Ann Rice's Of Love and Evil is a novel but short enough, at just 172 pages, to be read in one day. Just because this novel is short does not mean that it is not full of intrigue, action and emotion. Rice expertly weaves a story about choices and love.
The story revolves around Toby O'Dare who is a former government assassin. Because of the choices he made earlier in life, in that line of work, he now has to atone for those sins. He has been summoned by an angel to work off his debt. O'Dare would like to be able to live a normal life, with the woman he loves and his child, but first he must make amends by solving a mystery from fifteenth century Rome. The reader is transported back in time, with Toby, into a dark world of religion and persecution.
In this fantastical world, we are drawn into Toby's dark secrets and his desires to be forgiven. The characters are rich and the reader is sympathetic to them. This novel at it's essence is a mystery, but it is so much more than that and in the end it is a story about hope. Rice is very good at mixing dark with light. I recommend this one.
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