Karen Kingsbury is a Christian fiction author who has numerous series to her name. Leaving is the first in the Bailey Flanigan series, which is a spin-off of her Baxter series. I was a newcomer to these family, but had little trouble following along.
I am not a Christian, and I don't care for romance, so at first I didn't remember what caught my eye. Then I remembered -- Bailey dreamed of a life on Broadway. Unfortunately, there wasn't much talk of Broadway. There was a lot of back and forth between Cody (her high school friend whom she loved and who pushed her away and left without explaining why) and Brandon (a Hollywood star who acted with Bailey in an upcoming movie). Both men are very Godly and extremely good at everything they do, much like every other character in the book.
I felt this book was fairly preachy. While I do read some other Christian fiction, this sort of pushed me over the edge. What bothered me the most was when Bailey lumped all of Hollywood together as "needing Jesus" -- equating those who practice Kaballah and a girl who was bragging about making out with numerous people at a party. I get the latter -- but assuming that practicing Kaballah was not religious enough because it did not involve Jesus bothered me.
I finished this book because, despite everything, I cared enough about the characters to find out what happened. I did not, however, care enough to look into the additional three books in the series. 2.5 stars.
I am not a Christian, and I don't care for romance, so at first I didn't remember what caught my eye. Then I remembered -- Bailey dreamed of a life on Broadway. Unfortunately, there wasn't much talk of Broadway. There was a lot of back and forth between Cody (her high school friend whom she loved and who pushed her away and left without explaining why) and Brandon (a Hollywood star who acted with Bailey in an upcoming movie). Both men are very Godly and extremely good at everything they do, much like every other character in the book.
I felt this book was fairly preachy. While I do read some other Christian fiction, this sort of pushed me over the edge. What bothered me the most was when Bailey lumped all of Hollywood together as "needing Jesus" -- equating those who practice Kaballah and a girl who was bragging about making out with numerous people at a party. I get the latter -- but assuming that practicing Kaballah was not religious enough because it did not involve Jesus bothered me.
I finished this book because, despite everything, I cared enough about the characters to find out what happened. I did not, however, care enough to look into the additional three books in the series. 2.5 stars.
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