Secrets Review, Guest Post and Giveaway!

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About the Book

 

Secrets

Book: Secrets

Author: Beckie Lindsey

Genre: Young Adult

Release Date: February, 2018

Every girl has a secret she hopes the light will never find–but the demons already have.

Four girls. Four sets of secrets. Four searching for answers.

Mackenzie is the shy, awkward new girl at school, depressed and desperate for a real friend. When she stumbles upon the deepest secret of a sarcastic, angry-at-the-world track star, Krystal, they become instant enemies-especially about the flirtatious baseball player, Bryce.

Tammi, a gloomy singer/musician who couldn’t care less about what others think of her, meets Sadie, a dancer and a people-pleaser with a cotton candy disposition. They have nothing in common until their lives begin to collide in more ways than one.

As the girls’ worlds begin to converge, their secrets rather than their similarities draw them together. Meanwhile, all that’s kept hidden has left them vulnerable to a battle in an invisible realm where demonic creatures fight to keep the girls chained to their pasts while angels of light work to free them.

Can good ever come from evil? Can beauty ever arise from ashes?

 

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My Perspective

 

Although this is considered a YA book, I highly encourage parents to read it first to make sure they are comfortable with the topics presented. The author provides a look into many things that are hurting our teens today, and rightly so. These issues need to be addressed, and teens need characters they can connect with, or learn warning signs from, or even understand how to deal with it. I think Lindsey did a great job of showcasing the battle between good versus evil, that not only is in the world, but inside our minds.

If your teen is mature enough to handle all the situations covered in this book, I highly encourage them to read. In fact, read it with them. It provides the opportunity for so many in depth, spiritual conversations! I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. I love it when a book opens the door for conversations like that. Yes, this is a fictional book. But it opens the door to so many opportunities, and the chance to grow or help someone.

These characters are complex, and yes some of it was a little difficult to read. But isn’t life a little hard to deal with sometime? Don’t we need a form of hope to get through it all? I think that’s what Lindsey is trying to get across. In a world of darkness, when we ourselves have some darkness at times, there is still hope. Hope from the One who always provides a way out. Hope from the One who has already won the ultimate battle. I’m grateful to have exposure to a book like this.

I received a complimentary copy of this book. I was not required to write a favorable review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

 

About the Author

 

Beckie Lindsay

 

Beckie Lindsey is an award-winning poet, author, blogger, and the editor of Southern California Christian Voice, a division of One Christian Voice, a national news syndicating agency. She is a major coffeeholic and enjoys a good book with a cat on her lap. She also loves to hike and hang out with family and friends. Beckie and her husband, Scott have three adult children, two adorable cats and live in California.

 

 

 

Guest Post from Beckie

 

Why I write YA and the BFA series

By Beckie Lindsey

 

I believe a teenager still exists inside each of us.

 

We hear a familiar tune from our “glory days” and are instantly tapping our toes. Mentally, we’re back in high school —poofy bangs, scrunchie, neon off-the-shoulder sweatshirt — and all. Oh, wait. That’s me back in the ‘80s!

 

Ah, yes. There is something wonderfully awful about those coming-of-age years.

 

From the first kiss to the first breakup, there are memories we cherish and some we don’t care to ever revisit. Being a teen can be exciting, confusing, painful, joyous, or even all of those things at once!

 

No matter how different your teenage experience was from mine, one thing is true for us all: these years have an enormous impact on who we become as adults. We can all sympathize with the plight of puberty and the longing for independence and acceptance. Yeah, there’s still a teenager in all of us!

 

These are the reasons I write YA.

 

My hope is to use the power of storytelling to move past barriers and open hearts to accept how much God loves and desires a personal relationship with us.

 

At every age, we all need the grace and love of Jesus.

 

In the Beauties from Ashes (BFA) series, I write about relatable characters with difficult issues and traumatic pasts to enlighten readers about the unseen spiritual battle referred to in Scripture. Each character has a secret that has left them vulnerable to the battle in an invisible realm where demonic creatures fight to keep them chained to their pasts and angels of light work to free them.

 

The characters and their issues are complex, just like real life. In fact, some of the topics are often considered too taboo to talk about openly. But what is left in the dark, festers and grows. It is only in the light that we can be free. In the BFA series, readers experience the character’s quest for truth, love, grace, and freedom while hopefully finding the same for themselves.

 

 

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Giveaway

 

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To celebrate her tour, Beckie is giving away a grand prize of a $30 Amazon gift card!!

Be sure to comment on the blog stops for nine extra entries into the giveaway! Click the link below to enter. https://promosimple.com/ps/d56f/secrets-celebration-tour-giveaway

12 responses to “Secrets Review, Guest Post and Giveaway!

  1. Kay Garrett

    Thank you for your review on ” Secrets” by Beckie Lindsey and the information on book and author.

    Sounds like a very interesting read and one that I hope to have the opportunity to do so.

  2. I fully agree with your review. Mine will be shared later this week (Weds) and there are definitely a lot of content warnings but it’s such a powerful read!

  3. James Robert

    Congrats on this tour and thank for the opportunity to read about another great book out there to read. It helps out so I can find books I know my family will enjoy reading. Thanks as well for the giveaway.