This book was amazing.  I love the imaginative vision mixed with the cultural and historical research that Rice employs in order to bring the childhood Jesus to life.  I engaged with this book more than I did with The Shack (another recent read), but that’s probably because Anne Rice is a writer’s writer and she paints a picture without telling the reader what to think about it.  The book is not pedagogical but illustrative and Jesus of the Gospels comes alive–literally off the page for me–in such a refreshing way.  I’m glad Anne Rice came back to her Catholic roots and created this amazing literary work that can inspire one’s faith and relate to our Lord in a fresh way.  Check it out, folks!  It’s a really good read.