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A review by cmcgowan76
Sacrificial Lamb Cake by Katrina Monroe
4.0
Oh. My. God.
Rain Johnson escaped the insanity of her radical environmentalist family, only to end up waitressing for a living. Her scale of success—with her at the bottom—only goes as high as that college degree she never got, until she gets one hell of an epiphany from a Trinity Corporation public-relations guy who calls himself Jude. He tells her she’s the Lamb of God, and it’s time for that whole Second Coming thing. But when her first minor miracle gets her arrested and an ecoterrorist using the name Messiah starts blowing up pesticide plants, Rain and Judas are in for way more apocalypse than either of them expected.
Jude scrambles to save his personal plan for salvation, but Lucy, the devil herself, has her own well-laid plans. It doesn’t matter that Rain’s a conflict-avoiding lesbian and Jude is history’s worst traitor. They’re all that stands between humanity and an end of the world that wasn’t supposed to happen.
The Review - I did not star this because I don't believe in tarnishing an author's ratings on Goodreads just because I didn't love it:
This book falls under the "satire and humor" category, but I confess I did not find it either. Because I believe the writing is sound and the structure of the novel has merit, I'm sharing the review but I want to emphatically note the content was not for me. To me, this is blasphemous. There is a story of redemption in here, but I simply could not get past the cussing disciples (and it's not like I believe Christianity is defined by my use of foul language - in fact, I'm glad it's not) so the redemption was difficult to ferret out. The premise of a modern day Judas seeking the fulfillment of his soul is a plausible idea; the presentation of it simply did not appeal to me.
But I believe all literature has merit and thought so I want to share where you can purchase or read the novel and form your own opinion. Katrina Monroe has witty prose and a sharp-tongue for writing, I just wish the subject had been different. This book would NOT shy me away from other writings by her, but I do hope for a less sensitive concept.
Here are the links where the book is available:
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Sacrificial-Lamb-Cake-Katrina-Monroe-ebook/dp/B00SHTY020//tag=redadeppubl-20%22
Barnes & Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/sacrificial-lamb-cake-katrina-monroe/1121227819?ean=2940151539258
Kobo: https://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/ebook/sacrificial-lamb-cake
Apple: https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/id961467507
Google: https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Katrina_Monroe_Sacrificial_Lamb_Cake?id=U1VnBgAAQBAJ
And to read more about Katrina Monroe:
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23352504-sacrificial-lamb-cake
Author page on RAP: http://redadeptpublishing.com/#!/Monroe-Katrina/c/12029173/offset=0&sort=normal
Rain Johnson escaped the insanity of her radical environmentalist family, only to end up waitressing for a living. Her scale of success—with her at the bottom—only goes as high as that college degree she never got, until she gets one hell of an epiphany from a Trinity Corporation public-relations guy who calls himself Jude. He tells her she’s the Lamb of God, and it’s time for that whole Second Coming thing. But when her first minor miracle gets her arrested and an ecoterrorist using the name Messiah starts blowing up pesticide plants, Rain and Judas are in for way more apocalypse than either of them expected.
Jude scrambles to save his personal plan for salvation, but Lucy, the devil herself, has her own well-laid plans. It doesn’t matter that Rain’s a conflict-avoiding lesbian and Jude is history’s worst traitor. They’re all that stands between humanity and an end of the world that wasn’t supposed to happen.
The Review - I did not star this because I don't believe in tarnishing an author's ratings on Goodreads just because I didn't love it:
This book falls under the "satire and humor" category, but I confess I did not find it either. Because I believe the writing is sound and the structure of the novel has merit, I'm sharing the review but I want to emphatically note the content was not for me. To me, this is blasphemous. There is a story of redemption in here, but I simply could not get past the cussing disciples (and it's not like I believe Christianity is defined by my use of foul language - in fact, I'm glad it's not) so the redemption was difficult to ferret out. The premise of a modern day Judas seeking the fulfillment of his soul is a plausible idea; the presentation of it simply did not appeal to me.
But I believe all literature has merit and thought so I want to share where you can purchase or read the novel and form your own opinion. Katrina Monroe has witty prose and a sharp-tongue for writing, I just wish the subject had been different. This book would NOT shy me away from other writings by her, but I do hope for a less sensitive concept.
Here are the links where the book is available:
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Sacrificial-Lamb-Cake-Katrina-Monroe-ebook/dp/B00SHTY020//tag=redadeppubl-20%22
Barnes & Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/sacrificial-lamb-cake-katrina-monroe/1121227819?ean=2940151539258
Kobo: https://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/ebook/sacrificial-lamb-cake
Apple: https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/id961467507
Google: https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Katrina_Monroe_Sacrificial_Lamb_Cake?id=U1VnBgAAQBAJ
And to read more about Katrina Monroe:
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23352504-sacrificial-lamb-cake
Author page on RAP: http://redadeptpublishing.com/#!/Monroe-Katrina/c/12029173/offset=0&sort=normal