It occurred to me today to look to see if I had any reviews posted of my revised edition of Soul Restoration: Hope for the Weary, so I went online and found a wonderful five-star review from a reader on Amazon. He very thoughtfully reviews several of my entries there, and did such a great job that I thought I would post it here. He’s right about the devotions being intimate. I did kind of open a vein for some of them. And if they seem geared toward women, it’s because I’m a woman and was writing what was on my mind. But he did bring up a good point. I probably should gear some toward my male readers. I may revise it again at some point with a couple new ones for the men. But I appreciate his taking the time to write this. It will be very helpful to those thinking about buying this book. Thanks to this reviewer! It’s still only $2.99 and is only available as an ebook.

To read the review or purchase the book on Amazon, go to http://www.amazon.com/Soul-Restoration-Hope-Weary-ebook/dp/B005EJAF5M/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1314653001&sr=8-2 :

“This is a beautiful collection of meditations, many being reprints of afterwords from Terri Blackstock’s novels and some written especially for this collection.By sharing her personal experiences and thoughts, she helps the reader gain spiritual insight into his or her situations. The thoughts are all gentle and loving and there’s no preaching here. This is a case of the author opening up and expressing herself and it’s up to the reader to respond or not. I’ve only read two of her suspense novels so far, but I see thoughts that were expressed in both INTERVENTION and DOUBLE MINDS. The devotion “For The Mothers” ties in with INTERVENTION. In “Prodigal Daughter”, she deals with her experience as a writer, and compromises with her Christian ethic that she made in order to sell more copies of her early books. This idea of compromising in order to spread one’s artistic work to more people is dealt with in DOUBLE MINDS.However, the devotion that meant the most to me was “When the Smoke Clears” based on my personal key Bible verse, John 15:5. I guess a complete review should have some kind of criticism, but this is such a minor one that doesn’t affect the value of the book. If I had the opportunity to talk personally with Terri Blackstock, I would suggest that she be aware that an occasional stray male such as myself might happen to pick up one of her books, and that some readers have sons as well as daughters. Since I’m sure that 99.9% of her readers are female, this isn’t a big point, but I can’t help wishing that she at least acknowledged that one of us guys might read this and feel excluded by her obvious talking to those of her gender with no sense of application to the masculine situation. I do mean this comment kindly and realize that maybe it’s necessary in her mind that she be talking exclusively to women.The last observation I want to make here is that non-Christians may well find much of value and much to think about by exposure to such a gentle and sensitive approach to Christianity. Yes, this small volume would make a great and meaningful gift for someone in your life, but also a great and meaningful gift for you to give yourself.”

Thanks again. I appreciate it so much when people take time to post reviews of my books.