June Bug

by Chris Fabry
Hennepin County Library paperback 326 pages
genre: Christian fiction, mystery

Spoilers ahead . . .

Liked it, but didn't finish before our book club meeting. Jodi did NOT like it. Fabry leaves some pretty glaring loose ends. . . makes me want to read Dogwood to see if he addresses them. Why does John just walk away from June Bug after raising her for seven years? What happens with Sheila? How does June Bug reconcile her history with her new life? Will Mae and Leason parent June Bug any better than they did Dana?

The story opens in a Walmart with June Bug seeing her own photo age-progressed. The realization that her dad may not be her dad leads her to question many things about their life together. I liked the way the story unfolded, but agree that there were too many things that didn't fit. The one thing that most bothered me was that no one was punished for the attempted murder and subsequent kidnapping of a little girl - at least not in this story. Dana, Walker, and John all walked away.

Still, I like this author's storytelling style and am interested in trying another of his books.