“Searching for You” ~ Book Review

Jan 7, 2019 by Rachel

Welcome back to Rachel’s Back Talk! I’m so glad you could join me again. Today I am reviewing Jody Hedlund’s newest release, Searching for You, book 3 of her Orphan Train series.

 

As is my custom, if I could ask Jody one question about Searching for You it would be — “How did it feel to finally ‘find’ Sophie? And did you always know how the Neumann sisters would be reconciled?” That was two questions, BUT if you want to know why I asked them, I guess you’ll just have to read the book to find out!

 

And without further ado, onto Rachel’s Back Talk!

 

                                                                          

 

From the Back Cover:

Despite years on the run, Sophie Neumann is determined to care for two young children. She won’t abandon them the way she thinks her older sisters abandoned her. But times are growing desperate, and when she falls in with the wrong crowd and witnesses a crime, she realizes fleeing 1850s New York is her only option.

Disappearing with her two young charges into a group of orphans heading west by train, Sophie hopes to find safety and a happy life. When the train stops in Illinois for the first placement of orphans, Sophie faces the most difficult choice of her life.

Reinhold Weiss has finally purchased his own small farm. With mounting debts, a harvest to bring in, and past scars that haunt him, he’s in no position to give his heart away . . . but can he say no when his long-lost friend shows up on a nearby train pleading for his help?

 

Rachel’s Back Talk: 

5 – award winning covers

                    

 

Ah finally — the conclusion to the Orphan Train series! While I most definitely did not wnat this series to end, at the same time, I couldn’t wait to find out what happened to Sophie after all those years ago when we first met her and for her to have her own happy ending. Jody definitely did not disappoint!

The last we saw Sophie, she ran away from her sisters in order to save the two children who she raised. I loved that Jody continued on with that story and it made the “why” behind everything Sophie did so believable. I loved her passionate spirit in that everything she did, she did for the children she loved.

Also I was SO GLAD to see that Reinhold got a 3rd chance 🙂 He’s been a friend of the family for so long and yet, has always cared about the sisters. I loved watching his growth, especially in this book, to see how he overcame things from his past and how Sophie helped him. Together they were able to move on stronger in their future.

*SPOILER ALERT* What I loved most of all was the happy, reuniting of Sophie, Marianne, and Elise. After a long, hard struggles apart with even Marianne and Elise looking for Sophie, it was wonderful to see them come back together and work to rebuilding their friendship with each other. Throughout the book, Sophie felt that she wasn’t worthy of her sisters, especially hearing about how well they’ve done after she left. But in the end, she realized how important family is and how much her sisters love her, no matter what she has done.

 

I received a free copy from the author. No review, positive or otherwise, was required — all opinions are my own.