About this book:
“Holly
is spending Christmas with her dad--her first time away from her mom and their
new family. When Holly's stepmom starts to drive her crazy, Holly realizes she
needs to learn how to trust God and trust people.”
Series: Book #5 in the “Holly’s Heart” series. Reviews of Book
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Spiritual Content- Scriptures are read; Prayers & Blessings over food; Some
witnessing; Talks about God; ‘H’s are capitalized when referring to God; Set during
Christmas; Mentions of God; Mentions of prayers, praying, & blessings over
food; Mentions of Bibles, the book of the Bible, & Bible reading; Mentions
of those & events in the Bible; Mentions of churches, church going, services,
pastors, youth group, sermons/devotionals, & church events; Mentions of Holly
witnessing to her stepbrother & trying to witness to her father; Mentions
of Christmas & the true reason for the season; A mention of being Blessed;
A mention of a cross necklace;
*Note: Mentions of a son saying
his mother would “freak” about God and stuff like that & that she was never
one to “entertain notions of a personal God”; Mentions of Santa Claus & not believing
in him.
Negative Content- Minor cussing including: two ‘dumb’s; Some sarcasm/sass &
eye rolling; Holly can be bratty & rude at times; Holly calls her sister
and new step-siblings annoying, brats, & does lie a bit to the little ones
(but does a bit better by the end); Mentions of Holly’s parent’s divorce, how
her father has recently started being in her and her sister’s lives again,
& her emotions of it all; A few mentions of lies & lying; A few
mentions of jealousy; A couple mentions of Holly’s aunt’s death from cancer; A couple
mentions of a husband leaving his family;
*Note: Mentions of Disneyland; Mentions
of brand names (Lego, Colgate, Hallmark); A couple mentions of an actor (John
Wayne).
Sexual Content- A hug &
warmth; Butterflies; Blushes & Winks; Even though she and Jared aren’t
actually dating, Holly feels strange being with another guy (that she’s interested
in) while being Jared’s girlfriend (she argues that Jared would never find out,
but decides not to meet him); Holly’s father says “it’s good to develop
friendships with lots of boys” and that’s she’s “too young to be tied down to
one fellow”; Many mentions of boys, cute boys, crushes, liking someone, confessing,
dating, & boyfriends/girlfriends; Mentions of a girl trying to get in-between
Holly & Jared’s friendship (& Holly not being happy about it and
getting jealous); Mentions of flirting, winks, & blushes; Mentions of jealousy;
A couple mentions of married couples kissing; Boys, crushes, & flirting;
*Note: Holly says she wouldn’t be
caught dead wearing a “scant little” two-piece (“almost-bikini”) swimsuit in
front of a boy; Holly notices her developing physique when changing.
-Holly Meredith, age 13
1st
person P.O.V. of Holly
149 pages
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My
personal Rating- 
{Add a full
star for girls in Public or Private school.}
Holly can be very dramatic and
she jumps to conclusions quite often, but she does a bit better in this book. I
appreciate seeing her try to witness to her father, stepbrother, and
stepmother.
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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