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Many stories look at the long lasting impact of bullying, but not only does this do that, it takes a look at the person behind the bully and helps us understand the that often bullies behave the way they do because of their own pain. I liked that what Aaron had done wasn't excused or made light of and that he had to deal with ongoing consequences of his past even though he regretted his actions and the hurt he caused. And I liked that forgiveness didn't come too easily for Mercy. Pain can't always be brushed aside, no matter how much we wish it were so. This book was well written, with fully developed characters and strong spiritual arc that involved frank discussions about God but never came across preachy. All together a wonderful read and I'll definitely be looking forward to Melissa Jagears' next book!


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A Chance at Forever Teaville Moral Society Melissa Jagears 9780764217531 Books Reviews

Melissa Jagears captures the reader in this third volume of the Teaville Moral Society series, "A Chance at Forever." Mercy McClain, along with her brother and sister-in-law, have been put in charge of the local orphanage. There she spends her days helping to take care of the children. She also is on the school board and it is here that she encounters someone from her past - her tormentor - George Aaron Firebrook. Better known in her childhood as the class bully. Now he was applying for a teacher's position. Would this be her chance to get even or would she live up to her name granting mercy? George Aaron Firebrook returns to Teaville, Kansas a changed man. However, he has his work cut out to show everyone, particular Mercy, that he is a new person. While waiting for the school board to decide on who the new teacher will be he is offered a job at the orphanage as the grounds keeper. This is a chance to prove himself and gain Mercy's forgiveness and friendship. Jagears does a great job exploring forgiveness and second chances in this latest novel. I received a complimentary copy of this book from BethanyHouse and was under no obligation to post a review.
I really tried to like this book, and to be fair it was good at the first third of the story. I was hoping the plot would pick up, and there would be more development throughout, but it just wasn’t there. Which is unfortunate because although this type of plot has been done in so many countless novels, it still had the potential to be good.

There wasn’t much to the characters in the book although Mercy seemed to have been the only interesting one and the only one with personality. The chemistry with Aaron and Mercy isn’t that great and as you progress throughout the novel it’s always back and forth with them. You feel like you’re watching a never ending tennis match between these two where they’re not doing anything to gain advantage in the game. And well, to be frank it’s pretty dry.

Aaron seemed like an all right character to read about, a guy out for redemption and feels bad for his past treatment of a lot of people (he was the town bully so to speak) and although it was nice to see part of his development and him trying to redeem himself it didn’t quite work out as I had hoped, he ended up being mopey, weepy but to the point where you have to wonder if he’s suddenly become emo. True, he’s had some pretty awful things done to him in the past but his constant mood changes from feeling good about changing, to moping on past regrets got old pretty fast, and this contributed more to the never ending tennis match I mentioned in the previous paragraph.

The secondary characters surrounding our main ones have each their own issues and problems and although Jimmy’s story was a good one, it just wasn’t enough to give this book justice. The plot was slow moving and dry with minor events happening in which it doesn’t make much of a difference to the story. Sad to say this book just didn’t quite cut it for me.
I loved it! Thank you.
I really enjoyed reading this book.
A Chance at Forever is more than a sweet romance. Forgiveness, restitution, character and vice are woven into this tale and explores both the causes and the ramifications of various stripes of sexual sins. The new characters were compelling, and it was also fun to revisit characters featured in the previous novels of this series.
"Aaron Firebrook . . . . . . she'd figured he was likely related to the worst bully she'd ever known, but to actually be him?"

George Aaron Firebrook has a lengthy list of those in Teaville with whom he feels led to make restitution; Mercy McClain being at the top of the list. Seeing her in a school board meeting, with his very future in her hands, wasn't exactly how he would have written the script.

Mercy McClain is stunned to encounter "Aaron" Firebrook as a candidate for their high school math instructor. He had been the meanest boy in town; taunting and teasing her for days on end, his cruelty towards others practically legendary. Sure, he had grown a beard, changed his name, and put on a guise of kindness, but she could not imagine trusting him with the children of Teaville, Kansas; could she?

Instead of easily avoiding Aaron while the school board interviews other potential teachers, Mercy finds Aaron employed by Nicholas Lowe as a gardener for the very orphanage where Mercy lives and works with her brother and sister-in-law. As the weeks progress and Mercy has a close up view of the older and wiser version of Aaron Firebrook, everything that she supposed to be true is held in question, while everything that was supposed to be in question appears to be true. But there are other more pressing issues to confront than Aaron Firebrook's code of conduct; others are struggling to accept that lives can be changed from the inside out, with the power and grace of the Holy Spirit.

A lovely story with deep spiritual undertones.
Many stories look at the long lasting impact of bullying, but not only does this do that, it takes a look at the person behind the bully and helps us understand the that often bullies behave the way they do because of their own pain. I liked that what Aaron had done wasn't excused or made light of and that he had to deal with ongoing consequences of his past even though he regretted his actions and the hurt he caused. And I liked that forgiveness didn't come too easily for Mercy. Pain can't always be brushed aside, no matter how much we wish it were so. This book was well written, with fully developed characters and strong spiritual arc that involved frank discussions about God but never came across preachy. All together a wonderful read and I'll definitely be looking forward to Melissa Jagears' next book!