Undeniably Yours had a small area of dramatic plot concerning our main character Meg, who suffers from anxiety and doubt, but overall the fluffy, cute romantic story-line fits in perfect with the season of Spring and will lift the mood for anyone looking for a light hearted novel.

When Im looking to read CF I've set the bar high, and only because with most of the books offered to women (especially by other women) we have the overuse of scripture and moral preaching, and a living standard that alienates a huge part of the audience. You can pick up a Ted Dekker book or a Travis Thrasher book and be shocked at there use of words, sexuality and paranormal activities and its mostly hands down accepted, and also gains the authors more readers outside of the Inspy circle, which seems like a double standard in what women can write and what men can write and get away with in the CF publishing world. Sounds harsh but that's what I see as a reader of both the general and CBA market.

Im disappointed that this book fell into the typical arc we see in so many of these sappy, publisher/catered reader driven plot-lines which includes this many prayers, and this many mentions of God, and this many revelations, and this many sermons, and this many skirt around the issues, and this many perfect outcomes that never lead to sin, struggle or temptation. Oh yes there might be a character suffering or trying to deal with an issue like Meg's anxiety but the issue is always sugar-coated. Sugar coating never works for me in a story, it makes the characters unrelatable and causes an immediate disconnect. Ill give it to Wade that she certainly takes chances when displaying real life emotions and desires that the characters are internalizing, but for these characters in this particular book, it didn't come across that strong.

Of course I could be wrong, but I feel like this sophomore effort was more damage control to prove to Wades critics that she is indeed a solid Christian writer. There was a lot of time spent on convincing the reader that her wholesome, lightly flawed characters had issues but maintained a nonstop inner dialog with God, so much so that it seemed inserted just for insertion sake and not an authentic portrayal of faith. From her bold debut My Stubborn Heart, which presented the faith aspect with subtle genius, I felt that the overuse of "Im a Christian character" almost immediately distract me from the story.

While this approach will make plenty of people happy, I feel its sad that only exclusive Christian readers will pick it up. I overall enjoyed the book for the story sake, but missed the authentic feel I loved from Wade's first.

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Thanks to Bethany House for Review Copy