Excellent! Its refreshing to listen to a book that actually teaches you positiveness and a better approach to dealing with life and people who are difficult. This book series is good for everyone....young and old The lessons in this book can be applied to every experience we go through.

Storyline was really good. seemed to include so much of life in ancient Rome that hopefully reflects good research and not just a good imagination. I have to agree with other review that was a bit slow moving. my biggest beef is the narrator chosen. 21 hours of that raspy radio commercial voice does not make for a easy listening voice. even after 21.5 hours of listening I could not get used to his female voice for Julia. makes me think of a stubble faced man in a dress with hairy legs showing and some lipstick and rough on his face trying to play a female figure. he's not alone as I have listened to other books with this problem as well. would be better is he just read all parts with his normal voice and far less distracting. or have a female reader do all female parts and men do men parts only. I pray this approach will take one day soon with audio fiction books.

I really enjoyed this book! I do agree with other reviews in that it was slow to start. Then I was hooked. I looked forward to my house chores and making dinner so I could listen. I just love the faith woven through the story in a way that is relatable. Fabulous author!!

Amazing story just loved it

God is good!!

slow to start

Absolutely love this book. Feels like I know Hadassa and it almost feels like she is so real. A great story! Have read/listened to it twice already.

One of my favorites!! Compelling story about a girl growing in her faith as she faces challenges that are present in today's world. Great read for renewing one's own faith.

Love Francine Rivers!! Her books bring to life the history of the Bible along with man\'s every day struggles and how we can over come them!!

I’ve read this book and I’ve now listened to it. The book is captivating and so so good. I struggled with wanting to listen to this narrator but quickly found that if I changed the speed of the reading to x1.25, I could get on board. I do agree that some of the female characters were not done justice by the narrator.