A Sweethaven Homecoming

Title: A Sweethaven Homecoming

Series: Sweethaven Circle #2

Author: Courtney Walsh

Publisher: Guideposts

Genre: Christian Fiction, Contemporary Romance,

Source: Library

My Review:

A Sweethaven Homecoming is book two in the Sweethaven Circle by Courtney Walsh. This is a series that needs to be read in order.

A Sweethaven Homecoming is more about Meghan than the other characters. Her story is hard, she has made a lot of mistakes, and she doubts herself. Trying to release an album while going through a messy divorce and realizing your kids don't even know you is hard.

A Sweethaven Homecoming is told from multiple points of view, just as the first story is. We get brief snippets of the past, interspersed with the present. This story is a continuation of the group of friends and what is going on in their lives now. I liked Luke in the first story for Campbell, but he is a jerk most of this book, and when he acts like nothing is off, he makes it worse. When he finally tells Campbell what is going on, in my opinion, it is too little too late. It didn't even make sense why he was keeping it from her. You'll have to read the story to see if Campbell continues to see him.

I love the way Courtney Walsh writes real, messy characters. It doesn't always make for the easiest read, but it does make for an in-depth, emotional story. A Sweethaven Homecoming is a story about redemption, forgiveness, and coming home.

★★★★/5

Synopsis (Goodreads): 

The Sweethaven Circle is back—and so is the friend they thought they’d never see again!

Country music star Meghan Rhodes has moved on with her life, leaving Sweethaven and its painful memories in the past. But when she is confronted on national television with her ex-husband’s plan to file for sole custody of their twins, Meghan takes the first flight home, back to the charming lakeside town full of regrets and relationships that need mending.

As Meghan searches for forgiveness—as well as the ability to forgive—she is overcome with the need to make things right with her children, her ex-husband, her mother, and even the friends she’d convinced herself she no longer needed. But is she too late?

The Sweethaven Circle is together again as Meghan works with Campbell, Jane, Lila, and Adele begin a new scrapbook for memories yet to be made. Picking up where A Sweethaven Summer left off, A Sweethaven Homecoming explores the strong bonds of friendship, the power of forgiveness, and the importance of unconditional love.