I found Awake, by Jen Hatmaker, in a Little Free Library. I had heard the name and was intrigued to read something by her. Her memoir was emotional and vulnerable as she describes the ending of her 26-year marriage. I don't know what Jen Hatmaker would say, but I understood it to also be a deconstruction of her faith, or more of a church betrayal. She makes a good case.
I found it sad and incomplete. Jesus loves the widows and orphans, those who have been betrayed, and those who have been broken. I'm glad I read her memoir. She is finding healing and strength from her family, therapy, and friendships.
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Oath and Weeping by Elizabeth Wheatley is the second in her Wrath and Weeping series. Wheatley is a seasoned writer, and she knows how to spin a gripping story in the continuing adventures of Brynn, a sorceress who is a descendant of kings, and Cenric, a Viking-like warrior with a foot in two different clashing cultures. Wheatley uses this to create lots of tension and conflict. In this book, the pair must navigate treacherous ties with old friends. Plus, face an ancient evil that has come awake.
The hardest thing about this series is that it is still being written! It was going to be three books, but I'm hearing internet rumbles that it has increased to ten. Yikes.
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Hurray! I am liking The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, Vol. 2 and Vol. 3, by Beth Brower. I have only read the first, and now the second and third, but the main character has been dealt some severe blows — an orphan whose fortune has been squandered by her despicable uncle — she has some good friends and her spunky sassiness. The books are short, full of action, and feature quirky characters like her brooding tenant, her pastor known as Young Hawks, her too-beautiful cousins, and her formidable aunt. There is a wait for each book to become available, which builds my anticipation.
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I like Katherine Center's Romance books and had been waiting for Get Lucky to become available. After 10 years in New York working at an ad agency, creating an amazing bra campaign that makes her rethink her life, Sarah returns home to regroup. She decides to help her sister, Mackie, who is unable to carry a baby to term, by being her surrogate. It's only nine months, right? What could happen? Many things: inappropriate crushes, your widowed dad remarrying, your hot ex saying you look old. I enjoy that slightly far-fetched fun that Center brings.
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