In book two of the “Freedom” series, readers find Mara fighting against her attraction to Bible college student Jonathan Flannery even while wrestling with risking her own precarious safety to become involved in the rescue of another girl who is pregnant and desperately wants to escape her captors and save her own life, as well as her child’s. Halfway around the world in a brothel in Thailand, a young girl is rescued with the promise of being reunited with her younger sister who was adopted by an interracial couple in the States, friends of Jonathan’s family. Meanwhile, Jefe—Mara’s uncle, who held her as a sex slave in his brothel in San Diego for years—seeks revenge for Mara’s testimony that put him behind bars for life. Will his underworld connections be successful in kidnapping and killing the girl who believes she has finally won her freedom?
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Award-winning author Kathi Macias has written more than 30 books, including the “Extreme Devotion” series of novels for New Hope Publishers. With women’s ministry as her primary interest, Kathi is a popular speaker for women’s retreats, conferences, and churches. A mother and grandmother, Kathi and her husband, Al, call California home.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Sex slavery. It's real, it's happening...and it needs to be stopped!
March 22, 2012
Format:Paperback
As with Deliver Me from Evil, Kathi Macias has penned another heart-wrenching story of modern-day sex slaves in the sequel, Special Delivery. This book is not to be read lightly--each scene that unfolds is constantly building tension and opening the eyes of the reader.
I always love revisiting characters, so was delighted when I discovered that Mara and Jonathan and his family were still key characters in Special Delivery. And the continuing story of Lawan's life as a sex slave in the Golden Triangle is really moving. While I thought Klahan was a bit weird in his infatuation with the ten year old girl, it was amazing--and beautiful--how God used this man in Lawan's life.
The first few chapters were, in my opinion, a bit rough to get through. There was a lot of back story woven in as each character makes an appearance for the first time. And even afterwards, I felt that sometimes the characters reminisced a bit much--there were some parts that felt redundant.
Regardless of this, however, I still found Special Delivery a captivating read. Each scene moved the story plot along and brought more suspense into the character's lives. Obviously, since this is a book about sex slavery, I would not recommend this book to younger readers. But, that said, I felt Macias did a wonderful job keeping the book as clean as possible.
The Freedom series is certainly one that must be read in order, in my opinion. While Lawan and Francesca's stories were very moving...Mara's story in Deliver Me from Evil touched me the most. So you need to read them in order to get the full impact of this series! I highly recommend both of these books to anyone who might be wondering about sex slavery in the 21st century. It's real, it happens...and it needs to be stopped. I commend Macias for trying to bring this awful business to our attention through her writings.
I reviewed this book for Pump Up Your Book. Thanks to the publishers for sending me a review copy. It was not required that I give a positive review, but solely to express my own thoughts and opinions of this book, which I have done.
I always love revisiting characters, so was delighted when I discovered that Mara and Jonathan and his family were still key characters in Special Delivery. And the continuing story of Lawan's life as a sex slave in the Golden Triangle is really moving. While I thought Klahan was a bit weird in his infatuation with the ten year old girl, it was amazing--and beautiful--how God used this man in Lawan's life.
The first few chapters were, in my opinion, a bit rough to get through. There was a lot of back story woven in as each character makes an appearance for the first time. And even afterwards, I felt that sometimes the characters reminisced a bit much--there were some parts that felt redundant.
Regardless of this, however, I still found Special Delivery a captivating read. Each scene moved the story plot along and brought more suspense into the character's lives. Obviously, since this is a book about sex slavery, I would not recommend this book to younger readers. But, that said, I felt Macias did a wonderful job keeping the book as clean as possible.
The Freedom series is certainly one that must be read in order, in my opinion. While Lawan and Francesca's stories were very moving...Mara's story in Deliver Me from Evil touched me the most. So you need to read them in order to get the full impact of this series! I highly recommend both of these books to anyone who might be wondering about sex slavery in the 21st century. It's real, it happens...and it needs to be stopped. I commend Macias for trying to bring this awful business to our attention through her writings.
I reviewed this book for Pump Up Your Book. Thanks to the publishers for sending me a review copy. It was not required that I give a positive review, but solely to express my own thoughts and opinions of this book, which I have done.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Special Delivery picks up with some of the characters from "Deliver Me From Evil." We follow a young lady Mara who has the opportunity to start living a life free from her captors. Is she truly free? The author also brings our attention to Lawan just a slip of a girl at the tender age of 10. This girl suffers a lot of horror and pain at the hands of her captor. What will become of her? Then we have a 14 year old named Francesca who has been shown no mercy by the men who come and pay for her services. Will she ever be reunited with her family?
Author Kathi Macias paints for us a picture of what human trafficking is like. She doesn't sugar coat it. We read about the horrors of it; the evilness of it; Satan working at his best.
I went through a gamut of emotions while reading this book. First you hope that this can't possibly be true but deep down you know that it is happening for real in our country as well as others. I felt angry, great sadness and even happiness when I finally saw some hope in the lives of some of these characters. This hope arrived through rescuers and interventions. There are people out there who truly care.
Thank you Kathi for bringing God into your books. We always have hope through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Without that hope we have nothing.
I am looking forward to reading the next book in this Freedom Series called "The Deliverer."
I am honored Kathi that you sent me this book to read. You didn't ask for a review of it. I am reviewing it on my own because I want people to be aware of your books and the impact that they have made in my life. Blessings my friend!
Author Kathi Macias paints for us a picture of what human trafficking is like. She doesn't sugar coat it. We read about the horrors of it; the evilness of it; Satan working at his best.
I went through a gamut of emotions while reading this book. First you hope that this can't possibly be true but deep down you know that it is happening for real in our country as well as others. I felt angry, great sadness and even happiness when I finally saw some hope in the lives of some of these characters. This hope arrived through rescuers and interventions. There are people out there who truly care.
Thank you Kathi for bringing God into your books. We always have hope through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Without that hope we have nothing.
I am looking forward to reading the next book in this Freedom Series called "The Deliverer."
I am honored Kathi that you sent me this book to read. You didn't ask for a review of it. I am reviewing it on my own because I want people to be aware of your books and the impact that they have made in my life. Blessings my friend!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By melody earle
Format:Paperback
Special Delivery is the second book in the Frrdom series on human-trafficking by Kathi Macias. Kathi has done an outstanding job of connecting this book with the previous one. Book two is about Mara and her life while living as a freed person from sexual slavery and working as a waitress in San Francisco,and it also includes the characters that were instrumental in her getting free from her uncle. Will Mara and Johnathan meet again? Meanwhile the uncle has been given a life sentence for his involvement in human-trafficking and has devised a way to punish Mara for his downfall. Will Mara be saved fron his wrath? With great tenacity, Kathi has written another wonderful book that raises awareness of human-trafficking and how it may affect an individual, or individuals long after they have been set free. I highly recommend this book.
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Kathi Macias writes books which make me rethink many things in my life. The subjects which she covers are many that authors tend to avoid. Read more
Published 27 days ago by calliegh
5.0 out of 5 stars
Special Delivery.
I am grateful to Kathi Macias and New Hope for giving me a copy of this book to review. Special Delivery continues the story of Mara, 17 year old sex trafficked victim from Mexico... Read more
Published 4 months ago by TheophilusFarrell4
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mide boggling
this addresses a subject hard to imagine even exists and helps us to become aware of what others are going through behind the scenes. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Cathy Heard
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New Book for Christmas
Kathi Macias is one of my favorite authors this year. Her stories are well written and have a Christian theme. I have read several and this is one of my favorite. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Romelia H. Adams
5.0 out of 5 stars
Heart-wrenching Read
Gripping, compelling, realistic, and heart-wrenching, "Special Delivery: Freedom Series # 2"by Kathi Macias catapults the reader into the story begun in "Deliver Me from Evil:... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Cassandra Wessel
5.0 out of 5 stars
Breath of Life
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Didn't think that I could get into another book quite like this again. Due to the fact that I cried and was so moved by the first book in the series that I just... Read more
Didn't think that I could get into another book quite like this again. Due to the fact that I cried and was so moved by the first book in the series that I just... Read more
Published 7 months ago by Kim Justice
5.0 out of 5 stars
page-turning fiction
In Special Delivery, the second book of her freedom series, Kathi Macias once again tackles one of the largest problems in our society today--human trafficking. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Susan T. Osborn
4.0 out of 5 stars
Wonder how strong you faith is?
Special Delivery continues the story of Mara, a girl illegally transported across the border from Mexico and forced into this scene by her own Tio (uncle). Read more
Published 9 months ago by Anne Baxter Campbell
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Powerful and Compelling
Mara, who escaped her uncle's brothel and by testifying helped put him behind bars, is doing her best to build a new life. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Cathy Gohlke
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Special Delivery by: Kathi Macias
Special Delivery by: Kathi Macias is a tale of redeeming love through the violence and terror of sexual slavery. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Mary E Foster
