Millie is turning 18 and will not be allowed to stay at the orphanage. She is given a stack of letters and told to choose a man to marry. She lies about her age and ends up at the house of George, a recent widower with four children that need caring. Millie does her best to get settled in, but she finds George to be distant and demanding.
I think that this story had potential, but there were some issues that bothered me. For the most part, we're in Millie's head, but there are strange moments here and there where we get a brief glimpse into George's thoughts and once in his daughter's. No warning and you're immediately back to Millie. There were some errors that could have been caught, like where the baby's name changes from Grace to Hope and then back to Grace again.
I understand that this is a short story, but I feel like the characters could have been developed more. Instead of telling me about Millie's choices for dinner, maybe some time could have been spent developing the character's personalities. At the end, I felt like I didn't know George at all and the ending didn't quite seem believable. I also didn't see what the goal of the story was. Was I reading to watch George and Millie fall in love? Was I watching Millie discover what it means to be a Christian? I wanted to like this story, but it's ultimately a pass for me.
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