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This book! This book! This book! Wow! I'm not saying this in a mean way, but a lot of historical Christian novels are just plain cheesy. They are the same story, with a slightly different setting, But "The Mark of the King" by Jocelyn Green is in a standard all it's own. It's rich in details that dare to "go there." It's not all wrapped in a pretty bow, it can be rare & beautiful all at the same time! This is the first time that I have read any of her work & if her other books are anything like this, I have truly been missing out!
"The Mark of the King" is such an unique setting & one that I'm sure most are not familiar with. It begins in Paris, France in 1719 with a young midwife Julianne. She finds herself in a situation that lands her prison. In order to hopefully find freedom & her brother. She trades her life in prison to exile to the French colony in America.And I'm not going to spoil anything else, because the element of surprise is what is so good about this book!

I rarely read a book & think it should be turned into a film or TV series...But this one should!

I received this book from Bethany House for my honest review.


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The Mark of the King Jocelyn Green 9780764219061 Books Reviews

The Mark of the King, is a historical fiction from the Christian fiction genre. There are some Christian fiction that just doesn't give me the emotional depth I love in a story but this book proved differently. The story and characters sent me through a gamut of emotions from the beginning to the end.

The reader follows Julianne's life from France to the Louisiana territory found at the mouth of the Mississippi River during the early 1720s. Julianne is a midwife in France who becomes sentenced to a women's prison due to being falsely accused of murder. True to the times, Julianne is branded with a fleur-de-lis so to bear the mark of the king of France. This branding was a life sentence that meant she was owned by the king and he could do what he wanted with her. She was exempt from capital punishment to be the midwife for the women's prison.

Also true to history, the French government both allowed and forced convicts to leave France for the French territory to help populate and colonize the area. Julianne traded her life sentence of prison for freedom in the French territory. Her only living family member, her brother Benjamin, was already in Louisiana so Julianne's decision was partly to find and be re-united with him.

Though Julianne found legal freedom, the brand on her arm didn't provide a life of freedom. That brand was the symbol of human judgment for the great sin she was accused of and the people around her didn't let her forget it resulting in further unjust judgment, resentment and more punishment. But there was one man, Marc-Paul, who saw her as a daughter of The King and wanted to show her the grace she deserved not only from a fellow sinner as himself but also from her Heavenly Father.

"He followed the law, he stayed alive by the law, and he punished those who broke it. But ever since he met Julianne Chevalier, a hunger for something more had grown in him. Grace. He craved grace. For her, and for himself."

Julianne's story continues as she tries to live in the unforgiving, tough, rugged Louisiana territory while overcoming her own demons the mark of the king brought upon her. Just when you think she has suffered enough, her heart is broken again. Emotional, raw heartbreak.

"Loss had fallen three times upon her, three cruel blows to the same raw heart that had not had time to heal from the last."

Through much heartache and through grace, Julianne finally overcomes the mark of the king.

"God owes you nothing, and yet He made you His daughter. You are a child of the King; it is His image you bear. King Louis marked you with judgment, but the King of Kings covers you with grace. Whose mark will you now display?"

This story is based on historical events of the time mixed with mild fictional romance. I learned much of the Louisiana territory that I had not known. I now have a simple idea of how New Orleans and the people there came to be. But not only does this book teach history, it teaches God's grace in even among the most cruel injustices one can experience here on Earth.

For the sensitive reader there several elements to be aware of while there are no sexual scenes, there are implied ones. There is detailed punishment through public flogging that may be a bit gory for some. There's also detailed war peril from Native American attacks. The reader will experience scenes of infant loss and scenes of child birth. There is no vulgar language. There is one circumstance at the end I found to be a bit too coincidental as part of the ending but full of suspense even so.

I cried, I smiled, I continued reading with great anticipation of what was about to happen. The book drew me in from the beginning and held me captive till the end. This book will be one my favorites list and one of my favorites for this year.

(I think the cover is beautiful, too.)
Five stars because this riveting story gripped my heart, interest, and imagination. Five stars for diligent research. Five stars for accurately portraying the Mississippi basin setting at New Orleans. Five stars for well developed and believable characters. Five stars for transporting the reader into another era. Five stars for discretely and carefully weaving a faith component into this book. Five stars for believability and discretion in dealing with sensitive topics and scenes. This reviewer heartily recommends "The Mark of The King" for young and older adults alike. A word of caution to those with tender sensibilities, this book contains necessary violence and does accurately describe early frontier war practices, some being rather bloody.The only steamy element is the temperature along the Louisiana bayou. Jocelyn Green has done it again with a great historical read.
This was the first book I have read by Jocelyn Green, and I chose it because of my love for historical fiction. While I relearned a great deal (most of it negative) about the French and their first settlements in Louisiana, the graphic violence and torture depicted throughout the book were just too depressing for me. There were few moments when I was glad I was reading this novel, and that is unusual for me. While the Christian aspect was present in some characters, the cruelty and violence of the era as depicted in this story seemed overwhelming, and continued throughout the book. I wouldn't recommend this book to any of my book-loving friends, because I truly did not enjoy reading it myself. Even though I considered not finishing it several times, something I rarely do, I kept on reading to the end... and frankly was glad when it was over. Now I hope I can eventually erase some of the more violently depicted scenes from my memory.
This book! This book! This book! Wow! I'm not saying this in a mean way, but a lot of historical Christian novels are just plain cheesy. They are the same story, with a slightly different setting, But "The Mark of the King" by Jocelyn Green is in a standard all it's own. It's rich in details that dare to "go there." It's not all wrapped in a pretty bow, it can be rare & beautiful all at the same time! This is the first time that I have read any of her work & if her other books are anything like this, I have truly been missing out!
"The Mark of the King" is such an unique setting & one that I'm sure most are not familiar with. It begins in Paris, France in 1719 with a young midwife Julianne. She finds herself in a situation that lands her prison. In order to hopefully find freedom & her brother. She trades her life in prison to exile to the French colony in America.And I'm not going to spoil anything else, because the element of surprise is what is so good about this book!

I rarely read a book & think it should be turned into a film or TV series...But this one should!

I received this book from Bethany House for my honest review.