Book Review: ‘Never Saw You Coming: A Novel’ By Erin Hahn

Two young adults who have had trouble lives meet, become friends and fall in love in this splendid Young Adult novel. It’s two main characters you follow along with and root for to overcome what they’ve been through as they become adults. This book has a third element as religion and God play a big part of the story for them and all involved.

Meg Hennessey is 18 years old and plans to take a gap year before college, when the learns the secret of who her real father was and how she came to be. She also learns she has a family on her father’s side she’s never met or knew about. She decides to go and meet her Great Grandmother. Micah Allen is 19 and is the son of a Pastor, that did some bad things and went to jail 5 years ago. Micah idolized his father and had to put up with the crap at school that came along with his dad going to prison. He still has his faith in God but doesn’t go to church anymore. He has these feelings he needs to deal with but has really. And now he learns his father is getting released on parole. He meets Meg and they form a friendship and they become close. They fall in love and open up to each other and have to deal with first-time love and all that goes with it. They still have their faith and God and worry about going to far or doing things that will go against God. They will need each other as things happen and they put their faith in each other.

You can pick up Never Saw You Coming in stores on Tuesday, September 7th from Wednesday books.