Faking Grace by Tamara Leigh

The cover of this book is funny.  I think it depicts the book perfectly and I could tell this book would include some humorous moments.  I like covers that depict humor when it's a light-hearted and fun book to read.

Maizy Grace has perfected the art of 'faking" being a Christian.  She wants a job with the Christian magazine so she's got to make sure she's spotless.  She knows all the phrases and the words to fit in with those in church and to make people not suspect the true her.

This book is full with lots of people, lots of different personalities, and well...some romance.  I think it's a fun look at the church because I could just imagine many in the church acting out in all these different ways.  It made me also wonder how many are Faking Grace. 

Tamara Leigh is great at taking some serious topics and making them fun to read.  She's not afraid to step on toes, but she does it in a way that is through fiction and making you think.  I hope she writes more books for us to read soon!

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I received this book free from Waterbrook Publishers and their Blogging for Books program.

Splitting Harriet by Tamara Leigh

I saved this book to read on the beach and I'm glad I did.  It was the perfect, light, funny book that just screams the beach!  I loved picturing all of the changes Harriet was implementing.

 

I also like the topic of this book.  There are definitely many nonfiction books that deal with church conflict, but there aren't many fiction books that deal with that topic.  I liked how this book hit on this topic.  It made it easier to relate to since it was fiction.

 

Harriet is easy to relate to as well.  She's rebelled and then changed, but has to prove herself to others that she has changed.  Maddox was quite easy to like.  Their relationship was predictable, but it still made a good story.  In all honesty, not many romance books are unpredictable because a relationship has to form out of a budding relationship anyway.

 

Now I've got to read the next book of Tamara Leigh's!

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I received this book free from Waterbrook Publishers in exchange for my honest opinion of this book.

 

Perfecting Kate by Tamara Leigh

To be perfectly honest, I almost didn't want to read this book.  The cover of the book did not really appeal to me at all.  The colors were eye-catching, but it just lacked the visual appeal for me.  That said, I'm glad that I didn't judge the book by its cover.  

I liked Kate in this book, once I was able to set aside the fact that she didn't really like how she looked.  I know that often I struggle with my appearance (I'm not for sure what girl doesn't), so I had to remind myself that Kate was in her daily struggle.  It didn't help at all that the cosmetic surgeon could immediately tell the things that he could fix on her.  That would make me a bit self-conscious, too.

I liked the humor in this book.  I found myself laughing and just visualizing some of the encounters became quite hilarious in my head!    I really like chick-lit and I think this book falls under that category.  I'm looking forward to reading the rest of her books.  I hope they are as funny as this one!

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I received this book free from Waterbrook Publishers in exchange for my honest opinion of this book.