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I pray today finds you all doing well, and I'm so thankful you've taken the time to drop on by The Preppy Book Princess today for another book review.
I'm Kirby, and I'm exited you've decided to join me here today on my little bookish corner of the internet.
I adore contemporary novels, and quite often Christian contemporaries are some of my all time favorite books to read.
Within this genre, Melissa Tagg is truly one of the best, and I always look forward to getting to pick up new to me stories by her.
I'm stoked to get to share a review of another one of her titles with you all today, but first if you'd like to check out my review of the first title in the series, you can do so using the link below:
Otherwise, keep on reading down below for today's full review.
Some Bright Someday by Melissa Tagg:
Source: Library
Publisher: Larkspur Press
Publication Date: November 19th, 2020
Genre: Christian Fiction/Contemporary
Series: Maple Valley
Synopsis:
He’s torn between love and honor...
Lucas Danby has always regretted the decisions that caused his dishonorable discharge from the military—and he’s never stopped trying to redeem his honor. He's spent the past decade taking on dangerous short-term missions as an elite private soldier—the only part of his life that's ever gone right. But the high-risk work never cures his shame. Now he’s stuck stateside, mentoring a new recruit. Worse, he's sick of lying to the people he cares about most—including the woman he’s secretly loved for years.
She can’t escape her house of memories...
Jenessa Belville should be happy. She's the hometown girl everyone loves, after all. But she’s also the last Belville left—and if she had her way, she'd leave the name and all its painful memories behind. Which is exactly what she hopes to do once she sells Belville Park, the massive estate she inherited from her parents. First, though, she needs to restore the property’s once-glorious gardens. But on the same day she puts up the “For Sale” sign, she discovers three children hiding in the caretaker's cottage, thrusting her into the unexpected role of temporary guardian.
Fighting for their future means healing from the past...
Struggling to mentor a young man with scars nearly as piercing as his own, Lucas offers to help Jenessa restore the Belville grounds. Though drawn together by a trio of kids who tug on their hearts and the sparks they can’t deny, past secrets and current sorrows threaten to pull them apart. Only the brightest love and hardest sacrifice can turn the house Jenessa never wanted into the home she and Lucas have always longed for.
(synopsis from goodreads)
My Review:
I adore Melissa Tagg's books, and I don't think I realized how much I needed this one in my life until I finally recently got the chance to read it. I'd loved the first book in the series, and yet this one had kind of fallen off of my radar until recently.
I know to expect amazing things every time I pick up a book by this author, and Some Bright Someday was no exception. I'd actually go as far to say this might be one of my favorite books by Melissa Tagg yet, and it's a story I'm still thinking about long after finishing it.
Lucas and Jenessa's story is heart wrenching and swoon worthy, and I could barely bring myself to put it down. They're both carrying past hurts and insecurities that are causing them to hide from even those they're the closest to. When a trio of adorable kids who've run away from their current situation stumble into Jenessa and Luke's life, all of a sudden they've both imagining a life so different from what they ever could have expected. Unfortunately, life sometimes throws curveballs when we least expect it, and as family secrets threaten everything they've come to care for, they'll have to trust more than ever that our Heavenly Father is the one who holds the answers if we can only trust Him to reveal them.
With a heartwarming plot, a romance that gives all the feels, and just the right amount of Jesus to keep this Christian fiction reader smiling throughout, Some Bright Someday is truly Melissa Tagg at her best, and I have a feeling this is going to end up being one of my favorite books I read this year.
Favorite Quote:
"Jen, you can trust God and still wish things were different. Faith doesn't mean you stop dreaming about the future or desiring something you don't have. God cares about the things that matter to you."
Final Rating: 5/5.
Thanks so much for reading guys! Have a great rest of your day :)
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