsewhere. How wide spread is the power outage? How long will it last?

None of this sits well with Deni, who was scheduled to start a new job in Washington DC in a week. Her fiancee is still there, and she desperately wants to get back to him.

But the Branning family has other issues to deal with. Like day to day survival. With no water and no stores, how will they survive?

And things just get worse when Deni and her younger sister find the dead bodies....

This book is absolutely engrossing. I found myself caught up in the scenario, wondering how I would survive if modern technology stopped working. While there were some convenient plot points (their neighborhood is around a lake), it was handled very well. And the murder storyline only added to the intrigue. The story did stall ever so slightly in the middle, however. My bigger complaint is the characters. They are a bit one dimensional most of the time, which did make it easy to spot the villain. Since this is a Christian novel, the Bible is pretty heavily featured at times. Frankly, I loved that aspect of the story.

Even though I didn't feel the characters truly developed, I couldn't stop thinking about the book or the characters. If you want an entertaining read that will make you think, pick up this novel.

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Pretty Good Read

I originally purchased this book for my dad, but ended up finding something else to give him as a gift and kept it for myself. I didn't read the summary of the book, just saw it at the local Christian book store and thought that he would enjoy a series by a "#1 suspense author."

I brought it with me on vacation and finished the book in a matter of a couple days. It was a very good book, but there were parts about it that bothered me.

The premise of the book is unique, in my opinion. I've never thought about not only losing power, but everything mechanical. I have no idea what my family would do to survive, so it was a very interesting idea for a book.

I didn't mind the murder aspect of the book - it was how the murderer was portrayed. I won't go into detail, but there are some aspects of his character that just weren't believable for me. They had me rolling my eyes at how dramatic he was making that situation out to be.

Overall, I thought it was a good book and am excited that the other three books of the series have higher ratings than this one. I'm definitely looking forward to getting home to read the next one.

And maybe I'll even let my dad borrow them...

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