Into the Fire

Every Bird that Falls by Sara Davison is Book three in the two sparrows for a penny group.

Here's the thing with Sara Davison novels: They're unique with fully developed characters who experience unusual circumstances in their lives and often don't act as expected. Every Bird that Falls is no exception.

Tala, Rose, and Jae are three girls in the foster-child system who've experienced heartbreaking circumstances in their young lives. When the three of them are placed with Felicity, a single woman who wants them all, the girls decide they'll each be the "sisters" they've never had and grow very close. Their lives with Felicity become meaningful and loving, but in their mid-teens they learn Felicity is ill. Not wanting to be a burden to her, they decide they'll sneak out and try to find a place to share on their own. 

Rose's older brother (Tag) and Jae started a relationship, but Tag has just abruptly ended it, leaving Jae with another heartbreak and uncertainty about everything in her young life. While the girls are walking down the street in the middle of the night, a van stops and three men try to kidnap them. Jae runs and with the self-defense skills she's learned tries her best to defend herself but passes out from a wound she didn't know she'd gotten.

From here the story tells us about Jae's strange circumstances, Tag's quest to find her, and what has happened to her "sisters." Peripheral characters surface and provide new lives after traumatic events. Jae risks her life to make things right. 

It's a fascinating story and for those readers who are looking for something "different," I highly recommend Sara's Every Bird that Falls. The clever dual meaning of the title will become apparent. 

Father, thank you for Sara's art in writing. Please continue to bless her with the stories you have just for her to tell. Guard her and her family and encourage her as only you can do. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.