An Ambassador’s Ploy by Thirzah
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I was excited to read this third book in the series because I truly loved the first two. I really enjoy Thirzah’s writing style. She keeps the action going, but also gives her characters time to think and let us in on how they’re feeling. There were some things that were so funny I laughed out loud and others that were so subtle they could have been easily missed. I like humor, so that made it even more enjoyable for me. I think Amelia might be a bit like Thirzah herself. I could easily imagine her doing some of these things given the opportunity. So Amelia feels authentic, like a real person with real feelings. I was afraid that the ending was not going to be what I wanted because of the events that kept going from bad to worse, but it all turned out good in the end. A very satisfying read, I finished it in 2 days, because I had a hard time putting it down.
Thirzah is a homeschool graduate and a successful writer!
"Oh that God would give every mother a vision of the glory and splendor of the work that is given to her when a babe is placed in her bosom to be nursed and trained! Could she have but one glimpse in to the future of that life as it reaches on into eternity; could she look into its soul to see its possibilities; could she be made to understand her own personal responsibility for the training of this child, for the development of its life, and for its destiny,--she would see that in all God's world there is no other work so noble and so worthy of her best powers, and she would commit to no other's hands the sacred and holy trust given to her." -JR Miller
