A young girl, Janet, is murdered and another little girl, Naya, is the key to finding her murderer in Preetham Granhi’s A Circle of Souls. Naya’s parents bring their daughter to the hospital after she nearly kills herself in a sleepwalking incident. Naya’s doctor, Peter, tries to help the little girl, but soon realizes that there is much more behind her sleepwalking and dreams. There may be a connection to the recent murder of a nine year old little girl and Naya’s dreams. Leia is an FBI agent whose specialty is missing children. She has come to find Janet’s murderer and with Peter and Naya’s help, she learns that not every answer can be seen.
A Circle of Souls is a well-written mystery with a spiritual twist. The title of the book could not be more perfect for this novel. The main characters all become connected as they try to find the murderer and the key to all of the pieces is a little girl who is finding the answers in her dreams.
There are several things about this novel that I think were really well done. The chapters are short as they go from character to character. In a thriller where part of the purpose is to keep you guessing this method of story writing works as you try and delve through the fact and characters. The distinct and clear writing made the novel easy to understand without giving away all of the answers.
The second part of the novel that I liked is the psychological depth of all of the characters. The analysis was not just of the murderer, but the main characters as well. There is a motive for each person whether that motive is pure of intention or is evil. Each person has their own motivations and this novel goes into each person’s character without sounding like they are being analyzed.
I did have a difficult time with the first chapter. The first chapter is written well, but it describes the murder of the little girl. There is nothing wrong with the chapter, but it did make me cringe as I read it and I was hoping that this was the only violence against kids, because it would be hard to read if it was. Good thing, it wasn’t. And frankly, I can get over the violence, but it just makes novels a little harder to read. When I became a mother any violence towards children (whether real or fiction) makes me a little weepy. I realize that this doesn’t make any sense, but I quit trying to make sense of motherhood when I became pregnant.
Overall, I really liked A Circle of Souls. The novel was well written and the twists in the novel kept you reading. There are a couple of spiritual connections in the novel that I thought were a bit unnecessary and/or could have been expanded on, but those things did not take away from the meaning of the book or the enjoyability of the read.
Book Source: Advanced Reader’s Copy from the author.
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Book Review: A Circle of Souls by Preetham Grandhi
A Circle of Souls is a well-written mystery with a spiritual twist. The title of the book could not be more perfect for this novel. The main characters all become connected as they try to find the murderer and the key to all of the pieces is a little girl who is finding the answers in her dreams.
There are several things about this novel that I think were really well done. The chapters are short as they go from character to character. In a thriller where part of the purpose is to keep you guessing this method of story writing works as you try and delve through the fact and characters. The distinct and clear writing made the novel easy to understand without giving away all of the answers.
The second part of the novel that I liked is the psychological depth of all of the characters. The analysis was not just of the murderer, but the main characters as well. There is a motive for each person whether that motive is pure of intention or is evil. Each person has their own motivations and this novel goes into each person’s character without sounding like they are being analyzed.
I did have a difficult time with the first chapter. The first chapter is written well, but it describes the murder of the little girl. There is nothing wrong with the chapter, but it did make me cringe as I read it and I was hoping that this was the only violence against kids, because it would be hard to read if it was. Good thing, it wasn’t. And frankly, I can get over the violence, but it just makes novels a little harder to read. When I became a mother any violence towards children (whether real or fiction) makes me a little weepy. I realize that this doesn’t make any sense, but I quit trying to make sense of motherhood when I became pregnant.
Overall, I really liked A Circle of Souls. The novel was well written and the twists in the novel kept you reading. There are a couple of spiritual connections in the novel that I thought were a bit unnecessary and/or could have been expanded on, but those things did not take away from the meaning of the book or the enjoyability of the read.
Book Source: Advanced Reader’s Copy from the author.
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