Books for Christian Girls: "Where You Lead" by Leslea Wahl

About this book:

“A vision from God leads to the adventure of a lifetime.
Sixteen-year-old Eve Donahue’s lonely existence changes in an instant when visions of a mysterious stranger haunt her. Certain God is calling her for a mission, she bravely says yes and begins her quest to meet this young man.
Thousands of miles away, Nick Hammond has been dealing with his own unusual experience, an unwavering certainness to convince his father to run for political office.
When these two unlikely teens finally meet, their belief that God has called them to work together sets them on a journey of faith to untangle a web of deception involving international trade agreements, lost confederate gold, and a blossoming romance. As they follow century old clues, they realize God can call us all in big and small ways. We just need to listen and say, “Yes Lord, I will go where You lead.””

Series: As of now, no.

Spiritual Content- Many Prayers & Thanking God; Talks about God, being called, praying, & those in the Bible; Some witnessing; ‘H’s are capital when referring to God; Eve goes to a Catholic high school; Many mentions of God, His plan, & being called by Him; Many mentions of prayers, praying, & blessings over food; Mentions of those & events in the Bible; Mentions of visions from God; Mentions of Christians & faiths; Mentions of churches, Mass, services, & going; Mentions of priests, confessions, & a rectory; Mentions of Catholic schools; Mentions of a cross necklace; A couple mentions of missionaries; A couple mentions of being blessed; A couple mentions of crossing; A mention of a crucifix; A mention of reciting the Rosary; A mention of a Jewish person; A mention of a saint; A mention of religious statues;

*Note: Mentions of a woman saying she’s not religious & give the advice to only rely on yourself; Mentions of ghosts & a rumored haunted place; A mention of a target for evil; A mention of possible being possessed; A mention of Dante’s Inferno.

Negative Content- Minor cussing including: a ‘bloody’, a ‘criminy’, a ‘duh’, a ‘dang’, a ‘gosh’, a form of ‘screw up’, a ‘sheesh’, two ‘holy moly’s, two ‘shoot’s, two ‘yeesh’s, three ‘dumb’s, three ‘idiot’s, five ‘darn’s, five ‘geez’s, six ‘oh my gosh’s, and nine ‘stupid’s; Eye rolling & some sarcasm; Being held at gunpoint; Many mentions of wars, fighting, deaths, & bodies; Mentions of assassinations; Mentions of someone possibly being held captive; Mentions of illegal activities; Mentions of stealing & embezzlement; Mentions of guns & being held at gunpoint; Mentions of lies, lying, & liars; Mentions of gossip & rumors; Mentions of drinking, alcohol, cocktails, & wine; A few mentions of a tour about murdered people; A few mentions of slavery; A couple mentions of drugs; A couple mentions of throwing up; A couple mentions of poison; A couple mentions of hatred; A couple mentions of nightmares; A mention of drinking & driving; A mention of receiving a hand gesture;

*Note: A few mentions of singers & songs; A couple mentions of an ax murderer; A mention of a brand name.

Sexual Content- a barely-above-not-detailed kiss and a semi-detailed kiss; Noticing, Staring, & Nearness (nothing above noticing how cute or nice someone looks, barely-above-not-detailed); Blushes; A bit of Smelling; Touches & Hand holding (barely-above-not-detailed); Wanting to touch (not-detailed); A girl tries to seduce Nick (hinting to kissing and “fooling around” as he puts it, nothing happens); Mentions of a kiss, kissing, & a kiss-cam at a ball game (barely-above-not-detailed); Mentions of cute boys, dating, dates, boyfriends, & girlfriends; Mentions of flirting; Mentions of jealousy; Mentions of blushes; A few mentions of a seductive grin, nearness, & unwanted touches from a teen girl to Nick; A couple mentions of wanting to kiss; A YA book amount of love, falling in love, & the emotions;

*Note: Mentions of cramps & female problems; A couple mentions of girls sending Nick creepy notes & photos; A mention of a girl’s microscopic skirt; A mention of assuming that a teen boy would like a girl who doesn’t wear much in the way of clothes; A mention of the girl wearing provocative clothes; A mention of a wife who died in childbirth.

-Eve Donahue, age 16

-Nick Hammond
P.O.V. switches between them
337 pages

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My personal Rating-

{Add ½ star for those who enjoy history.}

{Add ½ star for those okay with a couple kisses between older teens.}

Pretty sure I haven’t fangirled this hard since the beginning of this year over “The Story People”. I am currently at a loss for words because I squealed, squeed, laughed and melted a bit over different times when reading this book. Eve? Eve was fantastic, and I think we would get along swimmingly. The things that Eve would say and pray felt so very real to me and things I would personally say. Nick was a gentleman and his siblings were hoots. I love that both teens had relationships with their parents and the conversations they would have. Also, the willingness between both Nick and Eve for doing what they felt God calling them to do was so great. I just love that message so much! Their first meeting is going down as one of my favorites ever. The second-hand embarrassment was so high! Hahaha! I thought the romance was so sweet and the mystery with historical details interesting as well. I can definitely see fans of Ally Carter enjoying this book, knowing that it is a cleaner book with faith content is included.

See y’all on Wednesday with a new review!