The Voice We Find by Nicole Deese

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The Voice We Find by Nicole Deese is the 3rd book in the Fog Harbor series. 

The Voice We Find starts out with Sophie Walker returning home to California after she has fails at her broadway career. Her dysfunctional family owns a winery and expect her to take a small role as she stays with her family. She also finds a gig as an audio-book narrator.

August Tate moved back near the same area in California to be a guardian to his younger adopted sister who has degenerative hearing loss after a traumatic accident that claimed the lives of their parents. August has a recording studio and is soon recording Sophie reading audio-books. 

There is actually a lot going on in The Voice We Find. I enjoyed the romance in the beginning with Sophie and August. . .but then the communication troubles began. That is really one of my least favorite tropes. I dislike it when the guy and gal can't communicate, which happens for awhile in this book. There are also communication issues between August and his sister, Gabby. Then there were communication issues with August and his parents before the accident. While I enjoyed this book and this series, this aspect made this one my least favorite.

There is a strong element of faith in The Voice We Find in several characters.  Some of it did feel a bit preachy to me and I didn't feel that way with her other books this series. This book also has more telling and less showing, I think. The ending had some surprises but it also wrapped some things up quite neatly. I just had mixed feelings about this book. I wanted to like it, especially because a theme in my own story was about having a voice with people close to me, but it wasn't my favorite in the series.

I received a copy of this book from Bethany House Publisher. All opinions within this review are my own.

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