Review: Beautiful story for Christmas or anytime of year!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 18, 2014
Sadie is stubborn and determined with one thing on her mind, to get what she wants. The problem is, what she thinks she wants is right in front of her if only she would give up her stubborn selfish attempts and let God show her the way.Hurricane Sandy destroys Sadie’s home, her only connection to what she searches for. Rebuilding becomes impossible as one door after another is slammed in her face. The one bright spot is finding her childhood friend Max, but even he closes the doors she hoped he would open. But what is this other way he suggests? Surrendering and trusting a God who has brought her nothing but loss and sorrow? That could never work.Robin Patchen has done a masterful job of creating characters with depth and reality within a true-to-life setting of catastrophe and loss. Sadie and Max will captivate you by their past, their present and the future you dream for them. A lovely story of romance, redemption and relinquishing what one grasps the hardest in order to reach for something better.My only disappointment is that the final page came too soon. I wasn’t ready to give up my attachment to Sadie and Max. But happy ending intact, Robin lets us see a glimpse of their future together as they go forward with God. I am so looking forward to reading more of Robin’s work and highly recommend Faith House to anyone who enjoys Christian fiction.