Title: Together Forever
Author: Judy Hedlund
My rating: 2 stars
Synopsis:
Will the mistakes of their past cost them a chance at love?
Determined to find her lost younger sister, Marianne Neumann takes a job as a placing agent with the Children's Aid Society in 1858 New York. She not only hopes to offer children a better life, but prays she'll be able to discover whether Sophie ended up leaving the city on an orphan train so they can finally be reunited.
Andrew Brady, her fellow agent on her first placing-out trip, is a former schoolteacher who has an easy way with children, firm but tender and friendly. Underneath his charm and handsome looks, though, seems to linger a grief that won't go away--and a secret from his past that he keeps hidden.
As the two team up, placing orphans in the small railroad towns of Illinois, they find themselves growing ever closer . . . until a shocking tragedy threatens to upend all their work and change one of their lives forever.
Determined to find her lost younger sister, Marianne Neumann takes a job as a placing agent with the Children's Aid Society in 1858 New York. She not only hopes to offer children a better life, but prays she'll be able to discover whether Sophie ended up leaving the city on an orphan train so they can finally be reunited.
Andrew Brady, her fellow agent on her first placing-out trip, is a former schoolteacher who has an easy way with children, firm but tender and friendly. Underneath his charm and handsome looks, though, seems to linger a grief that won't go away--and a secret from his past that he keeps hidden.
As the two team up, placing orphans in the small railroad towns of Illinois, they find themselves growing ever closer . . . until a shocking tragedy threatens to upend all their work and change one of their lives forever.
My Review:
I was so excited to finally join Bethany House reviews and this book's synopsis looked perfect.
Unfortunately, the book did not live up to my expectations at all.
Disclaimer: I did not finish the book. All thoughts are based on the first few chapters and what I skim read. I tried to only base my review on things I had read, not thing I assumed.
First off, I couldn't have cared less for the characters. The main girl believes in God, but believes He doesn't want her anymore because she's sinned. But she'll fake Christianity because the main guy believes it and she wants to impress him. Also we were given convenient little snatches of her background that were supposed to make us feel sorry for her. It did not work on me.
The main guy... was a piece of work. He flirts with the main girl when he doesn't even know her, and doesn't seem to care whether she is a Christian or not. He saves her from some boys though, so he's won her heart.
That's where I stopped. I was done with characters I didn't like and standards lower than my own. I did skim read the rest of the book and stumbled on a very, very passionate kissing scene. I was skimming it and I had way to much detail. I didn't really like what I saw with the rest of the story, but since I did not read it, I won't go into that.
Overall, this was a very disappointing read. I will not be reading anything more by this author.
*I was given this book by the publisher in exchange for my honest review.
*I was given this book by the publisher in exchange for my honest review.
*winces* yikes! I'm sorry this book didn't live up to your expectations. ThatsT never fun, especially when you think it's going to be a clean, Christian book.
ReplyDeleteYeah, it always is a bummer when books don't live up to expectations. =/ Thanks.
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