"My So-Called Love Life" by Allie Pleiter

About this book:

  “A cartoon character is ruining my love life! Yes, it's true. I'm the voice of Maggy Hoot, the wisecracking owl from the hit animated series "Arborville." And as soon as any cute or eligible or even "breathing" guy realizes what I do for a living, the relationship is over before it's started.
  I'm actually Lindy Edwards, a smart, educated woman who would really like to get past the third date with a nice Christian man without having to give a hoot-owl impersonation. Is that too much to ask?”


Series: Part of the “Love Inspired” series and the min-series “Sweet City Hearts”, but I do not believe it is connected to any other book.


Spiritual Content- A few Scriptures are mentioned; Prayers; Church going; Talks about God & faiths; ‘H’s are capitalized when referring to God; Mentions of God & Jesus; Mentions of prayers, praying, & thanking God; Mentions of Christians, faiths, & witnessing; Mentions of churches, church going, services, praise music, & a Bible school; Mentions of blessings; Mentions of Bibles & those in the Bible; A mention of Heaven; A mention of a mission field.

Negative Content- Minor cussing including: a ‘drat’, a ‘rats’, a form of ‘wimp’, eight forms of ‘dumb’, ten forms of ‘idiot’, fourteen forms of ‘stupid’, Mentions of curses (said, not written); Sarcasm & Eye rolling; Mentions of suicide (of a character) & a suicide attempt (barely-above-not-detailed); Mentions of violence, blood, & gore; Mentions of drinking, alcohol, pills, addicts, & rehab; A few mentions of lies & lying; A few mentions of hatred; A few mentions of rumors; A couple mentions of serial killer; A couple mentions of cigarettes & smoking; A mention of child abuse or murder (used as an example); A mention of clubbing; A mention of tattoos; A mention of shirts with obscenities;

             *Note: Mentions of clothing brands, celebrities, actors/actresses, characters, movies, & TV shows.

Sexual Content- a hand kiss, three forehead kisses, three not-detailed kisses, three barely-above-not-detailed kisses, and two semi-detailed kisses; Remembering kisses & touches (barely-above-not-detailed); Wanting to be kissed (barely-above-not-detailed); Touches & Tingles/Fireworks (up to semi-detailed); Blushes; Noticing; Many mentions of dating, dates, & boyfriends; Mentions of kisses, kissing, wanting to be kissed, & seeing a couple kiss; Mentions of Nigel’s dating (of young women) & his type (“pin-up looks and very few brains”, he mentions that “fame’s a chick magnet”); A few mentions of jealousy; A couple mentions of sleeping with the enemy; A mention of a project (TV show or movie) that has no sex or gore; A mention of feeling naked (meaning vulnerable); A mention of womanizers; Love, falling in love, & the emotions;

             *Note: Mentions of Lindy mentioning her weight/figure/calories and wearing nylons; A few mentions of kissing up to someone; A couple mentions of hormones; A mention of a guy swatting at a girl.

-Melinda “Lindy” Edwards
                                1^st person P.O.V. of Lindy
                                                        249 pages

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My personal Rating-

This was a fun read for different reasons, but I loved the unique element of Lindy talking to the reader. The writing style was very entertaining, and I enjoyed those aspects. 

There were a few parts I wasn’t a fan of (mainly when Lindy would comment on her weight/figure/calories, but also the mentions of suicides and an attempt later by a character; thankfully it ends okay). 

There also was a lot of faith content and lessons that I liked seeing. I think I’ll continue looking into more of the older Love Inspired books. 

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.