Kristin D. (kdurham2813) reviewed When I Fall in Love (Christiansen Family) on + 753 more book reviews
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Grace is a sibling in the Christiansen family that kind of took a back burner in both the previous books - conveniently this is her personality, she takes a back burner to her other siblings who are definitely people who put themselves out front. Another sibling is also featured in this book - the middle son Owen, he isn't the main character but I think because his story weaves so perfectly with Grace's that it was great to put the two together.
I absolutely adored Grace's story. I loved that the homebody sibling's story took her very far away from Minnesota to Hawaii and for some reason I think her love story was the least cheesiest! The ups and downs were not overtly dramatic and this book read so quickly! As I may have stated in previous reviews, these books are Christian fiction and there is definitely some Jesus talk, but the fictional story is still the main focus which I appreciate.
Grace is a sibling in the Christiansen family that kind of took a back burner in both the previous books - conveniently this is her personality, she takes a back burner to her other siblings who are definitely people who put themselves out front. Another sibling is also featured in this book - the middle son Owen, he isn't the main character but I think because his story weaves so perfectly with Grace's that it was great to put the two together.
I absolutely adored Grace's story. I loved that the homebody sibling's story took her very far away from Minnesota to Hawaii and for some reason I think her love story was the least cheesiest! The ups and downs were not overtly dramatic and this book read so quickly! As I may have stated in previous reviews, these books are Christian fiction and there is definitely some Jesus talk, but the fictional story is still the main focus which I appreciate.
Better than book 2, but still not great
Bullet point review:
--The story was utterly predictable, but an easy read.
-- I liked it better than "It Had to be You" because while there was a really big mistake that made, compared to the previous book the characters did not put themselves in compromising situations as often.
-- There's an important message about Huntington's Disease in the novel, and while that struggle was appreciable, I hoped that it could be used more powerfully.
--Honestly, Max's thoughts and reactions regarding Grace just really seemed unrealistic to me. Sure guys may have that kind of reaction/those kinds of thoughts occasionally, but it really just seemed like a bunch of stuff written into the novel so girls could sigh and dream about the unrealistic guy they're never going to meet.
All in all, not a horrible book, but it wasn't terrific either.
Bullet point review:
--The story was utterly predictable, but an easy read.
-- I liked it better than "It Had to be You" because while there was a really big mistake that made, compared to the previous book the characters did not put themselves in compromising situations as often.
-- There's an important message about Huntington's Disease in the novel, and while that struggle was appreciable, I hoped that it could be used more powerfully.
--Honestly, Max's thoughts and reactions regarding Grace just really seemed unrealistic to me. Sure guys may have that kind of reaction/those kinds of thoughts occasionally, but it really just seemed like a bunch of stuff written into the novel so girls could sigh and dream about the unrealistic guy they're never going to meet.
All in all, not a horrible book, but it wasn't terrific either.
