Monday, April 25, 2022

"The Trouble With Weddings" by Beverly Lewis

About this book:

  Holly is excited about her mother's wedding and thrilled to help plan it, but their ideas of a perfect wedding do not match.


Series: Book #4 in the “Holly’s Heart” series. Reviews of Book #1 Here! Book #2 Here! and #3 Here!


Spiritual Content- Scriptures are quoted & mentioned; Church going; Holly likes Danny but thinks that he can be “preachy” and she gets very annoyed with him about it; Mentions of God; Mentions of prayers & praying; Mentions of Bibles, Bible reading, & devotions; Mentions of churches, church going, youth group, Sunday school classes, services, hymns, pastors, & sermons; A few mentions of Christians; A couple mentions of Heaven.
 
 
Negative Content- Minor cussing including: a ‘duh’, four forms of ‘dumb’, six ‘stupid’s, and eight forms of ‘idiot’; Some eye rolling; Holly tells off a friend and doesn’t feel sorry about it or sticking him with the food bill (Andie tells her that she’s better off without him because he was controlling); After Holly buys something her mom wouldn’t approve of (a dress) she stalls showing it to her & tries to come up with excuses to keep her from seeing it (*Spoiler* Holly winces when she sees the dress clashes her mom’s wedding colors, but her mom ends up laughing *End of Spoiler*); Holly snoops in her mom’s room (and while she feels a twinge of guilt, she reads the note from her mom’s boyfriend anyway); Holly’s best friend wants her to write an assignment for her but Holly says no because that would be dishonest; Mentions of Holly’s parents’ divorce & her father leaving; Mentions of rumors; A few mentions of someone who passed away from cancer; A few mentions of lies, lying, & liars; A couple mentions of throwing up; A couple mentions of jealousy;
             *Note: A couple mentions of brand names (Bic razors & McDonald’s); A mention of a sports figures (Tony Dungy); A mention of ESPN.
 
 
Sexual Content- Holly & Danny call each boyfriend and girlfriend, but he knows she’s not allowed to date until she’s 15 and only in a group setting; Holly sets up a girl to test a guy to see if he’s not a flirting two-timer anymore (the girl’s feelings are hurt); Many mentions of boys, cute boys, & crushes; Mentions of dates, dating, break-ups, & boyfriends/girlfriends; Mentions of flirting & a two-timer; Mentions of blushes & winks; A couple mentions of seeing a couple kiss; A couple mentions of jealousy;
             *Note: Holly notices that her figure is developing; Mentions of Holly shaving her legs.  
 
-Holly Meredith, age 13
                                         1st person P.O.V. of Holly
                                                  153 pages     

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My personal Rating-
{Add a full star for girls in Public or Private school.}
Still not my favorite series, personally. It could be entertaining for younger readers, but Holly needs to work on her emotions and not randomly getting mad at others.
 
 
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.

 

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