Auralia's Colors by Jeffrey Overstreet
Jeffrey Overstreet's "AURALIA'S COLORS" is a delightful fantasy novel
where four great Houses have forgotten their distant past and
connection to one another. In particular, House Abascar has banished
color from their daily lives at the behest of a jealous queen. The
lives of the people have lost all joy, celebration, meaning. The
Wintering of House Abascar threatens to bring down the kingdom itself.
Then a mysterious, young orphan girl begins to harness the colors of
Auralia's Colors may be the salvation of this House or its very
undoing!
I thoroughly enjoyed "Auralia's Colors." Overstreet's prose is as
lyrical as poetry. There are some unconventional literary things going
on, but unless you are a literary pharisee, it's nothing that should
detract from the story. I would highly recommend the novel, but there
is a question that arises for me having read it and one I would love
to have discussion over.
"Where is the Christianity in Auralia's Colors?"
I've honestly searched for the allegory, the veiled references to
faith, redemption, Christ, God, even the basic good versus evil, and
I've not found them. This prompts me to wondering: does Christian
Fiction need to be Christian? I'd love opinions on it!
In the meantime, get Auralia's Colors for yourself, it's a wonderful
story!
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