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Never Say Never (Thorndike Press Large Print Clean Reads)
written by Lisa Wingate
Studio : Thorndike Press
by Thorndike Press
Publisher : Thorndike Press
Released : 2010-05-19
Availability : Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Number of Items : 1
EAN : 9781410426192
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 74 reviews)
List Price : $29.95
Our Price : $27.46
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ISBN13: 9781410426192
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Condition: New
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Kai Miller floats through life like driftwood tossed by waves. She's never put down roots -- and she doesn't plan to. But when a chaotic hurricane evacuation lands her in Daily, Texas, she begins to think twice about her wayfaring existence. And when she meets hometown-boy Kemp Eldridge, she can almost picture settling down in Daily -- until she discovers he may be promised to someone else. Will Daily be just another place for Kai to leave behind? |
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I really enjoyed this book a lot. I thought it started a little slow, but once I got into it, it was very good. The characters were very well written and I loved the ending too. Aunt Donetta Bradford was a hoot and my favorite character in the book. There was a villain that was fun to "hate" and Kai Miller was a sweetheart. Each of the 3 main characters seem to be dealing with things in their past that makes it hard for them in dealing with current relationships. Ms. Wingate did an excellent job dealing with these characters and she kept me guessing until the very end as to what was going to happen. I recommend this book. |
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Did the author run into a deadline? |
Never Say Never started out good...I really wanted to enjoy it. The author did a good job of building some of the characters, even though I couldn't really relate to Donetta because of the way she talked. She didn't open up for a while, and I didn't really connect with her friends.
The story was building up to a great ending, then Kai just up and left, several months go by and lo and behold, on the last 2 pages, all Kai and Kemp's issues are magically resolved when he shows up at the wedding. All her disbelief in God and her upbringing just melts away when Kemp brings her a letter from her grandmother. I was so miffed that I spent all that time reading and getting to know the characters, then suddenly, it just ends. Good thing I checked it out from the library.
And I wasn't too encouraged spiritually. Many of the Christians didn't act very spirit-filled, or weren't convicted of their sin. Donetta and her friends consistently make fun of the town bully. They seemed to have more of a religion than a relationship.
I hope there is going to be a second book because there were a lot of loose ends that need to be tied up.
I really did enjoy the evacuation part, having evacuated from Miami in 2004. |
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Wonderful, Refreshing |
I am a fiction junkie, I think. I sometimes read up to six books a week, thanks to the services of our local public library. So I LOVE the book blogging program.
A few months ago I received Never Say Never by Lisa Wingate from Bethany House Publishers. It fell into one of my favorite categories, Contemporary Christian Fiction. I had never heard of Lisa Wingate, but am always looking for new authors to love.
In Never Say Never we join Kai Miller and Donetta Bradford in Texas as they deal with a hurricane and its aftermath. Kai worked on the coast and Donetta was supposed to be leaving on a cruise that fateful day, and both ended up together back in Donetta's hometown of Daily, Texas. Kai has lived a nomadic life and doesn't really understand family connections, and she loves her life the way it is. Until she meets Kemp Eldridge, Donetta's nephew. Donetta is entering into the winter of her life and is struggling to understand how her relationship with her husband has changed over the years. After taking Kai under her wing and seeing the spark between her and Kemp, she decides to distract herself with a new challenge.
I really enjoyed this book. So much, that I make it a habit to swing through the W section of the library to see if any of Lisa Wingate's books are on the shelves. They have been, and I've read several since. Her characters are extremely relatable and easy to invest in. Her setting of Daily, Texas makes me, a suburban girl, wish I lived in the close community of a tiny town. Her descriptions of Texas even make it sound appealing to a Colorado girl like me!
Never Say Never was fantastic. Lisa Wingate is fantastic. Make it point to check them both out.
Bethany House Publishers provided me with a complimentary copy of this book as a part of their book reviewers program. |
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First time reader of Wingate |
Never Say Never was my first exposure to Lisa Wingate. Living in the heart of Texas, Lisa writes Texas romance fiction from a first-hand knowledge of the culture and people. Reading the book was like walking into a small town in Texas and watching life go on around me.
In Never Say Never, Kai is transplanted from the coast to a small town inland during a hurricane. Everything she has in life, save what she has in her microbus, had to be left behind. With no family to her name and a road life, she has no idea what she is in store for when she meets up with Doretta and her friends on the road to evacuate the coast. Meeting Doretta means being introduced to Kemp. Readers learn the true meaning of "home" and are reminded to tell their loved ones, "I love you," in this touching story.
I enjoyed reading this book, and I look forward to reading more books by Lisa Wingate. |
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not the typical ending |
Looking at the cover of this book I was not too excited to read it. It looks like a book that I would very quickly pass by on the shelf at the store. I am glad that Bethany House Publishers sent me a free copy of this book to review because it was a great read!! Kai Miller is a girl who it seems has had everything go wrong in her life, loosing her little brother and parents at different times to different life situations has caused her to close her heart of and not believe that there is a God in control. Through the tragedy of a hurricane she begins to open her heart and discover there is a whole world out there she has never known.
The first few chapters of this book were quite confusing to me because they jumped back and forth between two main characters. I did not realize until about chapter 7 or so that the title of each chapter was the name of the person who's point of view the story was being told from. I don't normally look at chapter names so this was not something I looked to as a clue. Once I got my characters straight and the story with that character in line, I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I am glad I read it and have passed it on to a friend who is leaving on a trip in a few days who needed a good read! I am one who likes realistic endings to stories and this one fit the bill to the T.
I received a free copy of this book to review from Bethany House Publishers. I was not paid for my review of this book
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