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The Looking Glass: A Novel (The Locket Series)

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I read and brought this book a few years ago and I love it now as much as I did back then. It is a very special book that is both spiritual and romantic. It might not have the ending that everyone wanted, but I feel that if the book had ended any other way, it would not have been as good. I cried at the end of the book and once in a while a pick it up and read it again.

This thoughtful work was a total surprise to me. The author has a unique style and possesses a marvelous ability with words. Stretching the contemporary vocabulary is rare and appreciated. The story is believable, engaging and thought provoking.

The Looking Glass is a welcomed addition to the literary works of Richard Paul Evans, a typically touching and emotion filled volume from this wonderful author. I was especially pleased to discover an album of piano music by the same name, The Looking Glass, which I found contributes immensely to one's feelings as the book is read. The music helps the memory and lessons of the book linger, well beyond the hours spent reading.

Richard Paul Evans is a gifted and talented author of inspirational and insightful tales. This book fulfills those goals. This is a story of two people in need of trust, faith, hope and love. A man who has lost so much in his life discovers a young woman who never had much to loose. Hunter is a preacher turned gambler. He has turned his back on God due to the death of his wife and child. Hunter is accused of a murder that he didn't commit. Quaye is a young girl from a starving Irish family, whose father "sold" her to a man, Jack, on his way to America. The husband turns out to be an extremely abusive man interested only in gold and money. Quaye accepts her life as the only possibility, no matter how horrible. hunter and Quaye are thrown together in a blizzard. They learn and discover things about themselves when viewed through the others eyes. The story was well written. The details of place and time were wonderful. The only disappointment was... this was the first novel of Richard Paul Evans that did not move me tears with it's lessons on life.

This is a good book for self-perspective second thoughts. It is also a picture of human nature which seems to flow through all of Richard Paul Evan's books. I find his characters believable, and more down-to-earth.....you don't always get the storybook happy ending....but you get what feels to be the right ending once it comes.

A wonderful love story and about the endurance of the human spirit. Be ready to get the kleenex out. You will need it sooner or later.

This is the first book I have read by Richard Paul Evans and can not wait to get my hands on his other books. You can feel deep down in your heart the agony and then love between Quaye and Hunter as described by R.P.Evans. I would love to see this come out as a movie and plan on buying the audio version of this book!

I loved The Looking Glass. It was a workbook for my soul. Quaye is someone any woman can relate to. She had to go through a lot of difficulties but by the end of the book she had learned how to love and how to be loved. She let go of her fears and saw herself as she truly was.

Thank you RIchard Paul Evans for another great novel.

Perhaps because I am newly divorced, i loved this story. I wished Hunter could have lived a little longer ultimately. Quaye reminded me of women who just keep taking and feeling that perhaps this is their lot. I was glad that Hunter let her know that she is entitled to love. The way he said it was beautiful. What a beautiful love story.

This book was one of my most favorite of Richard Paul Evans. I have now read ALL of his books, and enjoyed them all very much. I am so glad that he had this spiritual urge/need to write the first book (The Christmas Box) and of all the good that he has done from that. He continues to be a wonderful author and I am so thankful that he does write and bring such pleasure to all of his readers. However, this book is my most favorite and I've gotten my Mom to read all of them as well. I could not put it down and just read and read (usually through tears). He tells such a wonderful story, and I guess I was naive in wanting a HAPPY ENDING. So did my Mom, but I think it had to end this way because it made a great deal of sense and seemed so much more poignant. Anyone who really enjoys reading should take the time to read this one, as you would most certainly enjoy it.