Book Review: Not By Might

Not By Might by Al Lacy jumps into the story without much introduction.  It is a novel of historical fiction set in the Old West circa 1860’s.   It was a little hard to get into this book.  After the first 50 pages, I found the story very engaging.   The author takes the opportunity to explain faith in Jesus twice.   There is also scripture used as encouragement to the characters in the story.   The romance in this book is sometimes almost sugary sweet, but always chaste.   I was surprised the author was a man.  This book is the 8^th in a series, but can easily stand alone.  

The reader could feel one of too ways about this book.   There is a lot of prosthelytizing in the book.   I did not mind it.   Depending on the reader’s faith they could be either encouraged or turned off by it.   The doctrine put forth in the book is biblically accurate.   While I typically don’t read western novels, I would read another book by this author. 

I received this book for the purposes of review from Multnomah Waterbrook Publishers.   All opinions expressed are my own.