Books for Christian Girls: "The Land Uncharted" by Keely Brooke Keith

Friday, February 6, 2015

"The Land Uncharted" by Keely Brooke Keith

**Not for teens!

About this book:

“Lydia Colburn is a young physician dedicated to serving her village in the Land. Day and night, she rushes by horseback to treat the ill and injured, establishing a heroic reputation as the village’s new doctor.
Naval Aviator Connor Bradshaw is flying over the South Atlantic Ocean on a mission to secure any remaining sources of fresh water in a 2025 world torn apart by war. A malfunction activates his aircraft’s ejection system, parachuting his unconscious body to the shore of a hidden land.
Lydia risks her safety to help the injured outsider despite the shock of his mysterious arrival and the disastrous implications his presence could have for her peaceful society, which has gone undetected for seven generations.
Connor searches for a way to return to his squadron, but his fascination with life in the Land makes him protective of Lydia and her peaceful homeland. And while Lydia’s attraction to Connor stirs desires she never anticipated, it also pushes an unwanted admirer to stage a dangerous attempt to win her affection.
As Connor tries to keep the Land off the radar, he learns the biggest threat to Lydia lurks in her village. But when Lydia’s greatest passion and darkest fear collide, will she look to the past or the future to find the strength to survive?”

Series: Book #1 in the “Uncharted” series.

Spiritual Content- ‘H’s are capital when talking about God; Two mentions of God; Going to church and fixing it up with a hammer; “God gave them a forest full of medicine”; Lydia’s father is a preacher (and normally the oldest son would become one too, but Levi doesn’t want to be; that pops up quite a few times); Frank is very hateful about “religion”; Connor picks up a book on the shelf called “The Gospel According to John” (it’s said he reads it but the reader doesn’t read any of it; meaning it’s not quoted.).

Negative Content- Minor cussing including: a form of ‘idiot’, a form of ‘idiot’, and two ‘wretched’; Blood & bones poking out (semi-detailed); Mentions of burning flesh, wars & battle; Fighting (barely-above-not-detailed); Wanting to beat a pervert’s face in; Wanting to kill someone; Having to be an undertaker (barely-above-not-detailed); Lydia’s mother was murdered and how it happened (barely-above-not-detailed); Almost drowning (detailed); People drown (semi-detailed).

Sexual Content- **Frank is a pervert & stalks Lydia, sadly (and grossly) we see his P.O.V.; Frank is a pervert and has drawn pictures of Lydia bare (“Frank has violated Lydia without even touching her.”); Lydia’s father told Frank many times to stay away from Lydia; Wanting to kiss; A kiss on the head; A semi-detailed kiss; A women is called a Jezebel; Connor does not know his father; Connor does push-ups without a shirt on (barely-above-not-detailed); The Land makes wanna-be married couple and makes them be sure to have “quality breeding” (aka no distant family); Connor wishes Lydia had a pair of jeans (whether he wishes for her sake or for how she’ll look in them, it’s not said); “but you should understand silence will only hinder any possibility of intimacy.”; Love, falling in love, & the emotions.

-Lydia Colburn, age 22

-Connor Bradshaw
P.O.V. switches between them, Frank, Isabella & Justin.

Set in 2025
306 pages

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Pre Teens-

New Teens-

Early High School Teens-

(and a half)

Older High School Teens-

My personal Rating-

This was a unique plot that I could have enjoyed. But I didn’t. I can’t over look the fact the main character has a pervert stalking her and that we see inside his head. No teen girl needs to read that! No one! Only because he died did my rating go to Two Stars. Also, I was disappointed that there wasn’t really much Spiritual Content since Lydia’s father is a preacher.

See y’all on Monday with a new review! :)