Kara doesn't need her old best friend back, though. But now Kara doesn't want to be friends because Jordan wants her to make changes in friends and be popular. She always wants something more.Īnd then Jordan, her old best friend, wants to be friends again. She never is just thankful for what she has. She also prays, but all her prayers are selfish. And whenever Kara feels bad, she has internal conversations with her new best friend and I half expected Jesus to talk back. She becomes immediately happy and confident. Not only that, but her life instantly becomes better. Kara seemed to turn on a switch and suddenly believe. And Jesus will never leave you for cheerleaders.īut that wasn't my biggest problem. But she doesn't need a best friend because Jesus is her best friend. The youth pastor targets Kara's specific problem of feeling absolutely lost without her best friend. The set up for the youth group felt really cultish- as in if it had been any other religion, people would be screaming about brainwashing the children. Kara finally agrees to go with one of her art friends to his youth group. I felt almost tricked because there was no mention at all until halfway through the book and then there's nothing but. I have something against writing being so unsubtle. I don't have anything against Christian fiction. It was for this reason that I was surprised when I got smacked in the face with the religious purpose of the book. Because it was free, I didn't really look into it to see if it would be something I was interested in. Like I said, I had never heard about this series or the author before. This is actually where the story begins and everything before it was a complete waste with unnecessary focus on menial tasks and activities. Almost halfway through the book, Kara begins to hang out with some kids in her art class. The girl was so down that she was really half a step from suicide. ![]() Kara was such a downer.), Kara's life falls apart. Her whole existence was based on her friend Jordan and when Jordan moved on (Believe me, I would have too. maybe there weren't and the writing was so weird that it just felt that way. I never did go back and check, but I could have sworn there were instances of slipping into past tense. The book was awkwardly written in present tense first person. I didn't know anything about the series or the author. I honestly would not have looked twice at it but I do get all the free books.
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