Searching For You

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HEDLUND, JODY
SEARCHING FOR YOU

Her search for a place to call home leads her to the last place she ever expected.

For years, Sophie Neumann has been running from the orphanages of 1850s New York City. Tasked with caring for two young children, she's determined not to let them be taken from her, and not to abandon them the same way her older sisters did her. But times are growing desperate, and when she falls in with the wrong crowd and witnesses a crime, she realizes fleeing the state is her only option.

Disappearing with her two young charges into a group of orphans heading west by train. Sophie hopes to find safety and a happy life. But when the train stops in Illinois, she faces an agonizing decision as the orphans will be placed in new homes. Afraid she'll lose them forever, she finds help in a familiar face she never expected to see so far from New York.

Reinhold Weiss has finally purchased his won small farm in Illinois. With mounting debts, a harvest to bring in, and past scars that still haunt him, Reinhold is in no position to give his heart away...but can he say no when his long-lost friend shows up on a nearby farm pleading for  his help?

My Review:

"And deep down, Sophie knew it was time to stop running from her mistakes and the brokenness of her life...She had to place the broken pieces into God's hands and let Him start putting her back together." (p 300-301)

Squueeepp!!!  I have been so anxious to read the conclusion to Jody Hedlund's Orphan Train series. And I do mean anxious -- like really wanting to read it because I need to know what happened to Sophie after all this time and really not wanting to read it because I'm afraid to know what happened to Sophie after all this time! lol Talk about living on the avid reader edge! Basking in bibliophoria here. :-)

Oh -- and I should mention that while this book could be read as a standalone there's so much depth to all the backstory from the first two books that I think it'll make the read all the more thrilling if you've read the books in order.

Heartbreaking and hopeful -- full of searing emotion and raw passion  -- this is the kind of story that pulls you in and holds you captive. I about turned blue from holding my breath in alarm or anticipation for the duration of the read!

Sophie's journey is incredible and poignant. There's a gritty essence to her vulnerability that fascinated me. And Reinhold! Be still my heart. Love me a brooding hero who thinks he doesn't deserve a happily ever after. And I've seen him through so much heartache over the course of this series -- it was his time! With Sophie! Definitely not who I saw him ending up with from the start of book one but it works. (Cue the fainting couch and smelling salts, readers!)

And can we talk for a minute about the title? Because there's so many ways you can spin it. Searching for family.  Searching for someone to love. Searching for a Redeemer. And the way Hedlund ties all that together makes for a page-turning thrill of a read!

GIVEAWAY OPPORTUNITY:

If you would like a chance to win a copy of Searching for You, leave a comment below or email me at kavluvstoreadATyahooDOTca. If you add an email to your comment, remember to use AT and DOT instead of @ and . in order to protect yourself from spammers. If you enter the draw via email, please add the title to the subject line so it's easy to spot your entry. Draw will be held and winner announced on Saturday March 16 2019. Offer open to International Readers. Good luck!