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Who Is My Shelter? by Neta Jackson
Reviewed by Melissa Lockcuff
"...a must read book, especially if you’ve been keeping up with Neta Jackson’s novels."
Neta Jackson is back with the
fourth book in her series, A Yada Yada House of Hope. Who is My Shelter? is a must read book, especially if you’ve
been keeping up with Neta Jackson’s novels.
This book pretty much picks up where the last one left off with Gabby’s
estranged husband Philip in the hospital after being badly beaten up due to
a gambling debt. Gabby has just told Lee, her lawyer and friend, that she really
needs to focus on Philip right now. The story starts out with both an emotional
and a suspenseful high, as the thugs who beat Philip up still sit outside his
apartment building, just waiting for the opportunity to thrash him again.
With all of this stress going on in her life, Gabby has still managed to open
up her House of Hope, finally housing a couple of the homeless ladies from the
shelter. This has been her dream, but she’s also feeling like she really
doesn’t have a clue what she’s doing. It’s through the support
and prayers of her friends and “family” that Gabby keeps trudging
on, not to mention for the sake of her two boys whom she’s trying to give
as stable of a life as possible.
Enter Will Nissan, a young teenager who seems to have befriended her husband
Philip while he was in the hospital. Will and his grandmother are looking for
her long-lost sister, which leads to an even bigger and more life-changing mystery
to solve concerning one of the main characters that’s been with us in every
book. I would tell you, but I’d rather not spoil it for you. Honestly,
in the end, this part of the story is left somewhat hanging as well, so it just
makes me want to read the next book.
Neta has a way of tying a story together with worship---true authentic worship.
She really makes the reader feel as if they are in the story with the character,
feeling every high, every low. She has a way of keeping God at the forefront
of the story the whole way through. I love that the stories are so real and true
to life, stories that many people face in actual real life every single day.
The Christian life isn’t an easy road, and Gabby isn’t perfect….she
may have fallen in love with her lawyer friend….but she’s also trying
to do the right thing by Philip, even after the way he treated her and virtually
left her with nothing. The author does a great job of bringing all those emotions
to the surface, but she also makes the story very tangible for someone who might
be going through a similar situation. I won’t tell you what happens at
the end of the book, but I will say that God’s plan always comes through.
