Never Saw You Coming Review

Author: Erin Hahn

Genre: Young Adult

Publisher: Wednesday Books

Release Date: Sept. 7, 2021

Order Link: Amazon

My Rating: 4 Hearts

Special thanks to Wednesday Books for an arc of this book.

Review:

Meg Hennessey is set to enter college when her whole world implodes.  It turns out the father she thought she knew is not her father at all.  The revelations coming to light destroy her family, and Meg is left questioning her faith while taking a year off to find her roots.  She discovers her biological father is dead; however, his mother and uncle are alive.  Meg travels to meet them and ends up taking a job in their town.  Micah Allen is a pastor's kid whose dad went to prison for stealing church money and as a sexual predator.  The events that followed robbed Micah of his home, community and faith.  His anger has prevented him from finding forgiveness for his father and now there's a chance his dad will get probation.  Micah finds himself questioning everything he ever believed including the church.  When Meg and Micah's paths cross, two lost souls find a friend, someone who understands and cares.  The life lessons that follow will carry them into the future together.

 

Never Saw You Coming is an inspirational story that deals with some heavy handed issues like faith, beliefs, sexual awakening, family, and finding one's true self and purpose.  It's a book of loss of hope and faith, but also a story of letting go of the childhood ties that bind us - letting go of the anger and disappointment and embracing the future.  Meg and Micah's story is beautiful to watch as they find first love and heal family relations.  Hahn's expertly woven everything together in a warm, heartfelt story that will inspire readers of all ages.  Highly recommended to fans of young adult.

Synopsis:

Raised by conservative parents, 18-year-old Meg Hennessey just found out her entire childhood was a lie. Instead of taking a gap year before college to find herself, she ends up traveling north to meet what’s left of the family she never knew existed.

While there, she meets Micah Allen, a former pastor’s kid whose dad ended up in prison, leaving Micah with his own complicated relationship about the church. The clock is ticking on Pastor Allen’s probation hearing and Micah, now 19, feels the pressure to forgive - even when he can’t possibly forget.

As Meg and Micah grow closer, they are confronted with the heavy flutterings of first love and all the complications it brings. Together, they must navigate the sometimes-painful process of cutting ties with childhood beliefs as they build toward something truer and straight from the heart.

In Erin Hahn’s Never Saw You Coming, sometimes it takes a leap of faith to find yourself.