Review: Sing a Song Again by Katja H. Labonté

Sing a Song Again by Katja H. Labonté

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Oh my, what an authentic, truth-filled story! I really enjoyed reading this – Ashley felt very human with realistic emotions and desires and struggles. And Susanna! What a sweetheart. She was such a good friend. I loved it when the girls bonded over their love of books – even Sherlock Holmes! Yes! The way Susanna was such a faithful friend to Ashley in spite of initial repulsion was so powerful. And Ashley worked through real-life problems. A lot of books have characters that have suffered extremely dramatic pasts, and while that’s true for some people and works great for some characters, this book felt even more realistic because Ashley struggled with betrayal from a friend. Many people can empathize with that in one form or another.

And the ending … wow! It was just beautiful. Indeed, Jesus is the only One Who can comfort us and soothe us and be our very best Friend. I really enjoyed reading this – Katja’s writing was very well done and so nice to read. I’m looking forward to reading more of her work in the future. (And by the way, after I finished this story, I started singing “Great is Thy Faithfulness.” You’ll just have to read it to find out why.)