Beautiful Curse

In a world where each person is gifted, all Alyssia wants is to discover her strength. Her best friend tries to point her to her Creator, but she wants nothing to do with the One she feels has abandoned her. Jaden Cross sees her power, so similar to his gift. Can he convince her to join him? To rise in strength, so she never again feels alone?Or will perfect love open her eyes to truly see? Reviews:"I really liked Beautiful Curse.
Very creative and exciting. I really liked the ending especially! The characters were intriguing... overall it was a great read." ~ Belle Hignight"Beautiful Curse by Naomi Sowell is an outstanding young adult fictional read. Naomi has a way with symbolism and parable, and manages to take complex topics such as theodicy, human purpose, spiritual warfare, and personal trauma and wrap them up into a perfectly digestible read with a touch of fantasy and romance, and a whole lot of God's Love.
Without giving too much away, it's important to know just how satisfying this story is. Though it was written to be a short story, it conveyed so much meaning, emotion, and purpose that I was not dissatisfied at its brevity. Rather, I felt like I took in the message of the story better than I would have if it had been a 50, 000 word novel. This story was beautiful (and most certainly NOT a curse!), and it comes highly recommended." ~ Steven Sauls"In a society where the color of her eyes is thought evidence of evil, a young girl has to figure out how to let go of her differences and embrace who she is.
The differences and similarities of this society to our own are very well played out, and I love how Naomi used the curse to exemplify little things that we may do/say as Christians that are not acceptable to our society. We have to accept the fact that we are not the same, just as Alyssia must accept the fact that she's different for a reason. "Beautiful Curse" is a lovely story and I would totally recommend it to anyone!" ~ Shannon Voeller