Biblical Fiction is a genre that I rarely read. Something about taking scripture and making stories from it has never intrigued me. However, I give this book 4.8 stars. Jill Eileen Smith did a wonderful job of taking the first few chapters of the Bible and turning them into a 302 page book. Using Genesis, I compared its Biblical information and found it accurate. It was delightful that she kept God’s truth throughout the story. 

Jill Eileen Smith did an excellent job projecting the thoughts that might have been going through Satan’s head as he plotted to destroy the human race. 

I found the book very thought provoking. Honestly, I never really stopped to think how hard it must have been for Eve to have experienced perfection: walking with the Lord, knowing no pain, playing with wild animals, and having a perfect marital relationship and then having the ideal life taken away. In addition, she had to live with the fact that it was her sin that began the fall of man.

The author did a great job of getting inside Eve’s head. She was the “first” woman in many aspects. We watch Eve struggle being the first woman to give birth. She is the first parent to lose a child by murder. She was the first wife to argue with a husband, the first parent to see her child walk away from God, and the first grandparent to have a child “disappear.” 

I received a complimentary copy of this book from Revell Publishing through the Revell Read blogger program. The opinions expressed are my own.