| At last, with the final book in the Forever Faithful series, | | | | pregnancy to save her life. Adamant, Jade refuses, |
| Kingsbury has fully meshed the lives of the Bronzans | | | | and the two can only pray that she will last the |
| and the Eastmans, the two families from her previous | | | | duration of the pregnancy. |
| novels. She takes us on a heart-wrenching journey | | | | Kingsbury has created two remarkable families who |
| through the trials of faith and brings us out filled with | | | | have already struggled through trials beyond what |
| hope on the other end. | | | | many could withstand. In this third novel, she takes their |
| Hannah and Matt Bronzan have joined their lives, as | | | | newly strengthened faith and tests it yet again. As |
| we knew they would. Because Hannah cannot have | | | | they struggle to hold onto both their love of God and |
| any more children, they turn to adoption. A beautiful but | | | | their families, these two women must overcome their |
| scarred young girl is placed in their care, and the | | | | trials and emerge the stronger for it. |
| Bronzans do their best to make her a part of the | | | | I found this novel extremely heart wrenching. My heart |
| family. At first, things are difficult as the child struggles | | | | broke for Hannah, who lost a child once again (as well |
| to overcome her past, but finally they are becoming a | | | | as for poor Jennifer, who lost another sister), and for |
| family. Then, sudden news rips her from their arms, | | | | the little girl herself. At the same time, I agonized along |
| and Hannah must try to overcome the loss of a | | | | with Jade, who carried a child she might never see |
| daughter yet again. Slowly and gradually, she and | | | | grow up. Of course, both Tanner and Matt faced their |
| Jennifer begin to heal, and the Lord gives them another | | | | own struggle - and on top of all that, Kingsbury threw |
| chance at happiness. | | | | them a significant case in the fight for religious |
| At the same time, Jade and Tanner are also seeking | | | | freedom. I enjoyed that side issue and the way that it |
| to enlarge their family. After several difficult trials, they | | | | was resolved; again, Kingsbury makes a wonderful |
| finally are pregnant with a child, and are wildly ecstatic. | | | | case that Christians need to stay involved in the fight |
| Their joy comes to a rapid end, however, when a trip | | | | for the right to worship. All in all, 'Halfway to Forever' |
| to the hospital reveals that Jade is very, very ill - so ill, | | | | was a touching novel and a wonderful read. |
| in fact, that her doctor advises terminating the | | | | |