I Hope You Dance by Beth Moran





Official summary:


Ruth Henderson has moved back in with her parents--something she swore she would never do, especially not at the age of thirty-three. But in the face of the mountain of debt left by her late partner, and the fact that her teenage daughter, Maggie, is expressing her grief through acts of delinquency, there was really only one option.
Returning to a house Ruth swore never to set foot in again is bad enough. Add to this an estranged father, whirlwind mother, and David--the boy next door who broke her heart--and it is little wonder Ruth can barely make it out of bed.
But then, reunited with her old friend Lois, Ruth is persuaded to go along to a monthly girls' night. Here she meets a bunch of incredible women and for the first time since leaving home at eighteen, Ruth begins to make some genuine friends. ( There was more to it but they were spoilers)




Here are my thoughts:
This was a sweet book about getting out of hard times and becoming a better person. There were a couple of times that I wanted to throw Ruth out a window so she would leave her room, but her mom pointed out several times that she was being stupid so I was okay with those parts ( since there was someone sane in the story). Once she started to live again she was a brilliant character who learned to think outside of herself and help others. Her daughter is not the typical daughter in a Christian romance but is a very fun girl. It has lots of twists in the story that keep you from getting bored. I really liked how the author wrote about people from all walks of life who were struggling and how they found friends and became better.


As a romance I would have to give it a 3 out of 5. As a book it is a 4.5 out of 5.It is not categorized as a romance but I normally read romances so I wanted to warn you.  This book doesn't have that much interaction between Ruth and David. He travels for work and there are only a handful of conversations between the two of them. They were childhood best friends who had deeper emotions that they didn't really tell each other about until they met up again. If I am going to read a romance I get in a mindset where I won't read the book if the romance is not good. For this book I liked reading it just as a novel about finding faith and hope again. So if you are looking for a heart swooning romance this is not the book but I recommend it for the life lessons that Ruth and others learn.


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I received a free copy of this book in return for an honest review through netgalley by Lion Fiction.
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-K Duersch

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