Name: As You Wish
ISBN: 9780764222733

Robin Jones Gunn

College student Christy trusts God to guide her in making decisions about school and her boyfriend Todd.

As You Wish

Jeni Enjaian

This book was very "meh" for me. I don't find Christy to be a compelling (or to some point, believable) character. After spending the whole of the first book of this series wondering if Todd really and truly loved her and was ready to marry her like she was him, she pulls back almost completely in this book. She starts off not knowing if she wants to get married so soon and if she can say the words "I love you" to Todd. Seriously? What in a few weeks could make her swing from such polar opposite opinions?

Also, the conflicts in the book are resolved way too quickly. They seem to be thrown in the path just so Mrs. Gunn could easily dismiss them because of Todd and Christy's awesome love and because God is so great. Don't get me wrong. I one hundred percept believe that God is great and can easily handle any puny human problem. What I don't believe is that resolutions are always so quick in coming. Sometimes the problem sticks around awhile because God uses that to grow us. Christy however quickly gets over her mild attraction to a high school friend as well as anger at Todd for committing her to teach a Sunday school class. (Seriously, it takes mere pages.)

The last portion of the book, after Todd is in a serious car accident and Christy finally says "I love you" (spoilers I guess), is spent with her anxiously wondering when he's going to propose. She's like that annoying little dog that won't stop following you around, panting.

All the negative comments aside, this is a fairly decent book. The writing is believable and not as pedestrian as it could be. The situations Christy faces are fairly believable. For that reason it survives the Great Purge of 2013. (Whether it will survive the next round is uncertain.)