"Waiting for your Prince" by Jackie Kendall

About this book:

  “Become the young woman you were made to be while you wait for God’s best.
  You are beautiful, valuable, and completely unique from anyone else who has ever lived in history!
  If this is really true, why would we want to act like everyone else—especially the world?
  In Waiting for Your Prince, Jackie Kendall encourages you to live like the priceless treasure God created you to be.
  You’ll find out how:
  Purity does not keep you from enjoying life; it saves you from giving away your most precious possession, identity Waiting for God’s best protects you from losing your self-worth by dating losers Saying “Yes” to Jesus signs you up to live the extraordinary life God has prepared just for you Wait for God’s best and show the world that you have something that so many desperately want: You are secure in the young woman God made you to be!”


Series: Non-Fiction

Spiritual Content- Over 120 Scriptures are quoted or referred (Not including the discussion questions); ‘H’s are capital when referring to God; Many talks about & mentions of Boaz & Ruth; Many, many, many talks about & discussions of the Bible and those in it; Prayers; Comparing the Proverbs 31 woman to Ruth.

Negative Content- Minor cussing including: a ‘dumb’, two ‘oh my gosh’s and three ‘stupid’s; Mentions of divorce; Many mentions of mean girls & bullies.

Sexual Content- two ‘hot’s when referring to how someone looks; The author does talk about sexual purity & s*x is only for marriage (“God’s Word is clear that the sexual relationship belongs to marriage.”, “God created sexual affection for marriage.”, “I am hoping that your mom and dad have already explained some of these principles, but I am explaining them to you, too, because you can’t hear them often enough!” And referring 1 Thessalonians 4:3-5); Mentions mentions of modesty, not being “eye candy” and how Bozo guys are “more focused on how “hot” a girl is than the moral excellence of her heart.”; Mentions/stories of fireworks, kissing and being touched by a boy; In the “Path in Sexual Sin”, the highest is #9 which is “Entering the No Zone—area below the neck”.  

Non-fiction
                                                        251 pages

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{Add 1-2 Stars for girls in Public School}

This was a good non-fiction. It was aimed for girls ages 9-12, but I can’t say I say give this book to girls I know in that age range. But I can see Public School girls that age reading this book. It was personally very simple to me but I did enjoy it. I have to give the author a round of applause, though, for quoting Katie Davis and Kylie Biscutti. :)

See y’all on Wednesday with a new review!

*BFCG may (Read the review to see) recommend this book by this author. It does not mean I recommend all the books by this author.

*I received this book for free from the Publisher (Destiny Image) for this review.

"An Amish Cradle" by Beth Wiseman, Amy Clipston, Kathleen Fuller & Vannetta Chapman

About this book:

  “Tiny fingers,
     Tiny toes,
     And lives that will never be the same.
     Journey with four families as their lives are about to change forever.”


Series: Thomas Nelson has published quite a few novella collections with the title “An Amish ______” (Love, Kitchen, Wedding, Christmas, Garden, Miracle, Cradle) This was my first time reading one.

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“In His Father’s Arms” by Beth Wiseman

About this book:

  “Ruth Anne has been dreaming about motherhood her entire life. Now she is doubly excited that she and her best friend are due with their children the same week. But when Ruth Anne’s baby is born with Down syndrome, she and her husband struggle to understand God’s plan.”

Spiritual Content- Prayers; Talks about & mentions of God choosing special people & being Blessed; Talking to the Bishop; ‘H’s are capital when referring to God; Levi is angry at God.

Negative Content- N/A

Sexual Content- Married couples kiss; Wanting to touch (barely-above-not-detailed); Babies are born (detailed wise is barely-above-not-detailed but the emotions are semi-detailed); Mentions of nursing; Levi walks out of the bathroom naked (not-detailed); Mentions of abortions.

-Ruth Anne

-Levi
                                         P.O.V. switches between them.
                                                        96 pages

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“A Son for Always” by Amy Clipston

About this book:

  “Carolyn and Joshua are thrilled to be pregnant with their first child together. Carolyn was just a teenager when she had her son, Benjamin, and she still feels solely responsible to secure his future. As Joshua watches Carolyn struggle to accept his support, he knows he has to find some way to convince her that she and Ben will always be taken care of.”

Spiritual Content- Prayers; A Scriptures is quoted; Talks about God being in control & being forgiven; ‘H’s are capital when referring to God.

Negative Content- N/A

Sexual Content- Married couples kiss; A baby is born (not-detailed); Mentions of nursing; Carolyn had Ben when she was 16 (all that’s said is “She had given in to the pressures of her then boyfriend and found herself pregnant and alone.”)

-Carolyn Glick

-Joshua Glick

                                         P.O.V. switches between them
                                                        96 pages

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“A Heart Full of Love” by Kathleen Fuller

About this book:

  “Ellie’s mother hasn’t stopped meddling in her personal life since Ellie lost her sight and she s taken it up a notch now that Ellie s pregnant. When Ellie gives birth to twins, her mother insists on moving in to care for them. But when her mother s behavior becomes unbearable, Ellie is forced to take a stand . . . and finally find out why Mamm can’t let go.”

Spiritual Content- Prayers; Mentions of God & trusting Him; ‘H’s are capital when referring to God.

Negative Content- Minor cussing including: two ‘stupid’s.

Sexual Content- Married couples kiss; Mentions of nursing.

-Ellie Miller

-Edna Chupp
                                         P.O.V. switches between them, Sarah Lynn & Chris
                                                        96 pages

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“An Unexpected Blessing” by Vannetta Chapman

About this book:

  “At 42, Etta thought she was finished having children, but she s pregnant again. After a frightening labor, Etta finally gives birth, but her constant worry over her estranged grown son, David, haunts her still. As a new mother again, Etta must hold tightly to the promise that God will watch over her children and that one day David will return.”

Spiritual Content- Psalm 126:3 at the beginning & quoted in the story as well; Prayers; Talks about God & His Will; ‘H’s are capital when referring to God; A mention of Abraham & Sarah; Discussions about the Amish & Mennonite beliefs.

Negative Content- N/A

Sexual Content- Married couples kiss; A mention of a monthly cycle; Mentions of menopause; Mentions of a stillborn; A baby is born (with a looped cord & cutting the cord, barely-above-not-detailed to semi-detailed); Mentions of nursing.

-Etta Bontrager, age 42

-Mose Bontrager, age 45
                                         P.O.V. switches between them
                                                        96 pages

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A total of 400 pages (with recipes!), “An Amish Cradle” is a pretty super-clean read. Let’s break down my thoughts on each novella.

“In His Father’s Arms” by Beth Wiseman – As someone who has a heart for kids with special needs and a future Occupational Therapist, I did enjoy this novella. Tied for first with....

“A Son for Always” by Amy Clipston – Yay! I get to see Carolyn & Joshua & Ben again! Connected to “A Mother’s Secret” a full length story, it was nice to “see” them again...even if I can’t relate to the storyline.

“A Heart Full of Love” by Kathleen Fuller – While reading this novella, I got the feeling that I was missing something! Turns out it’s collected to a novella in the “An Amish Love” collection.

“An Unexpected Blessing” by Vannetta Chapman – Now this one...Hmmm. I got the same feeling from it but I can’t find that it’s connected to any other novellas/novels. Hmm!

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

*BFCG may (Read the review to see) recommend this book by this author. It does not mean I recommend all the books by this author.

*I received this book for free from an Author for this review.

"Worth the Time" by Laura Jackson

About this book:

  “Doesn't anyone feel she's worth their time?
  Routinely ignored by her single mother, high school senior Lindsey Hamilton hides her loneliness behind a mask of flirtatious self-confidence that has many boys wrapped around her finger. However, during community service required for graduation, she meets a shy guy with a haunted past who barely gives her the time of day. Why doesn't he like her?
  Then the father she thought had abandoned her before birth wants to meet, and she discovers everything she believed about him is a lie.
  How will Lindsey learn to trust so she can realize that she has been loved all along?”


Series: Book #2 in the “Waltham Academy”. {Book #1, “Worth the Wait”, reviewhere!}  

Spiritual Content- A Mention of Bible studies; Mentions of Prayers & most are written out; Talks about God, Him caring & His plans; ‘H’s are capital when referring to God; Mentions of Scriptures; Church going & Sermons; bible reading & discussing; Lindsey thinks that we control our own destiny (that view point changes by the end. ;) ); People try to witness to Lindsey.

*Note: “three weeks of h*ll” and “h*llhole of a school” are both said once or twice.

Negative Content- Minor cussing including: a ‘crap’, a form of ‘dumb’, two ‘gosh’s, two ‘shut up’s, four forms of ‘suck’, five forms of ‘screw’ and five ‘stupid’s; Mentions of Curses said, not written; Mentions of drinking, drunks & parties; Mentions of drugs & overdosing; a Mention of kicking someone’s butt; Lying.

Sexual Content- two ‘babe’s, three ‘sl*t’s, six ‘hot’s when referring to how someone looks; Not-detailed kisses and two semi-detailed kisses (But the guy asks Lindsey if he can kiss her!); Embraces & wanting to kiss (barely-above-not-detailed); Lindsey was born out of wedlock; The opening chapter is set in Lindsey’s freshman year and is said that Lindsey kissed and slept with a jerk (it turns out it was all part of a bet with his friends; $100 for a date with her, $500 if he got her in bed—with a photo to prove it; it’s said the picture isn’t graphic, that it was taken “after”.); Dylan has been pressuring Lindsey to have s*x (he lets people think they’ve been sleeping together, which they haven’t); a Mention to get a room; a Mention of a girl who was raped; Rumors about cheating & sleeping with other girls; Boys, boyfriends, crushes, Exes & the drama that goes with it all.

*Note: Lindsey wears a strapless dress, shorts and tank tops.

-Lindsey Hamilton, age 17

                                        P.O.V. of Lindsey
                                                        246 pages

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{Ratings would be near this or higher for girls in Public school.}

In the history of reviewing books for this blog (almost 500 books have been reviewed), I’m 99.99% positive I have never read a book with the main character being named Lindsey. Which is my name (see my signature?). In reading “Worth the Wait”, the first book in this series, I was a little annoyed that the mean girl’s name was Lindsey. I was really hoping her story (and why she’s so mean!) would be its own book—and yay!—now it is. Reading Lindsey’s story and past makes you see why she was so mean in Book #1. This wasn’t an easy read because of the Sexual content, but I truly enjoyed seeing Lindsey’s faith grow. I would not recommend this book for everyone though, just because of the Sexual Content.

Lindsey is currently: Typing a review about a book with the main character named Lindsey and listening to Lindsey Stirling. #lindseysruletheworld   

See y’all on Friday with a new review! 

*BFCG may (Read the review to see) recommend this book by this author. It does not mean I recommend all the books by this author.

*I received this book for free from the Author for this review.