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Do-Gooder by J. Leigh Bailey


Title: Do-Gooder

Author: J. Leigh Bailey

Publication: September 15th, 2016

Publisher: Harmony Ink Press

Read: August 27th, 2016


Summary:


No good deed goes unpunished, and for seventeen-year-old Isaiah Martin, that’s certainly the case. The gun he was caught with wasn’t even his, for God’s sake. He only had it to keep a friend from doing something stupid. No one wants to hear it though, and Isaiah is banished—or so it seems to him—to live with his missionary father in politically conflicted Cameroon, Africa.

However, when he arrives, his father is so busy doing his good deeds that he sends Henry, the young, surprisingly hot do-gooder with a mysterious past, to pick up Isaiah and keep him out of trouble. Even while Isaiah is counting down the days until he can go home, he and Henry get caught in the political unrest of the region. Kidnapped by militant forces, the two have to work together to survive until they are rescued—unless they manage to find a way to save each other first.


My Review:


Lou's mind stars: ✭✭✭✭


This is a book I went in with little fear: I don't usually read much stories of this kind but I was pleasantly surprised with it, so much that I read it in one sitting. I just could not stop reading, I had to know what was going to happen to both the young characters.


This is full of action, but not only that. There's acceptance, how to learn to accept the mistakes of the past and so many more. The story is much deeper than the blurb let it appeared and honestly this is one book I won't mind to come back to every once in a while. Even the moments of apparent calm give you something. You do not have time to get bored with this story.

You're looking for a good written, pageturner story? Go for this one.


*book received from the publisher via Netgalley for an honest review*

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