The Dead Don’t Dance

The Dead Don’t Dance

Posted On: February 1, 2010
Posted In: Charles Martin, General, Kristy
Comments: 2 Responses

Reviewed by Kristy: 8.5 out of 10.

With The Dead Don’t Dance (Book 1 of  in the 2 book Awakening Series), Charles Martin once again steps up to the plate with another excellent read filled with emotion, intrigue, thorough character development and the usual mysterious twist or ‘must get to the end to see what happens’ scenario.

A sleepy rural town in South Carolina. The end of summer and a baby about to be born. But in the midst of hope and celebration comes unexpected tragedy, and Dylan Styles must come to terms with how much he’s lost. Will the music of his heart be stilled forever–or will he choose to dance with life once more, in spite of sorrow and heartbreak?

In this book we journey with the protagonist Dylan Styles and experience the roller-coaster events in his life.  From the darkest moments he endures to the precious and beautiful ones he discovers along the way, the reader is sure to be captured by this story so beautifully crafted by Martin, who weaves such a good read through present experiences with intermingled flashbacks throughout.

As I read this book, after having read a few not-sogood ones, I realised what a gift for writing this author truly has.  Martin is a brilliant writer in every way – one of those authors that you know will not bring a disappointing read.

Things I loved about this book:

  • Touching story with excellent characters introduced throughout (and the usual strange personality too)
  • Great faith journey
  • Quite a few dramatic and exciting moments (enough to keep the guy readers happy;-))
  • I just had to see what happened in the end

Things I  didn’t like:

  • A tad bit slow in a couple of places
  • I find it hard to relate to the Southern traces in his books being a born and bred Kiwi (New Zealander)

All in all, if you are a Charles Martin fan I can assure you that you will not be disappointed with this book, and if you aren’t a fan, I bet you will still enjoy it.

Highly recommended – I’m off to read the sequel, Maggie (review to come soon).

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