Wait for Me

3.5 stars
In many ways, this was one of the best in the series, since it had to move beyond dragging out the drama to another few books and get the issues all taken care of by the end of the book/series. I wasn't sure at first if I was going to read this book because Pete and Jess annoyed me so much the last few books with their refusal to just come out and talk through their problems, and it was good to watch them start to talk through it.

I was disappointed in the faith thread because it was very present in some ways but in others was exceedingly generic, and when Pete lost Jess he didn't turn to it...he self-destructed again. To the point that he tried to find another woman to have sex with and I had a big issue with that element. Also the faith question never crosses Jess's mind when she is tangled up with two men who want to marry her; the other man seems to have either no or very little faith and who knows what that faith might be in, because no one ever mentions it. Many folks are willing to pray in the middle of danger and that doesn't mean they believe in God or trust in Jesus. So the spiritual lessons are there but only would be edifying in the context of having a reader who already knows what faith is.

But the survival parts were non-stop thrill and had me on the edge of my seat. The mystery is weaker (there really aren't any clues to go off of) so that leaves it more as a reaction to danger rather than anything to figure out. Very much an outdoors man-against-nature focus with a dose of “danger from another man” thrown in.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for a free reading copy. A favorable review was not required.