Single mother Beth loves her seven-year-old son Dylan with all her heart. He’s her world. So when a terrible series of events lead Dylan to be taken into foster care, she is determined to do whatever she can to get him back.
Mother of two, Ally has always dreamed of fostering—it feels like her chance to give back when she has been so lucky in life. But when Dylan joins their family, Ally finds herself struggling to balance his needs with those of her own children and husband—something Beth can’t help but witness when she visits.
Beth wants nothing more than to find a way to bring her beloved child home. But when she also sees Dylan bonding with Ally, she has to ask herself – where is the right home for Dylan? She wants to believe it is with her… But does a mother always know what’s best for her child?
First, I want to thank Kate Hewitt, Bookouture, and NetGalley for providing me with this book so I may bring you this review.
WOW!! I am blown away by Kate Hewitt’s new book When You Were Mine!! I knew she was going to pull on and capture my heart as she loves to do. However, never did I fathom this one subject matter affect me so much.
This book is dedicated to her sister Susie, who is a wonderful example and inspiration of motherhood, and also answered many of her questions on foster care.
Kate brings awareness to fostering a child and the ins and outs of the system However, I love how she decided to do it and show you every side of the story. She shares the birth mom story, the family who wants to give back since they have been blessed, then you have sweet Dylan. The combination of the three stories intertwine make for a very intense read.
She also brings awareness to drugs and suicide.
Dylan fascinated me to no end. He is different and so unique unlike any other character I had ever read about. My heart broke for him on so many occasions.
Obviously, there were difficult and emotional scenes for many characters. Kate did an amazing job digging down deep and bringing out their raw emotions. There were some tense scenes.
Kate sure did her homework when it came to her researching foster care. She educated us readers who didn’t know what to expect.
In a way I was surprised at the outcome of the book. I was more shocked by the epilogue.
1 comments:
Sounds like an engrossing story. Pretty hard to guess how that would all work out!
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