"Unbroken" by Rebekah A. Morris

About this book:

  “Difficulties arise at Triple Creek Ranch when Orlena, Norman Mavrich’s spoiled, pampered younger sister comes to live with her brother and his wife. The move is much against Orlena’s wishes, and she doesn’t hesitate to let everyone know it. Time and again Mr. and Mrs. Mavrich are driven to their knees to find strength to face another day. Join the young ranch boss, Norman Mavrich, his sweet wife, Jenelle, and the rest of the members of Triple Creek Ranch as they strive to be examples of Christ to the unbroken newcomer.”


Series: Book #1 in “Triple Creek Ranch” series.

Spiritual Content- Many Prayers & Thanking God; A few Scriptures are quoted & mentioned; Church; A Hymn; Witnessing; Talks about God, Jesus & the Sabbath; ‘H’s are capital when referring to God; Many, many mentions of prayers & praying; Mentions of Church & sermons; A mention of a miracle; Orlena doesn’t know Jesus & thinks Church is a place to show off her dress.

Negative Content- Minor cussing including: four ‘dumb’s and five ‘stupid’s; Tantrums & Tempers; A couple mentions of spankings; Mentions of injuries (barely-above-not-detailed).

Sexual Content- twenty (married) not-detailed kisses.

-Orlena Mavrich

-Norman Mavrich
                                        P.O.V. switches between them, Jenelle & a few others
                                                        234 pages

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My personal Rating-

This was a great book! I absolutely love Jenelle & her keep-the-peace outlook about her eleven year old sister-in-law. While this was written more for pre-teens, the writing didn’t seem juvenile. The only flaw was the head-swapping (Point of view changing with no breaks to differ who’s P.O.V. it’s in. ;) ) distracted a bit from the story. I do wish there was a bit more details, like how old Norman & Jenelle are or the age difference between the siblings or even what year this book was set in. “Unbroken” was very clean with lots of Spiritual Content. I really enjoyed it and can see girls of all ages liking this story! Older teens, like myself, may fawn a bit over how cute & sweet Norman & Jenelle are to each other. I’d love to know how long they’ve been married, since they acted like sweet newlyweds. :)

I look forward to reading the rest of the series and, hopefully, seeing Orlena growing! :)

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 the Author for this honest review.

"Silver Spurs" by Miralee Ferrell

About this book:

  “Kate’s dream of owning a horse has finally happened. But now her best friend Tori has no money to buy a horse. So Kate comes up with a plan—she’ll raise money by boarding horses and hosting a show in her family’s barn.
  It seems the perfect solution until Melissa, the girl who disses Kate and Tori at school, shows up to board her horse, determined to compete in their show and win the silver spurs. Will their plan be ruined—or does God have something better in store for them all?”


Series: Book #2 in the “Horses and Friends” series. (Review of Book #1 Here!)

Spiritual Content- Prayers; Talks about God; ‘H’s are capital when referring to God; Kate admits to not thinking that God is very practical (she later shakes herself out of that idea); Many mentions of prayers; Mentions of church; A couple mentions of miracles & godsends;

Negative Content- Minor cussing including: three ‘stupid’s and four forms of ‘dumb’; A bit of sarcasm; Kate gets a bit mouthy & angry (she tries to work on it); Jealousy & some judging; Mentions of mean & snotty girls; A girl is slapped; A couple mentions of eating chickens; A few mentions of drugging a horse.

Sexual Content- Melissa calls Colt Kate’s boyfriend (which he’s not); A couple mentions of crushing on someone & not wanting to be his girlfriend.

-Kate Ferris, 13
                                         P.O.V. of Kate
                                                        184 pages

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My personal Rating- 

While Kate’s attitude bothered me, I was really glad she was trying to work on herself. I loved Tori and hope to see more of her in the future books and it was nice to learn more about Melissa. A fun book with some good lessons. :)

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 Publisher (David C. Cook) for this honest review.

"The Perfect Blindside" by Leslea Wahl

About this book:

  “He's an egotistical snowboarder with a silver medal.
  She's a judgmental honors student with a flair for photography.
  Slashed tires.... False accusations.... A coded message.... When all they can see is each other's flaws, how can Jack and Sophie work together to figure out what's really been happening at the abandoned silver mine?
  Follow Sophie and Jack into secret tunnels as they unravel the mystery and challenge each other to become who God wants them to be.”


Series: As of now, no.

Spiritual Content- Many Prayers; Scriptures are mentioned; Talks about God, gifts, & His plans; ‘H’s are not capital when referring to God; Mentions of prayers; Mentions of Mass, youth Mass & a priest; A mention of VBS & Sunday School;

*Note: A mention of a shrine; Mentions of spirits & ghosts.

Negative Content- Minor cussing including: a ‘bull’, a ‘darn’, a ‘duh’, a ‘geesh’, a ‘heck’, a ‘oh my gosh’, a ‘shoot’, a ‘son-of-a—‘, a ‘shut up’, a ‘what the…?’, two ‘dang’s, two ‘gosh’s, four ‘freakin’’s, four ‘where/what the heck’, five ‘dumb’s, five forms of ‘screw’, six ‘geez’s, nine ‘idiot’s, and twenty-four ‘stupid’s; Mentions of curses said but not written; Sarcasm; Eye rolling; Jake can be snippy & snaps at his parents a few times; A mention of beer cans & cigarettes; A mention of an addiction; Mentions of drugs, marijuana, cocaine & drug trafficking; Mentions of parties, rehab, alcohol, highs & being stoned; Mentions of dead wildlife (fish, birds & squirrels, barely-above-not-detailed); Mentions of pain, blood, punching & guns pointed (up to semi-detailed); Mentions of killing.

Sexual Content- an almost kiss and a border-line barely-above-not-detailed // semi-detailed kiss; Hand holding & Touching (barely-above-not-detailed); Nearness & Smelling; Noticing & Staring; Noticing a guy’s six pack; Blushes; Girls flirt & fawn over Jake; Jake is overwhelmed when girls surround him; A but of jealousy; a ‘baby’, a ‘smokin’ hot’, two forms out ‘hot’ and three ‘chick’s; A mention of a cheating husband; A mention of testosterone; A mention of a girl slipping Jake her phone number; Mentions of flirting; Mentions of guys being surrounded by girls; Mentions of a player; Mentions of being around the opposite gender; Mentions of cute boys & crushes; Mentions of boyfriends, girlfriends & going out; Mentions of a dance & dates; Mentions of kisses & kissing;

           *Note: A mention of a cheerleader showing off her legs and other girls’ figures & skin tight clothes.

-Sophie Metcalf, age 16

-Jake Taylor, age 16
                                         1^st person P.O.V. switches between them
                                                        265 pages

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My personal Rating-

Ooooh! This reminded me of a teen movie! I have no clue why, but it was so cute! I ship Sophie & Jake, y’all! They are so cute together!

A much different writing style with both main characters alternating in first person—something we don’t see often is a guy’s 1^st person POV in Christian YA fiction, it was a nice change. :)

While I wasn’t a fan of all the minor cussing, I really enjoyed “The Perfect Blindside”, it was a cute YA book with a bit of suspense, a thread of romance and quite a few prayers. I would love to see these characters again in another book. :)

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 Author for this honest review.