Hope's Enduring Echo by Kim Vogel Sawyer Review

 

I absolutely loved Hope's Enduring Echo by Kim Vogel Sawyer. I loved how faith played such an important role in each of the characters' lives. There was the reminder to trust in God, go to Him in prayer, persist in prayer, and hope. Hope even when things continue to look like they aren't going your way. Lean on other's hope if you can't find the strength to hope.
Jennie has taken over walking the water line for her father who had fallen months earlier. Though he should be improving physically, he was declining mentally, leaving his family dependent on Jennie doing his job so the family wouldn't lose their income and home. One day as she's walking the line Leo Day, a paleontology student notices her while looking out the train window. He's interested in discovering more about the bone she is waving around. They set off to find the rest of the skeleton.
Has God answered both of their prayers?
Yet they still have much adversity to go through, events that make them question God and what they thought was His will.
There were times I know I would have resisted submitting the way Jennie did to her parents. And I could see where I would have resented both Jennie's parents and Leo's father. But I appreciated seeing two families who were following biblical teachings and I felt they were good role models.
One thing that really excited me about this book in the first place was knowing that there was going to be a search for dinosaur bones. I wondered how the author would lean, whether young earth or old earth, creationism or evolution. I was pleased to see the characters bringing science and the Bible together.
I loved everything about this book and can't wait to read more by this author.
I received an e-copy of this book through NetGalley and was not required to write a favorable review. These are my own honest thoughts.