The Text God: Text and You Shall Receive

Jen is having a hard time in life at the moment and she really wishes something good would happen. She says a little prayer and “God” answers her in the form of a text. Meanwhile, Gabe sends a text message to the younger sister of his friend, offering some help as she is following the same career path as he has. This younger sister keeps asking for more and more and soon he is thinking she’s a bit off her rocker.

Some of Gabe’s assistance gets Jen into a job at a hotel that he works with as a hospitality lawyer. It’s not long before they happen to meet and hit it off rather well. It’s not long before they are both entangled in each others’ lives and it’s only a matter of time before Jen’s mistake is found out by both.

Okay, the premise is kind of silly and a little unbelievable to me. But then there are some people out there who really might believe it. So I will say it’s a bit of a kooky premise. But it kind of works for me. Both main characters are pretty likable and they do have some nice chemistry going. The sorts of things going on in their lives are also pretty easy to understand so we can really sympathise with them.

I do find Jen’s back story lacking to some degree. Reference to her family is mostly negative aside from her grandfather, but it’s not clear what that story was. As this is the second book in a series, I wonder if the first book provides information useful to the second. In the end, it’s not a major thing but it would give a bit better understanding of Jen to have that story revealed a bit further.

Overall this was a quite enjoyable read, full of humour and the personalities of both Jen and Gabe. I give this 3 solid stars.

Thanks to Netgalley for sharing an advanced reader copy in exchange for a fair review.