Synopsis:
Scholarship student Carly bonds with her titled new roommate when Lady Lindsay starts receiving emails from a stalker.
Review:
Be Strong and Curvaceous didn’t really do it for me. I have read a lot of series Christian YA and this didn’t do anything new. It’s not bad, I just need more from my reading these days.
Synopsis:
New girl Ana struggles with overprotective parents who push her to succeed, but when she winds up in detention she discovers she is not the only girl in school who has survived a near-fatal incident.
Review:
I bigtime heart Anne and May, the Good Girls, so I was thrilled to read The Miracle Girls, the first in their new young adult series. Anne and May write Christian fiction that isn’t preachy, and The Miracle Girls makes Ana’s Christianity just part of her life, not the focus of the book.
Ana makes some pretty big blunders at the start of the story, but it’s easy to relate to her because she’s really struggling to find her place in the world. Her parents want her to have a huge quinceanera, but she’s afraid she won’t have any friends to invite. She gets off on the wrong foot with Riley McGee, a popular cheerleader who is Ana’s number one rival for grades. Riley happens to be one of the three girls that Ana ends up sitting with in detention, and even though the the four girls discover their common thread, Ana can’t imagine that they’ll ever end up friends.
The Miracle Girls is a fast, delightful read and I can’t wait to read the next one, which follows Christine. I was definitely intrigued by the story Anne and May created for Christine, so I’m glad they chose to go with her for book 2.
Synopsis:
Jane’s always found it easy to believe in God, but when she loses everything overnight she has to learn what’s really important. Continue reading
How’s that for a provocative title?
Others are like, “The trouble with Christian fiction is that any other kind exists.”
Some people are like, “The trouble with Christian fiction is that it exists at all.”
I would love to read books about people struggling with the Christian faith. My trouble with Christian fiction is that a lot of times the characters have no dark side. Or, if they do, their dark side is promptly banished upon asking Jesus into their hearts. I think this is a huge lie that Christian fiction tells, personally. These are people who bear no resemblance to real people, and their struggles are empty because they aren’t really struggles. They’re all basically nice people who get sad when it hurts but never do anything really wrong. Blech.
Today’s rant is brought to you by a work read, a piece of “inspirational” fiction that certainly inspired me–to write this post.
Synopsis:
When the Archbishop of Canterbury sends a canon to uncover evidence of sexual misconduct in the home of one of his bishops, a mare’s nest of scandal erupts and the canon must face hard truths about the hypocrisies in his life. Continue reading
Synopsis:
Kristin Lavransdatter is a girl in 14th Century Norway, betrothed to one man but desperately in love with another. Continue reading
Synopsis:
1850s California Gold Rush. God tells a good man to marry a prostitute and teach her the true meaning of unconditional love–if she’ll only stick around to learn it. Continue reading
