Sarah Ettritch’s The Deiform Fellowship Two: The Cult is the second in the The Deiform Fellowship series. I thought the premise a bit odd but the title of the first intrigued me and so I gave it a try.
I wrote my review of The Atheist: The Deiform Fellowship One less than a week ago and as I was writing I was thinking about how good this book was and that maybe I should try the second in the series.
I should mention (for the benefit of those who haven’t read my review yet) that Deiforms are agents of God (or at least believe that to be true) and the main character in The Atheist is Jillian. And there is an interesting conflict of beliefs since Jillian is an atheist.
One of the nice things about the Kindle version is that before you buy the book, Amazon gives you a free sample which arrives on your Kindle very soon after you request it. So I liked the sample and was surprised that it was so large (between 2 and 3 chapters as I remember). So I decided to buy and soon after the full book was on my Kindle.
I don’t like to give too much detail about the plot as I think that is a bit of a spoiler when you are reading a mystery. But very briefly, the Deiform Fellowship sends in Jillian to investigate a cult when ex-members of the cult die under suspicious circumstances. And if you’ve read about the first in the series you know that Jillian is an atheist. (You did read my review of The Atheist, didn’t you?).
So in The Cult you have strong characters as in The Atheist. And you have the tension between the religious and non-religious views in both books. The tension is more pronounced in The Cult since Jillian is living and working with the Deiform Fellowship and still an atheist.
In some series, the order of reading is not so important. In this series I think it is important. So I suggest start with The Atheist, move on to The Cult, and then if you are lucky the third in The Deiform Fellowship series will be available.
Have you ever wondered how God keeps the world on track and things going the way He wants them to? What if there was a secret agency like the CIA or FBI only it worked for God? Well, that is what THE DEIFORM FELLOWSHIP ONE: THE ATHIEST tells us, while broaching hidden subjects along the way.In this first story, we are introduced to Jillian, a new candidate for employment with them. The only problem is Jillian is an atheist and she doesn’t believe them when they’re attempting to recruit her. Like all good flawed characters, Jillian had a traumatic experience which has left her scarred for life and as a result has dramatically influenced the way she lives her adult life. Jillian is a loner who avoids real life and any remote chance of being hurt at all costs. She has just been accused of murdering two people, she was working undercover to convict, and somehow must get her name cleared before she can do anything else. It is the deiform fellowship which helps her clear her name and forces her to take a good look at herself in the process.To me, this story, although mechanically there, was more generalised outline than delineated story. It gave me brief information, but I would have liked to seen more character development, especially with Roberta, Sam, Jillian and her dad etc and more history between the beguilers and deiforms themselves. More information on specific beguilers? Who were they? After all, they have a history just like the rest of us. How did they first start? When did they come into being? What made someone choose to be a beguiler? On the other hand, it did get me to thinking of the Jews at Megiddo and if the outcome does justify getting the job done without regard to how you do it. I wondered whether or not, God would care at how we accomplish things in our lives.
Thanks for commenting. It good book and thought provoking.