By: Erin Hahn
Genre: Y/A Contemporary Fiction
Year: 2021.
Rate: 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
A little about the book:
“Raised
by conservative parents, 18-year-old Meg Hennessey just found out her entire
childhood was a lie. Instead of taking a gap year before college to find
herself, she ends up traveling north to meet what’s left of the family she
never knew existed.
While
there, she meets Micah Allen, a former pastor’s kid whose dad ended up in
prison, leaving Micah with his own complicated relationship with the church.
The clock is ticking on Pastor Allen’s probation hearing and Micah, now 19,
feels the pressure to forgive - even when he can’t possibly forget.
As
Meg and Micah grow closer, they are confronted with the heavy flutterings of
first love and all the complications it brings. Together, they must navigate
the sometimes-painful process of cutting ties with childhood beliefs as they
build toward something truer and straight from the heart.”
I’m
a religious person. Also, I live my idea of religion in my own way, with my
personal feelings, and I don’t argue with people about this topic, therefore
when somebody starts a discussion, I just walk away. Because of that I almost
walk away from this book, but something stops me from doing it, and I have to
say my heart hasn’t been as completely full of and story, as it is with Never Saw
You Coming.
Marvelous
written, in this book, the author delivers a story not about religions or church,
nor what is right or wrong, what is acceptable by society or not. It’s not
about forgiveness or redemption, but about faith, belief and keeping true to
yourself.
Meg
and Micah have a complicated relationship with God and their own families, they
have their own burden and “garbage,” however the important part is how they use
their faith to find themselves.
Every
character is fantastic, each of them plays an important role in the story and I
think the author does a great job to present every perspective of these characters
about the main topic of the story which makes this book richer.
I
like that the author doesn’t go for the ‘black and white idea’ she uses more
like every situation, every person has their own color. I totally enjoyed that each
character speaks their mind as it would happen in real life, and the complexity
of families’ dynamic, because let me tell you something, teens and young people
aren’t the only with mixing feeling and broken hearts, adults can be pretty
much mess up too.
And
my final thought is: We really need Duke’s book. You’ll agree when you read it.
😊
100%
recommended.
I
received an ARC from NetGalley, in exchange for an honest review. And I
voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and
opinions are my own.
