About this book:
“What
if the biggest decision of your life wasn’t yours to make?
With the New Year upon her, Olive
Galloway is determined to put the past behind her and uncover the new future
waiting for her in her island home. However, her best friend Jazz seems
dangerously close to giving up on her alcoholic mom—as well as her own dreams.
Together with an unlikely ally, Olive helps Jazz regain her confidence and
enter a high-stakes race, but there’s still trouble on the horizon. Their
friend Brander is due to come home from a whirlwind music tour on the mainland,
but he’s holding tight to a secret that could change their friendship forever.
Offered the chance to fulfill all of
her wildest dreams with a single word, Olive realizes that she could be headed
back to the mainland sooner than she’d imagined. Caught up in a whirl of
possibility, Olive struggles to decide between returning home to fulfill her
childhood wish or building a new life in Hawaii. The choice could change her
life forever.”
Series: Considered Book #4 (technically the third full-length book) in the “Tradewinds”
series. Reviews of Book #1 Here, Book #2 Here, and the Christmas novella (considered to be book #2.5 or #3) Here!
Spiritual Content- A Scripture is remembered; Many Prayers; Thanking God; Many,
many talks about God, His will, listening to His voice, praying, peace, & forgiveness;
‘H’s are capitalized when referring to God; Going to church & youth group
and partaking in worship and listening to the sermons/messages; Many mentions
of God, Jesus, His plan, making the right decisions, peace, & forgiveness; Many
mentions of prayers, praying, blessings over food, & prayer lists; Many mentions
of church, church going, pastors, sermons, worship, support groups, Sunday
school classes, & youth groups; Mentions of those in & events in the
Bible; Mentions of Christian music & singers; A few mentions of Bibles
& Bible reading; A few mentions of Heaven; A few mentions of miracles; A mention
of someone wanting to ask Jesus into her heart; A mention of a Bible study;
*Note: A mention of Santa Claus.
Negative Content- Minor cussing including: a ‘darn it’, a ‘sheesh’, three ‘shut
up’s, six ‘dumb’s, six ‘idiot’s, six ‘stupid’s, and seven ‘rats’; Eye rolling
& sarcasm; Like in the prior books, Olive is struggling with grief over her
mom’s death & resentment towards her Dad and his actions; They argue a bit
in this one & he doesn’t like her tone at times (Olive realizes that it’s
not her place to scold him on his actions in Book #1); Being nipped by a puppy,
Pain, Blood/Bleeding; Telling a fib & half truths (which Olive feels very
guilty over); Mentions of a loved one’s death & seeing them die (barely-above-not-detailed);
Mentions of someone who lost their leg to cancer, amputation, & phantom
pain (noting this as a possible trigger for some readers); Mentions of a verbally
abusive mother & her mean comments; Mentions of a family losing their house
& being homeless; Mentions of an alcohol rehab clinic, a drunk, drinking, alcohol,
& staying sober; Mentions of jealousy; Mentions of lies/fibs, lying, liars,
& eavesdropping; Mentions of when a pit bull killed Olive’s childhood
kitten & her fear/dislike of dogs; Mentions of being bit by a dog, pain,
& blood/bleeding; A couple mentions of World War II; A couple mentions of hatred
(Olive has thought that her dad hatred her guts and wanted her to fall of the
face of the earth, which is not true); A couple mentions of drugs; A couple
mentions of piercings & tattoos; A mention of bullying; A mention of a
parent being a report card Nazi;
*Note: Mentions of classic books (Pride
& Prejudice, Jane Eyre, Animal Farm); Mentions of a social media platform
(Instagram); A few mentions of a car brand (Porsche); A few mentions of bands
(Fleetwood Mac & Metallica); A couple mentions of fictional characters
(Tarzan & Pinocchio); A mention of the movie Gone with the Wind; A mention
of Duck Dynasty; A mention of Hallmark movies.
Sexual Content- A barely-above-not-detailed
kiss; Recalling a kiss (barely-above-not-detailed); Friendly touches, embraces,
& hand holding (between friends of the opposite gender); A tiny bit of Noticing
& Blushes; Mentions of dating, dates, boyfriends, girlfriends, being dumped,
& falling in love; Mentions of celebrity crushes & a heartthrob; Mentions
of (forehead) kisses & kissing; A few mentions of a picture that looks like
a couple is about to kiss; A few mentions of jealousy; A couple mentions of receiving
The Talk from a parent about boys and love; A mention of a mom’s creepy
boyfriends;
*Note: A few mentions of a girl wearing a bikini, a curve-hugging crop-top,
& a dress that barely covers her hind end; A couple mentions of a girl’s
curves; A couple mentions of butting in & someone telling another to get
their butt somewhere; A mention of Olive’s father leaving her and her mother.
-Olive Galloway, age 16
1st
person P.O.V. of Olive
298 pages
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My
personal Rating- 
Have you ever read a book or series where it’s hard to write your thoughts on it? Where all you can think is “It was so good. The characters *heart eyes*. The faith content was amazing. I just love it so much.” Because that’s what I’m currently struggling with. All I can think of is fangirling thoughts.
I adored this book, the growth development and most of all the incredible faith content between Olive and those around her. It’s so refreshing and inspiring to see a group of teens talking about God, their faiths, and sincerely pray for each other, I just love it.
I’m nearly positive that this series is going to be one of my all-time favorites after I read the last book (review next month!) and I’m absolutely tickled pink about it.
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.
