No Journey Too Far - McAlister Family 2 - by Carrie Turansky

 

About the book:

It's 1919, and Garth McAlister returns from to England to be reunited with his family after fighting in the Great War. But his heart is still in Canada with his sweetheart, Emma Lafferty. It's been four months since he has heard from Emma, and he is determined to return to Canada and discover if she still loves him or has given her heart to another. The ten-year-search for his youngest sister Grace continues, and the family is stunned to receive a letter from Grace, who is now almost eighteen and living in Toronto, Canada. Follow the heart-tugging story of these young adult British Home Children as they seek to be reunited with those they love.

My review:

This was a satisfying and suspenseful conclusion to the journey that started ten years ago for the McAlister family as the children were accidentally sent to Canada as British Home Children to be adopted when their mother was sick.  This story followed Grace as she discovered information about her past and had to make a choice about her future and Garth as he survived fighting World War I and now must find Emma with nothing to go on while we see Emma deal with one crazy situation after another, all while trying to hold on to her faith in God and in Garth.  I loved seeing both of them keep their faith in one another and their determination to find out what happened to each other and not give up.  Grace was also very determined and brave to choose a different path for herself, one much more uncertain than the one she had been on.  I also admired her level-headedness as she didn't let her feelings and emotions carry her away.  Garth's friend Rob was a wonderful guy for the most part, though he did make a stupid decision, though for the right reasons.  Garth, Rob and Emma all had a strong faith in God and wanted to follow his leading, which was encouraging to my faith, while Grace was newer to reading her Bible and trying to discern what the Lord wanted her to do.  There's some sweet romance and some suspense as someone faces a murder charge!  I also liked learning more about what the British Home Children faced as there was a lot of prejudice against them.  I would recommend reading the first book to see what these characters went through in the beginning when they were children or teenagers and to discover more of their older sister's story as she searched for them.  I would recommend if you like historical fiction.

I received a free kindle copy of this book from Waterbrook Multnomah.  I was not compensated for this review.  All opinions are my own.