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Alana C. Marks is passionate about infusing Biblical principles in her writings. She loves the challenge of creating stories that are not just riveting but relatable and encourages readers to contemplate spiritual things. Redemption and restoration are themes she’s woven into all her novels. She hopes those who read her books will be strengthened and inspired by the light of His eternal love.
Alana has always been an avid writer since she was an adolescent. Her letters, poems, short stories, and essays were often shared with family and friends. She’s excited to now share her zeal for writing. Alana currently lives in Ohio but loves to travel abroad. Aside from writing, she also loves to cook and bake, practice the violin and piano, spend quality time with her children, and go for long bike rides down Metropark trails.
Reviewed by K.C. Finn for Readers' Favorite
Unbroken Bones: Greater Love, Book One by Alana C Marks is a heartfelt, faith-filled YA adventure that merges mystery, supernatural elements, and spiritual allegory into a captivating tale. When Natasha discovers a cryptic map hidden inside her grandmother’s Bible, it sparks a journey that transcends time, space, and ordinary understanding. Alongside an unlikely team including a skeptical classmate and a troubled mentor, Natasha begins to uncover secrets about her family, her faith, and a battle far greater than she imagined. Meanwhile, John wrestles with personal demons and a difficult home life, unaware that his pain is leading him toward a redemptive destiny. In another realm, Matthias, a newly appointed guardian angel, prepares for a mission that will entwine his fate with theirs. As light and darkness clash, each character is drawn into a divine mystery centered on grace, love, and purpose.
Author Alana C Marks brings a whole new level of energy to the spiritual awakening genre with this exciting and adventurous novel. It’s a hard sell to pitch a YA work with such strength of faith and have it still be edgy and compelling, but Marks achieves it time and again with twisting chapters that lead to new surprises and keep us guessing at every turn. There’s also a fantastic sense of emotional investment in Natasha and her gang as they discover new truths about themselves, and the well-paced plot lets them rise to new challenges to naturally find new strengths they didn’t know they possessed. The surrounding cast of strong characters, real emotional stakes, and a powerful message of grace sink in realistically, too, with a well-considered blend of earthly realism and celestial wonder that creates a compelling and unique narrative voice that is consistently warm and confident. All of this makes for a standout debut that shows how faith, courage, and love can illuminate even the darkest paths and introduces readers to a really promising author. Overall, Unbroken Bones is a spiritually charged mystery that teens and adults alike will find deeply engaging and inspiring, and I would certainly recommend it.
