I am thrilled to bring you my review of The Healer by Sharon Thompson today. The book is Sharon’s second and if you haven’t read her first book, The Abandoned, I highly recommend it too. The Healer releases in ebook and paperback today and is sure to be another bestseller. Below you will find the book cover followed by my review.
The Healer by Sharon Thompson
“anyone who reads this book will be in for a thrill of a ride” Amanda Evans – Reviewer
How do you escape a life of conflict and abuse?
Being a young girl in 1940’s Ireland isn’t easy for Molly, especially since she isn’t like others. Her family and community are wary of the beautiful child.
As Molly becomes a teenager life gets harder and she loses faith in everything.
Molly is surrounded in danger. She must make choices. But will she chose the right path or is she doomed to a life of misery? Will she survive in a world of violence and crime? Will The Healer ever be healed?
Sharon Thompson is also the author of the critically acclaimed, thriller The Abandoned. The Healer is a dark and suspenseful family drama which will appeal to fans of authors like; Stuart Turton, Tana French and Anthony Horowitz.
The Healer – My Review
There are books that tell a story and there are books that touch your heart. The Healer and Molly’s story is the later. I finished this book in one sitting because I couldn’t put it down and as I closed it, I did so with happy tears in my eyes.
If you’ve read Sharon Thompson’s book, The Abandoned, you will be familiar with the character of Molly, and in The Healer, we get her story and the answers to questions that may have left you wondering what happened to her after she left Peggy’s house in The Abandoned. The Healer is a book that deals with some very dark topics and the author does an amazing job of taking the reader into the mind of young Molly without being too graphic. My skin crawled quite a few times during some of the scenes and as I read I became young Molly and journey with her as she struggled to find her place in the world and deal with the harsh realities of being different. There were characters that wanted the best for Molly and those that wanted to use her gifts for greed and power. Throughout the book, I felt Molly’s pain, her frustration, her hopelessness, and her never wavering faith that she would find her way home. I don’t like to give spoilers in my reviews but I will say anyone who reads this book will be in for a thrill of a ride as they skirt the dangers Molly has to face and go through the traumas that being different brings her. A powerful story filled with despair, grief, and hope for a better life.
This book is sure to put Ms Thompson back on the bestseller list and will be a much talked about book among my circle of friends and writers.
Available now in ebook and paperback from Amazon and all other retailers.
Until next time,
Keep reading and writing,
Amanda
Amanda J Evans is an award-winning Irish author and writing coach. Amanda writes adult romance that often crosses into paranormal and fantasy. Growing up with heroes like Luke Skywalker and Indiana Jones, her stories centre on good versus evil with a splice of love and magic thrown in too. Her books have all won awards and her novella, Hear Me Cry, won the Book of the Year Award at the Dublin Writers Conference 2018. Amanda is also the author of Surviving Suicide: A Memoir from Those Death Left Behind, published in 2012.
