Katie McGowan left her parents and their faith behind years ago. However, when faced with a devastating betrayal, Katie is ready to go back to Carbondale, Illinois to help her elderly parents despite their tempestuous relationship. Drained by the constant friction, Katie finds emotional support and encouragement in Austin. His practical, simple faith speaks to Katie, and she finds herself … yearning for a new connection to God. As their friendship grows, so does the attraction between Katie and Austin.
Before her fledgling faith and thoughts of romance have a chance to take root, Katie’s cheating fiancé returns, remorseful and promising change. Can her tentative faith strengthen their past love? And if her heart breaks again, will Katie’s journey to faith end before it has really begun?
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Such a sweet story of coming home … in more ways than one.
What I think you should know:
Faith’s Journey is a contemporary Christian fiction novel by Heather Greer. Katie McGowan’s life is turned upside down when she finds out her fiance cheating on her, to help mend her broken heart she returns home to help care for her mother after a bad fall.
What I think you should know:
Premarital sex is mentioned in the book in correlation with a relationship of a former believer who has walked away from her faith, there are no details and it is not glorified.
My thoughts on Faith’s Journey:
I LOVED some many parts of the story, it was raw, realistic and sometimes I wanted to yell at the characters about the choices they were making. Katie was in a long term relationship that had aided in the destruction of her relationship with her parts Katie’s relationship with her parents was a strained relationship, that seems to stem from both her mother her her being headstrong and her ex fiance’s encouragement. It was an interesting dynamic to the story. I loved how as the story evolved we saw that Katie had not necessarily lost her faith in God, but rather had lost her faith in the people who claim to know God. Austin was my favorite character in the book. He was strong and loving, I had to see him hurt but enjoyed how Greer used his character to show that we can’t save people, that we have to give them over to God, even when what we want the most is to hold them and see them make the choices we think are best for them. I did feel like the ending of the book was rushed, I wish a little more time would have been taken with it, if it had I would give it 5 stars with no hesitation.
I received a complimentary copy of this book from Celebrate Lit, this in no way influenced my review. All opinions are my own.
My Thoughts on Faith’s Journey:
The characters are so relatable. And you just don’t want to leave their story. Plus this book has twists and turns that I didn’t see coming. Every time I had it all lined out in my head how this was going to work out, boom, it went a totally different direction. In the end, it all works out perfectly, but I have to admit at times I was like what is the author doing? Why would she do that? Argh, that’s not what I want to happen!
This is a wonderful book that I can’t recommend to others enough. You’re going to love it! It’s written in such a way that you can’t put it down. So so good. Definitely recommending that you follow this author to see what else she comes out with.
Everyone within this book has their own journey to go on in regards to their faith and not just the title character. It also encourages you through this to take a closer look at your own faith and what you believe. It definitely had me putting myself in their shoes and wondering what I would have done.
When Katie’s man comes back contrite and wanting to try again will she take him back? Will she say all is forgiven and forgotten?
I have voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book which I received from Celebrate Lit. All views expressed are only my honest opinion. I was not required to write a positive review nor was I compensated in any other way. All opinions expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the FTC regulations.
Faith’s Journey was an okay read. The characters were okay and the story line a good one.
Katie left home immediately after an acceptance into college to escape the God of her parents in rebellion. Only for her to return home when something happens to her mum. She didn’t plan to fall in love with the young Pastor or even find her way home to her parents and her God.
Austin was comfortable being the youmg pastor sheparding his flock and enjoying his side hustle until he collided literally into Katie.
I liked reading the journey of Katie’s return to faith and Austin’s role in her life. I equally enjoyed reading about Erin, Katie’s imposed bestfriend. She’s a breath of fresh air. One profound less from this book is as a Christian, a child of God my actions greatly affects what outsiders believe of God. If my actions in and out of church are not consistent with God’s word that leads others astray and that’s hypocrisy. That’s one of the things Katie struggled with about Church folks
I received a copy of the book and this is my honest opinion.
This is a story that many adult readers will fully understand. Being hurt by the betrayal of the person you love, returning home to help your aging parents and realizing that the parent/child dynamics are now very different, and recognizing that we have drifted away from the faith that we once possessed. A journey of discovery is what Katie McGowan must take as she realizes that the man that she has loved for six years has betrayed her and that she, in turn, has betrayed the One who has loved her all of her life. As she struggles to help her parents and adapt to living once again in her hometown, she finds friendship with Austin, the young minister who also owns the town bakery, and it is then that her return to faith begins. As she attends church services she begins to experience the joy and comfort that a personal relationship with God can offer but then…. Katie’s former fiance comes for her and she finds herself torn. Jacob says that he has changed. Should she throw away the six years they shared together? If she resumes their life together, will she be be risking her renewed relationship with God?
Faith’s Journey shows how a loved one’s betrayal can forever change a life. It is also a reminder that trust may be misplaced. Do we trust people who don’t deserve our allegiance and Is it possible to trust too much? And why, even though we profess our love for our Heavenly Father, do we fail to give Him our complete and unfailing trust?
Author Heather Greer has written an enjoyable read with a message for us all. Katie admits that “I had been seeking God’s purpose without seeking God himself. I realized only when I got to know God would I start seeing Him taking me where I needed to be.” I recommend Faith’s Journey to all who enjoy Christian contemporary romance.
I received a copy of this book from the author and Celebrate Lit. I am volunatarily sharing my thoughts in this honest review.