I accidentally read this book today. I was just skimming through the first bit to see if I could recommend it to my mom for the children she keeps, and instead read the entire thing!

First off, it is written with children in mind, but I swear the author wrote romance at one point... What children's book includes this:

“I promise,” said Anne, stepping into Brent’s embrace.

There's a bit of a love story and family theme in the background, but it's all written for children and it is wonderful. It starts off with Anne adopting Ellie from a shelter after she had been abandoned by her previous owners (seriously, y'all, don't do that! It's cruel and most of those animals will be put to sleep!) and an almost immediate bunny rescue.

I volunteer with the local shelter in my parish (county for you folks not in Louisiana) and having just lost the shelter to a horrific flood almost two months ago, we're dealing with a lot more animals than usual and this book really hit the heartstrings. I'm not ashamed to say that I cried several times while reading this.

There's also a bit of revenge abandonment towards the beginning when Toby makes his appearance, and that just made me livid because people really do that! I wish the book had more addressed how cruel it is to abandon your furbabies, but it is for children so it mostly just shows hurt feelings and shock. The animals in this book are very lucky.

And yes, I am recommending this to my mom for her to read to the children she keeps. :-D