Let It Be Me by Becky Wade (top young adult novels .TXT) 📕

to a lot of other people, too.”

“I’m messed up in a lot of ways.”

“You’re not perfect,” she acknowledged. “But—”

“You are. You’re perfect.”

She laughed under her breath. “No I’m not!”

Yes. She was. He kissed her and his worries disintegrated at the feel of her lips and the scent of her lavender soap. His devotion to her was a storm within. Life-changing. Steadfast. Stronger than hardships or time.

She set her forehead against his. They were both short of breath. “Do you know what you are, Sebastian?”

“Difficult?” he asked wryly.

“You’re perfect for me. And that’s enough.”

“The Lord has established his throne in the heavens, and his kingdom rules over all.”

—Psalm 103:19

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

The plot of Let It Be Me revolves around Leah’s discovery that she was switched at birth. Were you surprised when the culprit behind the switch was revealed?

Were you satisfied with Leah’s decision not to contact her biological parents? Why or why not?

Becky was fascinated by her research into the field of pediatric cardiac surgery! Did you learn anything new about that profession while reading Let It Be Me?

Becky has a teenage son and so she had a wonderful time writing about a sister serving as the caregiver for her teen brother. What qualities of Leah’s did Becky reveal via Leah’s relationship with Dylan?

Raise your hand if you’ve ever thought or said, “I’m bad at math,” like Dylan does in the novel. Becky spent most of her life believing herself to be bad at math. However, while researching this book, she watched numerous lectures given by women with PhDs in math. The following thought of Leah’s was inspired by those lectures: “No one was bad at math. Many people didn’t respond well to the way math was taught in school. But that did not mean they were bad at it.” Do you agree? Disagree?

What characteristics of Sebastian’s and Leah’s made them a great match for one another? Can you name a celebrity who resembles the Sebastian or the Leah of your imagination?

For Becky, one of the joys of writing this novel was the opportunity to explore the friendship between Sebastian and Ben. Was there a specific aspect of their behavior toward each other that you appreciated?

Which characters or scenes in Let It Be Me made you smile or laugh?

At one point in the novel, Leah thinks that Sebastian is “a heart surgeon who did not understand the inner workings of his own heart.” Becky used baby Isabella’s journey to a new heart as a metaphor for Sebastian’s emotional/spiritual journey over the course of the novel. What scene in Sebastian’s evolution was the most meaningful for you?

The hero of the next MISTY RIVER ROMANCE novel, Luke, was introduced within the pages of Let It Be Me. What do you expect to happen characterization-wise or romance-wise in his book?

Becky Wade is the 2018 Christy Award Book of the Year winner for True to You. She is a native of California who attended Baylor University, met and married a Texan, and moved to Dallas. She published historical romances for the general market, then put her career on hold for several years to care for her three children. When God called her back to writing, Becky knew He meant for her to turn her attention to Christian fiction. Her humorous, heart-pounding contemporary romance novels have won three Christy Awards, the Carol Award, the INSPY Award, and the Inspirational Reader’s Choice Award for Romance. To find out more about Becky and her books, visit www.beckywade.com.

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