“Paige Alder is in a really good place. She’s dating nice guy Tyler. Her boss has offered her a raise. Her walk with God is strong. Life is great—and that’s when things start to change.
First, the youth pastor at church keeps asking Paige to work with him full-time. Then her sister shows up newly engaged and wanting to reconnect, even though they haven’t spoken in years. And now former boyfriend Luke has come back into her life. How is Paige supposed to know what the right decisions are?”
Series: Book #2 in the “Paige Alder” series. Review of Book #1 Here!
Spiritual Content- Lots of Prayers & Blessings over food; Many, many Scriptures are mentioned, quoted, read, remembered, & thought over; Bible reading & Devotions; Church going, sermons, & lessons; Many, many talks about God, love, forgiving, bitterness, & guilt; ‘H’s are capital when referring to God; Paige teaches youth group for 9th grade girls & a Sunday School class for two-year-olds; Many mentions of God, Jesus, the Holy Spirit, & forgiveness; Many, many mentions of prayers, praying, & blessings over food; Many, many mentions of churches, church going, pastors, sermons, hymns/songs, Sunday School, Bible studies small groups, & youth group; Many mentions of Bible reading, Bibles & devotions; Many mentions of those in the Bible; Mentions of Christian music; Mentions of Heaven, being a godsend, & angels; A few mentions of Christian shelters & becoming a Christian; A couple mentions of Christian camps; A couple mentions of a man who left God (but it trying to do better now); A couple mentions of bar mitzvahs; A mention of a Bible college; A mention of a Christian radio station;
*Note: A couple mentions of someone trying to make her parents’ & sister’s lives a living hell (said twice); A couple mentions of aliens; A mention of a younger sister idolizing her big sister.
Negative Content- Minor cussing including: a ‘dang it’, a ‘geez’, a ‘holy cow’, a ‘holy smokes’, an ‘oh my gosh’, a ‘screw up’, a ‘sheesh’, a ‘shoot’, a ‘sissy’, a ‘sucks’, a form of ‘ticked off’, two ‘sheesh’s, two ‘stupid’s, three ‘duh’s, three ‘idiot’s, three ‘gosh’s, four ‘shut up’s, and five forms of ‘crap’; A mention of the phase about not assuming (Paige doesn’t explain the phrase’s meaning besides say that you “uh…shouldn’t do it.”); Paige says the closest she’s ever been to cussing was when she stepped on a scorpion and said “Oh my God” (her parents grounded her and she’s never said it again); Sarcasm & Eye rolling; Some jealousy; Mentions of murders, possibly being murdered, & crimes; Mentions of a teenager running away from home & her family’s grief and concern for her; Mentions of a teen girl sneaking out of the house & being grounded a lot; Mentions of lies, lying, & liars; Mentions of jealousy; Mentions of tattoos; A few mentions of divorce; A few mentions of peeing & a toot; A couple mentions of possibly being kidnapped; A couple mentions of break-ins & being robbed; A couple mentions of blood; A mention of poison & poisoning someone; A mention of smoking & drinking; A mention of dealing drugs; A mention of beer; A mention of someone looking like they just ran over a dog;
*Note: Going to & Mentions of Starbucks; Many mentions of brand names & items (Raisin Bran, Xbox, Visa, UPS, Tupperware, Lunchables, Legos, Red Bull, Oreos, Nutter Butters, Skittles, Nalgene, Chef Boyardee, Goldfish, Snickers, Tums, Junior Mints, Blue Bell ice cream, Krispy Kreme, Ken dolls, Coke, Post-it notes, BIC pens, Dr. Seuss, iPod, & WebMD); Many mentions of movies, TV shows, TV channels, characters, & books (The Princess Bride, Fever Pitch, Zorro, Lion King, White Christmas, The Sound of Music, Iron Man, Count of Monte Cristo, Rocky, Indiana Jones, The Parent Trap, The Wizard of Oz, Titanic, Independence Day, Star Wars, So I Married an Axe Murderer, Shrek, Kitchen Cousins, Sesame Street, Flashpoint, NCIS, Mr. Rodgers, Grey’s Anatomy, Friends, HGTV, ESPN, Food Network, Wilderness Channel, Pixar, & Casey at the Bat); Mentions of celebrities (Mariah Carey, Zac Efron, Jillian Michaels, the Duggar family, Harrison Ford, Elvis, Leo DiCaprio, Kate Middleton, Emeril, Dr. Phil, Shirley Temple, Spider-Man, Dean Martin, Tom Hanks, & Elvis); Mentions of restaurants & stores (General Tso, Panda Express, Cheesecake Factory, Panera, IHOP, McDonald’s, Dairy Queen, Cracker Barrel, Long John Silver’s, Sonic, Olive Garden, Golden Corral, Lowe’s, Walmart, Costco, Splash Mountain, Hobby Lobby); Mentions of car brands; A few mentions of musicals (Phantom of the Opera, Wicked, & Oklahoma); A couple mentions of sport teams; A mention of Craigslist; A mention of Hulk; A mention of werewolves.
1st person P.O.V. of Paige
297 pages
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*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.
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