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Illusion by Frank Peretti

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If you’re a fan of mind bending, cutting edge, suspense, “Whoa hold up, did that really just happen?” novels with faith as the underlying foundation, then Frank Peretti’s newest novel Illusion is a book you won’t want to miss. Since it’s release earlier this month, Illusion has already hit the New York Times best seller list.

About this book, from frankperetti.com
Dane and Mandy, a popular magic act for forty years, are tragically separated by a car wreck that claims Mandy’s life—or so everyone thinks. Even as Dane mourns and tries to rebuild his life without her, Mandy, supposedly dead, awakes in the present as the nineteen-year-old she was in 1970. Distraught and disoriented in what to her is the future, she is confined to a mental ward until she discovers a magical ability to pass invisibly through time and space to escape. Alone in a strange world, she uses her mysterious powers to eke out a living, performing magic on the streets and in a quaint coffee shop. 
Hoping to discover an exciting new talent, Dane ventures into the coffee shop and is transfixed by the magic he sees, illusions that even he, a seasoned professional, cannot explain. But more than anything, he is emotionally devastated by this teenager who has never met him, doesn’t know him, is certainly not in love with him, but is in every respect identical to the young beauty he first met and married some forty years earlier. 
They begin a furtive relationship as mentor and protégée, but even as Dane tries to sort out who she really is and she tries to understand why she is drawn to him, they are watched by secretive interests who not only possess the answers to Mandy’s powers and misplacement in time but also the roguish ability to decide what will become of her. 
Frank Peretti has crafted a rich, rewarding story of love and life, loss and restoration, full of twists and mystery. Exceptionally well written, Illusion will soon prove another Peretti classic.
My Take on Illusion- 

Illusion is the first novel by Frank Peretti that I’ve ever read. After reading it, I can honestly say it won’t be the last.

I love books that take me on an emotional roller coaster, and challenge my mind at the same time. Illusion is not a book I could read a lot of at one time the way I usually do. I had to take it in bite sized pieces, because it was a lot to process. I’ll be honest, the first quarter of the book almost lost me, because it was a little slow and a bit confusing at times. However, I pushed through, and I’m so happy that I did. Once I got over that “hump” I was hooked. I connected with the characters, found myself rooting for Dane and Mandy, wanting them to figure out what in the world was going on. It was so well written, that although I thought I knew how it was going to end, I actually didn’t predict the ending at all. 
I feel like I spent part of the book looking too hard for the bigger picture. Looking for that “ah ha” God moment, and I really never got it. It wasn’t until I was finished reading, and contemplated it for a bit that it occurred to me that the love portrayed in Illusion between the two characters is a reflection of how Jesus searches for his bride with an everlasting and eternal love that exceeds anything our mind can fathom. 
I do highly recommend this book, in fact I’ve already passed my copy along to my sister in hopes that she loves it as much as I did. 
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  1. Tara Oliver says

    I love a good novel and this one sounds really interesting. I've heard good things about his books!

  3. Jennifer says

    Absolutely love books with twists and turns and not knowing what's going to happen next! Soounds like this is my kinda book!

  7. Anonymous says

    my friend said that this was one of her favorite authors and i'd love to take a look!

  11. Robin says

    I haven't read anything of his, and would like to based on your review
    robinlscott4 at hotmail dot com

  17. Daniel M says

    sounds like my kinda book, wish I could escape through time and space – regnod(at)yahoo(d0t)com