Superheroes
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5 of 5 Stars I just completed the journey through the pages with Rory and Abby and it did not disappoint. Abby is trying to make a way for herself after escaping an emotionally abusive boyfriend. She truly wants to give life a go based on her own merits. As the youngest in her family, her well-meaning parents have tried to direct her too long. The room she can afford is in a sketchy neighborhood, but she’s bound and determined to make it enough as she works part-time and goes to school. She dreams of being a music therapist—touching the hurting with the sounds of her guitar. The problem at the outset is her lack of a plus one for her parents’ anniversary shindig. Embarrassed at the possibility of being ridiculed again, she prays a desperate prayer. She asks God to intervene and provide her a date and make it clear who that should be. Rory, meanwhile, has already been trying to think of a way to approach Abby. Not only does he find her attractive, he likes her work ethic and the feed store he manages needs a better cashier. So, when he asks her to go to a show at the university about the stars on the same night as the fancy dinner for Abby’s parents, it seems an answer to prayer on both sides. Unfortunately, humans being what they are, some of Abby’s family share about how her former fiancé got Abby in trouble with the law and Abby’s sister shares that Rory’s brother is in jail. The rumors keep them apart until Abby sees a notice for a church praise band and tries out. It is only then that they realize that they have faith in common. Of course, that is not the end of the matter. There are other trials and obstacles for them to overcome before they can be the couple God intends them to be. As a bonus, Rory’s younger brother who has disabilities, Olly, steals the show on more than one occasion. His way of viewing the world and seeing the superheroes in the people around him is refreshing and occasionally humorous. Lastly, I enjoyed a glimpse of Jean Pike’s previous characters at the Blessings Bistro and the hints about future stories for Chance and Shyla and Lindsey and Jett.