Home to You by Jenn Faulk is the story of Faith Hayes
and Sam Huntington. Faith has been in love with Sam since she was 6 years old
and used to sit next to him in church. Sam is 10 years older than Faith and
always saw her as a sweet little girl in church. But after 10 years apart, and
on leave from the Marines, Sam sees Faith again and doesn’t recognize the
little girl in the young woman. After realizing that Faith is the little girl
from church, he cuts off all contact and heads to combat in Afghanistan.
Heartbroken, Faith pours herself more into her studies and tries to forget Sam
Huntington. The story fast forwards again, 8 years later, Faith is now 24 years
old and a midwife at a Houston women’s clinic where another chance meeting puts
her face to face with Sam. Sam is a broken man, plagued by nightmares of his
time in combat and trying to put the pieces of his life together. Is this the
chance for Faith and Sam to finally be together? Can Faith help Sam recover
from his emotional battle scars? Is there anything that stands in their way?
Home to You wasn’t the book I thought it was. It
started out great with the interactions between Faith and Sam, despite their
age differences, had an obvious attraction. Then toward the end, Faith starts
acting strange and, to me, out of character. There is one scene in which Sam
turns her away from their make out session because he wants to be honorable and
wait for marriage. Sounds reasonable for two Christian people, right? Well,
Faith starts distancing herself from Sam because he “rejected” her? For a
character who has a strong faith in Christ and raised in a Christian home, this
behavior seems odd. Then there are two characters, despite being Christian, are
openly hostile to Sam because he is former military, “We’re in the job of
saving lives, not ending them.” Like seriously!?!?! There are other events that
turned me off about the story. Overall, I liked the story. I loved and
sympathized with Sam’s character and wanted to see him happy and leading a
better life. Faith, I didn’t care so much for. Her drive for perfection and
everything according to a timetable seems unrealistic for a woman who chose
midwifery as a career. I’m torn if I recommend this book or not. If this seems
like you would enjoy this book, check it.
Home to You
is available in
paperback and eBook
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