There are so many interactions between characters that I can’t imagine what her writing plan was or what her beta readers and editors had to go through. I mean epic as in a huge cast of characters in a world that she created. I actually liked this book MORE than From Sand and Ash and I love WWII historical fiction! The First Girl Child is an EPIC story.

But who can jump from that to “…mythology, mystic lands, and relationships”? Well, Amy Harmon can. I mean, From Sand and Ash is all WWII historical fiction. When we were at Book Bonanza this year, I picked up her newest- The First Girl Child-mainly because I loved the cover, and when I asked her about the book she said, “Do you like mythology, mystic lands, and relationships?” I was more intrigued than anything. (If you’re reading this, you know who you are muahahaha!)Īnyway, after securing my man card and picking myself up off the floor after being wrecked by From Sand and Ash, my interest in Amy Harmon’s writing was piqued. SO DEAD I had to come back to life to plan my own funeral because I am absolutely DEAD!” for a really good thing that happened. Reminds me of a friend of mine who once told me, “Oh my God, I am dead. I realize these are just a play on words, but dang. But ladies! Death, having a book hangover, and then being wrecked by a book? None of these descriptors sound like I-better-go-read-this-now! Maybe we need to come up with something else, something more positive. I had heard so many women at these book signings over the years say, “Oh that book? I died,” or “I had to take a break after reading (yada yada book).” At Book Bonanza 2018, I heard the phrase being “wrecked” by a book for the first time. In From Sand and Ash, I learned what it meant to have a book “wreck” you. I’ve only read two books by Amy Harmon: From Sand and Ash and now The First Girl Child.

From Sand and Ash by Amy Harmon