I'll Be Seeing You by Robin Lee Hatcher Review

 Good Morning Everyone :)

I pray you all had a great weekend, and that you're all looking forward to the start of another week.

This week is unfortunately going to be a tough one for me, but I'm thankful that it's the week before Easter, and that I have time to spend reflecting on what this holiday truly means, and how I can never grasp the enormity of Jesus' sacrifice. 

For this morning's post, I've got an review for an incredible Christian fiction upcoming release.

I truly adored this one from start to finish, and I can't wait to tell you all about it.

Keep reading below for my full review.

I'll Be Seeing You by Robin Lee Hatcher:

Source: Publisher via NetGalley

Publisher: Thomas Nelson

Publication Date: June 7th, 2022

Genre: Christian Fiction/Dual Timeline

Synopsis:

Generations of secrets unfold as a young college student learns the truth about her great-grandmother’s World War II heartbreak and love.

Brianna Hastings’s life seems dull and full of disappointment until a handsome young man visits her church. She’s instantly smitten by the charming Greg, who leads an exciting, independent life—the kind of life she longs for. But when a college history assignment forces Brianna to interview her great-grandmother about life during World War II, she can’t believe it when Daisy presses her with questions about Greg’s character. “What sort of man is he? Who is he at his core?”

What could her great-grandmother possibly know about love at first sight?

The questions take both women back to Boise, Idaho, in the early 1940s, when war emphasized how fragile life could be. Daisy and her older sister pine for the same handsome bomber pilot—until one night of terrible judgment reveals their true characters and drives them apart. Trying to protect the people she loves the most, Daisy condemns herself to live a lie.

In the years that follow, as Daisy grapples with the consequences, she receives unexpected grace from a man she’s known her whole life but never looked at twice. Could what she learned about love save Brianna from heartache three generations later?

(synopsis from goodreads)

My Review:

After finishing I'll Be Seeing You by Robin Lee Hatcher, I was basically sure of two things. First, that despite it only being April, this is undoubtedly going to be one of the best books I read the entire year. And secondly, that no matter what words I use in my review, it will never be enough to do this beautiful story justice.

I've been a fan of this author's books for a lot of years, and I truly think she is the absolute queen of the dual timeline genre. She has a masterful talent at being able to pull readers into the story happening in both the present and the past, and this was truly one of those stories where I just wanted the real world to cease to exist for a couple of hours so I wouldn't have had to put this book down.

I really enjoyed the way that not only does this book take place in the present, and in the past in the years during World War Two, it also gives multiple characters POV's in both time periods. It helped the story become something even more hearing from all the various characters that were involved in the occurring events.

A story wrapped up in faith, family, history, redemption, and of course, Biblical wisdom, I loved every moment of it, and never wanted to see it come to an end. I loved the focus on what redemption actually means, and how much meaning and importance is tied up in forgiveness. I enjoyed Daisy as a character especially, and how she's been determined for so many years to live her life in a way that honors her Lord and Savior above everything else.

The plot point about Brianna coming to Daisy in the present about a project for her college history class was an interesting addition, and I enjoyed how it gave Daisy a chance to both share her past with her much younger relative, but also encourage her to think twice about making the same mistakes in her younger years that she did.

I absolutely loved this one, and it's definitely another stand out from Robin Lee Hatcher in the Christian fiction genre. It's truly unlike anything I'd ever read before, and is honestly the author at her very best.

Final Rating: 5/5.

I can't possibly recommend this one enough, and I'm so thankful to Thomas Nelson for allowing me to advance read and review it!

I voluntarily read and reviewed a complimentary advance reader copy of this novel from the publisher (Thomas Nelson) via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. I was not required to give a positive review. 

Thanks so much for reading guys! Have a great rest of your day :)