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Written on Feb 6, 2019
Maybe It's You was an interesting book and not what I was expecting. While the story-line was exactly as the synopsis described, how the story was written was the surprise.
I didn't like Reagan at the start of the story. In fact, after I read the first couple of chapters, I went back to read the synopsis again, afraid that I had agreed to read a book for a tour that wasn't the clean story I had thought it was... Then I saw that, yes, this is New Adult Christian fiction and I even saw a review by an author I respect, Sarah Monzon. Whew! Okay to continue.
Edgy is a good description for this story. Dash had been quite a mess before the story opens. He was into drugs, women, and was on the road to destruction. He came to his senses and was now following the Lord. Reagan was almost as unchurched as you can get. She had made some bad choices and thus the first two chapters which had me squirming.
The book deals a lot with the temptations that Dash and Reagan face as they walk the road following the Lord, primarily related to their attraction to one another. It is frank in its portrayal and may cause the reader some uncomfortable moments.
There was a situation where Dash inadvertently corned Reagan into accepting an invitation to a Bible study. The way that he tried to redeem himself and to help her not walk in totally ignorant of the Bible was pretty cute, and even a little clever. I wonder if the author has ever employed this method. . .
I appreciated getting a fresh perspective on what it is like to be unfamiliar with much of anything related to the Bible or Christianity and then be thrust into the world of the ""churched"".
Readers who enjoy stories a little rawer than what I typically read may enjoy this more than I did - it was good but not a good fit for me. The story is clean yet is very open about lust and drunkenness, more about the attempt to make right choices than why they are bad choices.
I would not recommend it for a younger audience.
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