A Girl's Best Friend

Love how she finds her independence and love.

I'm really interested in reading contemporary Christian fiction written for women and girls because: 1) I think it's a potentially neat genre with a pretty large audience. 2) Most of what exists is pretty low-quality in my critical opinion (the characters lack depth, the plots are so predictable that you KNOW every book WILL end with the heroine accepting Christ or learning to trust God with her life, getting married to an upstanding young man, and having AT LEAST one baby). 3) I like to toy with the idea of someday writing quality Christian literature myself. Anyway...I was intrigued by the book cover's description of Billerbeck as "one of the first Christian chick-lit authors," but I ended up pretty disappointed. She tried so hard for the chick-lit thing that the characters just seemed like self-absorbed airheads who happened to pray EVERY so often, and the Christian themes got lost in a lot of spa-going and boy-chasing. I really appreciate that Billerbeck is writing Christian fiction, and I'll probably read more by her, but will also continue my search for an author whose work lives up to my idea of what quality contemporary fiction with Christian themes COULD be.

This is the 2nd book in a trilogy about 3 friends from Stanford that can't be more different. Poppy is a hippy chiropractor, Morgan is a wealthy socialite and Lilly is a struggling (up and coming) clothes designer. <br /><br />This particular book focuses on Morgan and her life with bits of Lilly thrown in since the first book was about her. While these are supposed to be Christian books it is very light on the religious overtones which is nice. I don't mind some references but some get heavy handed with the bible references and such. This is not one of those books.<br /><br />If you read these, read them in order. I read the first one and then the third one and so this one threw me off a little bit, but not much. They are just better read in order

Contemporary Christian fiction is not usually my genre of choice, but I enjoyed She's All That so much that I wanted to continue the series. While it is Christian fiction, it's not as overtly God centered and themed as other books I have read. I like that. I truly enjoyed the book, it was a fluffy read, but no so fluffy as to be unbelievable or to talk down to the reader. It was well written, though I did notice a few sports in my copy where the characters were called by the wrong name. I put that down to poor proofreading, and it did not really detract from my enjoyment of the book. I would definitely recommend this series to anyone looking for a quick, fun, fluffy-but-not-too-fluffy read.

This book was awful. I could not get into it at all. The spa theme made it very shallow, and the Christian aspect seemed forced. I like the idea of combining the chick lit and Christian genres, but this book failed miserably. I will definitely not be reading any of her other books, since according to others this is the best of the series.

Three friends + relationship issues/family issues = MULTPIPLE TRIPS FOR PEDICURES/MANICURES. I loved this book. <br /><br />The three best friends are thirty and single and trying to make it on their own. I appreciated Billerbeck's honesty w/her character choices. VERY MODERN DAY...

A fun book. I like that God was included but not shoved in your face.<br /><br />This is book 2 out of 3 (I think 3). I am gonna have to go back and read 1. ;)

This was the best book of the 3 part series. I enjoyed the plot and climax. It was an easy read. I am not a reader and I sat down and read it in one day. I really enjoyed it!

Awesome book focusing on the importance of friendship and the trials of those in the media's eyes who we place on a pedestal.<br />I loved this book ad literally carried it EVERYWHERE with me.

not the greatest, took me forever to get through it, it was a slow somewhat boring storyline