Book Review: Stay with Me by Becky Wade


*EDIT - RE READ JANUARY 2023 - loved just as much all over again!!

5 stars ya’ll! Becky Wade is a new favorite author for me! Must read all the books!

Stay with me is the first book I have read by Becky Wade. It’s the first in the Misty River series. This story tackles the difficult topic of opioid addiction paired with God’s redemption, love and grace.

This story is about Genevieve Woodword (Gen) and Sam Turner. The story starts with Sam finding a random girl asleep in his guesthouse on his farm, which turns out to be Gen. He soon finds out this is due to her being under the influence of pills and quickly decides he doesn’t want anything to do with her because of issues from his past.

Gen is a very famous bible study author and has an addiction to Oxycontin after being prescribed them for an injury about a year ago. She continued to take them long after she should have stopped and developed an addiction. She decides she wants to get clean but the only way she can do it is away from her Mom and Dad’s house. She decides to ask Sam if she can rent his guesthouse on the farm in an effort to try and get clean.

Because of the issues from Sam’s past, he wrestles with this decision but ultimately allows her to stay to try and get clean. He helps her throughout that journey.

There is also a side “mystery” somewhat regarding Gen’s parents. Gen keeps getting these strange letters in the mail that reference something her parents did many years ago. Her sister Natasha and her try to figure out what this could be throughout the story.

Gen is also 1 of 5 called the “Miracle 5” who survived a big earthquake 18 years ago on a mission’s trip. While we take the journey with Sam and Gen in this story, we also see snippets of the past of what happened during that earthquake and we get to see details from the other characters involved.

This was such a great story about God’s grace and truth during times we don’t feel like we deserve it. No matter what God does not abandon us in the struggles we face and that is shown in this story so well. I loved the characters, plot and detail surrounding the farm. The setting was beautiful and there were so many times I loved seeing the characters each dinner, get to know each other and make jokes about their groceries or other things. LOL I also loved her sister Natasha, she was so relatable.

There were moments in the story where I laughed, teared up and was deep in thought. I think this was such an important read and I can’t wait to read more by Becky Wade!

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