"Cry of the Raven" by Morgan L. Busse

About this book:

  “Wife. Warrior. Lady of Two Worlds.

    As War Looms, Will Her Power Be Enough to Save the Ones She Loves?

    Lady Selene Ravenwood has come into her full power as a dreamwalker--a power greater than any in history. She embraces her new role as Nightwatcher, able to intercede for her people in the dream world, but the dark shadow of war draws ever closer. 

    Working together, the Great Houses come up with a plan to secure the borders from the approaching Dominia Empire. But dissension, conflict, and suspicion threaten to destroy their tenuous treaty, and as the empire burns a path across their lands, Damien Maris starts to lose his ability to raise the waters, leaving the lands vulnerable to the empire's attacks.”


Series: Book #3 in “The Ravenwood Saga”. Review of Book #1 Here! and #2 Here!


Spiritual Content- Prayers; Talks about the Light (God figure), praying to him, trusting him, & following him; 'H's are not capital when referring to the Light; Witnessing to others about the Light; Many mentions of the Light, having faith, & giving loved one over to him; Mentions of prayers, praying, & Thanking the Light; Mentions of those with gifts (Damien & Selene) offering their gift up to the Light (similar to worship) & praying for their people; Mentions of monks, their chanting, an abbey, priests, & a temple; A few mentions of a festival about the Light; A few mentions of people wishing the Light to be with others on their journeys; A mention of someone following “some of the tenets of the Light”; A mention of seraph from ancient stories that made supplications to the Light; 
             *Note: Each of the seven Great Houses have a special gift (some control water, others fire or the earth, and Selene’s house is able to get into others’ dreams) and some believe in gods of some form, the “old god/god of old ways”(called “the Light”), and others believe in “the Dark Lady”; The gifts each house has are from the Light to protect their people; The House Ravenwood’s patroness is the Dark Lady and it is their belief in her that gives her power (Lady Ragna is spending a lot of time with her so her powers can grow); Fighting the Dark Lady in the dreamscape (Light vs Darkness, up to semi-detailed); Selene slips into others’ dreams, talking on the form of a raven and can change back into her human form; The dreamwalker gift of House Ravenwood can be used to encourage people or manipulate them; Mentions of souls & some being dark and some being light; Mentions of the Dark Lady, Lady Ragna being close to her, & the dark priest receiving messages and prophecies from her; A couple mentions of seeing those who have passed through the veil & seeing them again; A mention of a place being Hell; A mention of a hellish sound. 
 

Negative Content- Minor cussing including: a ‘for Light’s sake’, a ‘Lands’, three forms of ‘Light/Dear Light’ (used as the beginning of a sentence), and four ‘dart’an’s; A man is called the “back-end-of-a-wyvern”; A mention of a curse (said, not written); A bit of eye rolling & sarcasm; Seeing deaths (including loved ones, up to semi-detailed); Fighting, Seeing killing, Being attacked, Being burned, Pain, Injuries, & Passing out (up to semi-detailed); Nightmares (up to semi-detailed); Damien struggles with using his gift to harm or kill others (even if they are the enemy, up to semi-detailed); Damien is grieving his parents and brother & Selene grieves her sister; All about many mentions of wars, fighting, a razing of an empire, & murders; Mentions of deaths, murders, killing, assassins/assassinations, & drownings (barely-above-not-detailed); Mentions of bodies, blood, how they died, burning the bodies, & the smell (up to semi-detailed); Mentions of fires (up to semi-detailed); Mentions of attacks, fighting, injuries, pain, passing out, & blood/bleeding (up to semi-detailed); Mentions of threats; Mentions of nightmares & people being put into a deep sleep (by the Dark Lady); Mentions of hatred; Mentions of lies, lying, & liars; Mentions of jealousy; Mentions of rumors; Mentions of deaths from a plague & grief/grieving (for parents, a father, a brother, a sister, & a mentor); Mentions of throwing up; Mentions of a woman’s mind being shattered and her becoming “like a living corpse” as she can’t do anything (Happened in Book #1; *Spoiler* Selene goes into her mind and shows her the Light and then she passes away peacefully *End of Spoiler*); A few mentions of alcohol, drinking, & feeling drunk; A few mentions of wyverns being injured (up to semi-detailed); A couple mentions of slaves/slavery; A mention of a suicide mission; A mention of someone losing a hand in a battle (barely-above-not-detailed); A mention of a young girl being slapped.
 
 
Sexual Content- A fingers-to-lips touch, a hand kiss, three cheek kisses, a neck kiss, three not-detailed kisses, three barely-above-not-detailed kisses, and four semi-detailed kisses; Touches, Embraces, Cuddling, Warmth, & Smelling (up to semi-detailed); Remembering touches & embraces (barely-above-not-detailed); Wanting to touch & embrace; Noticing & Staring (barely-above-not-detailed); Selene & Damien share a bed (multiple times, but there is also a mention of them putting on their clothes the next morning; also a couple mentions of them missing the other being next to them in bed); A man covets Selene and her power; A man touches Selene’s cheek & she slaps him away; Mentions of an affair & an illegitimate child from it (the man makes also offers for the woman to stay the night with him); Mentions of kisses & kissing; A few mentions of jealousy; A couple mentions of blushes & winks; Love, being in love, & the emotions.
 
-Selene Maris, around age 19
-Damien Maris, around age 24
                   P.O.V. switches between them, & Lady Ragna (x3), Raoul (x2), Caiaphas (x1)
                                                        384 pages

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I can see why this is a popular series, as the plot is very unique and interesting. I think the bottom line, though, for me, is that I’m not the right reader and not a fan of certain parts that I mentioned in my review of the second book. I do have to say, this trilogy has been an adventure and I’ve enjoyed seeing what would happen next. Had there not been a fade-to-black scene in the second book, I would have kept this series in my bookshelves. (Side note: If you loved the whole “River of Time” series by Lisa T. Bergren, you would most likely be completely okay with how it’s handled in this book.)

I like Selene a lot more in this book. She’s more confident and well-spoken. I actually wasn’t a fan of seeing Lady Ragna having doubts…I kind of just wanted her to always be evil? That’s probably terrible to say, but her doubting her goals makes her feel wishy-washy, which she was not that way at all in the prior books. However, I was very satisfied by the ending. 

This fantasy trilogy has been a journey and I’m glad that I finally read it and can mark it off of my TBR. It definitely had its good points and not-so-good points in my eyes, but overall, I can see why so many love it. Older girl who are big fantasy fans would probably enjoy this series the most. 

 

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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.

 

 

"Prairie Homestead" by Arleta Richardson

About this book:

  “Since their mama died and their pa left, Ethan, Alice, Simon, and Will Cooper have not known much of a home. But now that the orphan train has taken them to Mr. and Mrs. Rush in Nebraska, their dreams of home may become a reality.
   The kids discover that life on a farm is full of challenges. Ethan learns how to drive a plow, watch for snakes, and deal with bullies at the country school. Alice learns to slop the hogs and live with a big sister who isn’t exactly welcoming. Will seems to be the only one of the four that their new mother likes. And Simon disappears—again.”


Series: Book #3 in “The Orphans’ Journey” series. Review of Book #1 Here! and Book #2 Here!


Spiritual Content- A couple of Scriptures are mentioned & quoted; Prayers & Thanking God; Talks about God, His reasons for things that happen, & a couple discusses their spiritual welfare; 'H's are capital when referring to God; It’s said the one of the hired hands on the ranch doesn’t depend much on prayer and another tells him that he doesn’t have any guarantees on how long he’ll live (so he should get seriously about God; he tells the other man to keep praying for him and he’ll be safe; The man was upset that their prayers didn’t help heal a child, but prays for another child who is possibly in trouble); The new mother realizes that she wants to get closer to God to be able to depend on Him more & discusses it with her husband; Mentions of God, trusting Him, & faiths; Mentions of prayers, praying, & blessings over food; Mentions of churches, church going, services, hymns, preachers, & Sunday school lessons; Mentions of Christians & Christian duties (one man says that another man may be religious, but he doesn’t see eye to eye with him on the Christian part as he thinks that being a Christian should improve your disposition and hasn’t for the other man); Mentions of a Christian children’s home; Mentions of a Christmas celebration & the first Christmas; A few mentions of those & events in the Bible; A mention of missionaries.
 

Negative Content- Minor cussing including: a ‘dumb’; Some of the adults roll their eyes, use sarcasm, & bicker/snap at each other; Mentions of deaths, a child falling through a frozen pond and dying from pneumonia, & grief (for a son); Mentions of someone being bitten by a rattlesnake, the near death, the injury, & the dead snake (up to semi-detailed); Mentions of a thief, stealing, & stolen money; Mentions of switches/strappings & Ethan being strapped by his new father (including Ethan being upset at the thought of his younger siblings being hit and another adult saying that the new mother won’t let the father touch them); Mentions of a father strapping his son & the son having welts and bruises frequently (including a mention of the father trying to break his son and the son now being a father and trying to do the same to his son (according to someone else)); Mentions of a bully & his mean comments towards the children who came from the Orphan Train; A few mentions of someone possibly dying on a trip (a mother’s concern); A few mentions of hunting; A couple mentions of Ethan wondering if an Indian will kill or scalp him; A couple mentions of Ethan’s biological father leaving his family; A couple mentions of jealousy; A couple mentions of a saloon; A mention of a possible kidnapping; A mention of possible fires; 
             *Note: In the Cooper kids’ new family, there is a daughter who was adopted with another little boy, but when the boy passed away, she’s been after her parents to get “another boy to replace [him]”; Some others tell the family to send back the children if they can’t handle it; There are quite a few prejudice comments about orphans (including someone not wanting to believe a boy is innocent from a crime); Ethan is asked why he and Alice do not call their new parents mom and dad and he says “I kinda feel like they aren’t really being our parents. They’re just keeping us.” (towards the beginning); There’s some sibling bickering and one of the boys comments that “it’s no use trying to tell a girl anything”; A few comments from the hired help for a family complaining about a family adopting (because it will be more work for them); A few mentions of some Indians not liking white folks because of the government pushing them onto the reservations; A mention of the children becoming as “brown as the Indians” due to them playing in the sun.
 
 
Sexual Content- Frances is disappointed to find out a young man is already spoken for, but realizes that she was “dreaming to think he would pay special attention to her”; A mention of a teenage girl blushing over an older young man; A mention of a woman remembering of when her daydreams placed her in a “man’s favor”.
 
-Ethan Cooper, age 9
                             P.O.V. switches between many different characters
                                         Set in 1908
                                                        192 pages

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{Could possibly be triggering for adoptees}

I was actually incredibly nervous going into this book because the prior book didn’t set up their new family as the best with comments about the dad being stoic, the mom being flighty, and the daughter being spoiled and bratty (paraphrasing here, but that’s what I recall gathering about them). Thankfully they weren’t too bad, in reality, and there’s character development for the parents. Though my heart wished it had been more of a sweet welcoming for the kids with everything they’ve been through.  

 

 

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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.

"Enhanced" by Candace Kade

About this book:

  “Lee Urban is living a lie.
    In a society where everyone's DNA determines their destiny, being a Natural means automatic relegation to the gritty and dangerous Outskirts. With the harnessed power of gene-editing, the ability to create a super-human race has transformed the world and offered the opportunity of a genetically enhanced life. But only to those who can afford it.
    Born a Natural, Lee Urban was adopted into the Enhanced high society of the Asian Federation and forced to conceal her genetic roots. When her dream of attending Peking University becomes a reality, she is determined to go despite a warning from a mysterious source. 
    Targeted by a hacker bent on exposing her true DNA, Urban faces off with an Artificial Intelligence Game that puts her—and her lies—to the test. What was supposed to be a dream come true turns into a lethal gamble of hide-and-seek with her genetics. Can Urban continue the act, or will the cracks in her story expose her and endanger her family?”

Series: Book #1 in “The Hybrid” trilogy. 


Spiritual Content- No Christian Faith content; 
             *Note: As an embryo, if their parents pay enough, the fetus can have physical additions (like wings, dinosaur spikes, scales for skin, claws, fangs, horns on the side of their head, flamethrowers for hands, etc.) and mental additions (such as being smarter, being more creative, faster, having a superior immune system, etc.), those that have these abilities are called the “Enhanced” (those who were not Enhanced are called “Naturals” and are looked down on); Animals can also be Enhanced; Urban is a Natural who was adopted by an Enhanced family, if she’s ever revealed that she’s not Enhanced as well, her family would be destroyed and Urban would be casted out of the city; Mentions of those that hate Naturals calling them “primordial soup” or “soup” for short & a dangerous group that will kill Naturals if they attempt to mix with the Enhanced; Mentions of evolving, the evolution of machines, finding the ultimate species, & the ability of man to truly evolve; Mentions of programming being used for good or evil; Mentions of Buddhist temples that are no longer for worshiping the gods or ancestors, but now are a place to house the cremated bodies of the dead (the place creeps Urban out); Mentions of engineering of extinct creatures for the Games (a big competition for the Enhanced, animals include saber-toothed tigers, dragons, pterodactyls, T-rexes, raptors, mammoths, & timber wolves); A few mentions of temple monkeys; A mention of a devilish grin; A mention of a Kung Fu goddess; A mention of feng shui; A mention of someone thanking their lucky stars; A mention of a lucky bracelet. 
 

Negative Content- Minor cussing including: a ‘dumb’, a ‘geez’, a ‘shoot’, a ‘suck’, a ‘suck it up’, an unfinished ‘what the—‘, a ‘wimpy’, two ‘confounded’s, two ‘dang’s, two ‘gah!’s, two ‘shut up’s, and eleven forms of ‘stupid’; Different Chinese words are used as exclamations or cussing (a “wakao”, a “wozi”, and “tiana” is said four times); A few mentions of curses (said, not written); Eye rolling & Sarcasm; Almost drowning & almost being killed (up to semi-detailed); Being drugged & Passing out (up to semi-detailed); Explosions, Being attacked, Fighting, Seeing fights, Injuries, Blood/Bleeding, Pain, & Passing out (semi-detailed); Street racing & Crashing (up to semi-detailed); Seeing someone stabbed with a pen & the blood (up to semi-detailed); Recalling almost being mugged (up to semi-detailed); Social drinking at parties (Urban has to put a pill in her drink to dissolve the alcohol as she’s a lightweight and it would be obvious that she’s a Natural since those who are Enhanced don’t get drunk; Later she’s forced to take a sip of a drink); A bit of lying; Urban wonders of she’s going to die in dangerous situations/fights (up to semi-detailed); Urban wonders if someone is trying to kill her; The Games are a competition for the Enhanced where they have to solve puzzles while fighting large animals that are after them (if they’re attacked by the animals, they “die” (disappear) in the competition and can be hurt in real life, up to semi-detailed); *Spoiler* Urban is tricked into partaking in a Game and faces fires, explosions/bombs, and large animals trying to kill her (up to semi-detailed) *End of Spoiler*; Urban’s older brother tried to drown her as a child (recalling it and Urban hates water because of it; He is a jerk to her and belittles her); Urban says she’d rather die than end up in a particular job; Urban feels like she doesn’t belong in her family, doesn’t feel like her parents care about her, that she has nothing to show for her hard work, and that no one accepts her (*Spoiler* towards the end she believes that she’s unique for a reason and learns that her parents care for her *End of Spoiler*); Mentions of a dangerous organization that’s goal is to kill Naturals & brutal murders (described that way, but not above barely-above-not-detailed); Mentions of a deadly air that causes deaths & hospitals and prisons using it for euthanasia, & Urban wondering what will happen if you’re in it (barely-above-not-detailed); Mentions of fires, explosion, & a death; Mentions of almost drownings (barely-above-not-detailed); Mentions of violence; Mentions of crimes, criminals, stealing, thieves, thefts, & almost getting mugged; Mentions of crashes, injuries, & blood/bleeding (up to semi-detailed); Mentions of fights, weapons, injuries, blood/bleeding, & being knocked out (up to semi-detailed); Mentions of alcohol, virgin drinks, drinking, social drinking at parties, bars, & someone being drunk (the legal age is 16); Mentions of parties & partying; Mentions of nightmares; Mentions of lies, lying, & liars; Mentions of hatred; Mentions of rumors & gossip; Mentions of tattoos (as well as everyone having a “tatt” that can be scanned for paying or an their ID); A few mentions of someone being stabbed with a pen (barely-above-not-detailed); A few mentions of Urban being berated by her parents for her grades and lack of respect; A few mentions of jealousy; A few mentions of cigarettes; A few mentions of urine; A few mentions of graffiti; A couple mentions of kidnappings & ransom; A couple mentions of bullies; A couple mentions of throwing up; A couple mentions of cheating; A mention of a war zone; A mention of someone saying they would rather die than give up; A mention of dung;
             *Note: Near panic attacks (Urban tries to calm herself down, barely-above-not-detailed); Prejudice towards others (mostly Enhanced to Naturals, Naturals to the Enhanced), foreigners, & mentions of it (including how Natural servants are treated poorly and one almost being slapped); Mentions of mutant animals, people being killed by them, killing them in the Games, & injuries (to both animals and humans, barely-above-not-detailed); Mentions of vaccines (& Urban being appreciative for the flu vaccine patch); A few mentions of panic attacks; A mention of a man being disowned by his family for marrying a Natural.
 
 
Sexual Content- Urban’s boyfriend stares at her lips (twice), a blown kiss, an almost (semi-detailed) kiss, and a semi-detailed kiss; Touches, Embraces, Hand holding, Warmth, Tingles, Butterflies, Nearness, & Smelling (up to semi-detailed); Wanting to touch & embrace (up to semi-detailed); Blushes & Winks; Noticing (including muscles, barely-above-not-detailed); A painful break-up (up to semi-detailed); Urban sits on her boyfriend’s lap in on the subway; Urban catches herself blushing over another guy when she already has a boyfriend; Mentions of boyfriends, dates, dating, & a break-up; Mentions of flirting, winks, & blushes; A few mentions of kisses & kissing; A few mentions of being hit on; A couple mentions of a girl squealing over a guy; A mention of an affair (& that when the man was caught, he wasn’t allowed to use public transportation again); A mention of seeing a couple kissing; A mention of (teasingly) telling someone to back off a guy’s girl; A mention of a crush; Love, being in love, & the emotions;
             *Note: Urban wishes she was a beautiful redhead with bright-blue eyes; Mentions of being skinny & prejudice towards those who are skinny; A few mentions of Urban kicking a guy in the groin (self-defense); A few mentions of revealing clothes; A few mentions of curves (Urban commenting on her lack of curves and noticing other’s girls’ outfits highlighting their curves); A mention of someone saying another sounds like he had a “hormone overdose or something”; A mention of puberty; A mention of rock-hard abs; A mention of a diet.
 
-Lee Urban, age 17-18
                                P.O.V. switches between them 
                                           Dystopian/Set in 2120
                                                        368 pages

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{Please note the lack of Christian content & Mentions of evolution and take that in account of 

the ratings.}

Ever since I saw the details of this cover and heard it was a dystopian story, I instantly added to it my TBR. 

Before I get into the details of things I liked and didn’t, let’s first note that there’s no Christian content in this book. It’s possible that a later book could introduce that element, but for this book: There was no faith content. I only review Christian Fiction on BFCG, so this puts me into a slightly awkward position because Enclave publishing is very popular in the Christian Sci-Fi/Fantasy industry and that Goodreads has this book listed as Christian Fiction. I ran into a similar dilemma with “Swift” a couple months ago that was also published by this publishing house. “Do I review it on BFCG or not?” I went back and forth on that book and now this one as well. Only because Enclaved Publishing is well-known by those in the Christian book community will their books be reviewed on here. So far, of the books I’ve read by them, some have no faith content and some have an allegory thread. It’s hard to rate this book because there’s no faith content and mentions of evolution-based ideas. 

When I first started this book, I felt very thrown into the world and lost. Rather than a telling about the technology or the world, it’s more of a learning as you go, so it took a bit to be able to figure what everything was. Once I was able to get answers and figure things out, I found the world interesting. I just wasn’t the biggest fan of evolution-based comments or Urban herself. I think I did also find a plot hole (an important event being said to be a couple weeks away but then a few chapters and a few weeks later, it’s in two days). 

Urban was super aware of her secret, and always wondering if others could figure out her secret or find out who she really was, which honestly did get on my nerves. I’m not sure whether she had major character development by the end or I just got used to her, but Urban bothered me less by the end of the book. I think the world and setting of was really different and interesting in this book, but there were different parts that pulled me out of the story and it just didn’t fully click with me. 

Those who are Enhanced kind of feel like superheroes, but they don’t have the expectations to have to help people. Most are selfish, vain, and rude to others instead. 

I did have to pause reading halfway through and make some fried dumplings because of all the food descriptions! Most books have mentions of sweets or desserts and since those don’t interest me at all, it was really funny for me to get a craving for a food because of a book! I did really like the Asia setting and found those parts to be the most interesting. 

I found the big competition parts (called The Games) to be boring and kind of cheesy. I was lost on a lot of the action scenes…I’m honestly not sure if it was me or the writing style. 
Would I read the second book? Hmm. Maybe. While this book didn’t end on a major cliffhanger, there’s still a lot to be explained and happen, but I know I would have to reread this first book before picking up the sequel. Which I don’t think I enjoyed this book enough to do, but perhaps, if the second book really interested me.

 

 

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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.

 

"The 100-Day Devotional for Girls" by Jean Fischer

About this book:

  “The Perfect Way to Spend the Next Hundred Days. . .
   The 100-Day Devotional for Girls offers relatable, real-life wisdom and inspiration for everyday living. Girls, ages 8 and 12, will encounter page after page of biblical truths they can apply to every area of their lives. With topics like Kindness, Friendship, Serving, Patience, Love, Joy, Courage, and more, girls will be encouraged to grow in their faith and spend regular time in the heavenly Father's presence. Each devotional reading is complemented by a brief scripture selection and short prayer-starter. The 100-Day Devotional for Girls is the perfect place for girls to spend their next hundred days!”


Series: No. A stand-alone devotional.


Spiritual Content- Each devotional has a write-up, a Scripture, and then a prayer starter;  'H's are capital when referring to God; One devotional explains who Jesus is and what He did for us (including the fact that those who trusted in Jesus and asked for forgiveness from their sins will be forgiven); All about many talks about & many mentions of God, Jesus, His plans for us, & trusting Him; Many mentions of those & events in the Bible (a few devotionals recap different events like Jesus dying on the cross, Esther, David & Goliath, Job, Solomon, etc.); Mentions of the Holy Spirit; Mentions of Bibles & Bible reading; Mentions of prayers, praying, & worshiping Him; Mentions of Heaven; Mentions of missionaries; Mentions of having godly role models; Mentions of sin; A few mentions of miracles; A few mentions of churches, church going, hymns, & pastors; A few mentions of blessings; A mention of an angel coming to see Mary; 
             *Note: Mentions of the devil and his lies; Mentions of gold idols and false gods in the Bible; Mentions of imaginary gods and goddesses like Mother Earth, people who worship the sun, moon, and stars, & those who say certain types of animals are holy (the author disagrees with these and says that all of that is very displeasing to God). 

 

Negative Content- Mentions of lies, lying, & liars (and that God expects you to tell the truth, this part is added: “The only time He might be accepting of a lie is if you are in danger and a lie will help to save your life or keep you safe. Hopefully that will never happen to you.”); Mentions of jealousy; A handful of mentions of bullies, mean teasing, & hatred; A handful of mentions of gossip & rumors; A few mentions of deaths (in the Bible); A few mentions of swear words not being pleasing to God, especially if those words use God or Jesus’ name; A few mentions of cheating on homework; A couple mentions of animals being killed (in the Bible); A mention of seeing a fire or a crime; A mention of Jesus turning water in wine; A mention of eye rolling; 
             *Note: Mentions of silencing the little voice that says you aren’t good enough, smart enough, pretty enough, or strong enough and instead listening to God’s voice (quite a few other examples of what the father of lies says and what God says about it).
 
 
Sexual Content- One devotional talks about feeling butterflies and how sometimes it’s when going to a new place or doing a new thing, you may have them. But, it adds, if you avoid anything that starts that feeling, you could miss out on some cool new experiences such as never meeting your best friend or “when you get older, the man you would marry”and that if you forever ignore that feeling “you would end up miserable and alone”; Another devotion talks about Proverbs 31 and says about when the girl is a bit older and begins dating, her mom might give her wide advice about focusing on a boy’s heart and not his looks, it’s added towards the end of the devotional that “dating godly boys will lead you one day to the godly man you will marry”; A mention of a couple in the Bible dating and that “their like for one another soon turned into love, and they got married” (Ruth & Boaz); A mention of the “kissy, lovey kind of romantic love husbands and wives share”; A mention of when you “marry your Prince Charming, you might move away with him to a different city or state”.

                                Devotional 
                                    208 pages

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There’s a lot of recapping different events from the Bible, which can be nice for younger readers, but I do wish at least where it was in the Bible would have been listed. Having the events summarized, though, does make it more accessible for those who maybe haven’t heard about them or haven’t grown up in a Christian home. 

There’s some mentions of school settings and popularity, but not enough that I would think this devotional would only be good for girls in public or private school.   

While this isn’t my personal favorite pre-teen devotional, it’s still a pretty good one that I think would be good as a first or second devotional for the age range of 8-12. 

Overall, this was a sweet little devotional that I can see many young girls enjoying. 

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.

*I received this book for free from the Publisher (Barbour) for this honest review.