Title: Hip to be Square
Author: Hope Lyda
Publication Date: 2005
Page Count: 336
Genre: Christian Chick-Lit
From goodreads.com
On her twenty—ninth birthday, Mari Hamilton, a worn-out recreation director at Golden Horizons Retirement Home, is convinced that leaving social work will improve her social life. So she seeks and receives a stylish position at a new and fabulous luxury spa. In addition, after countless bad first dates at hip clubs, Mari meets the perfect guy at Golden Horizon's anniversary party (of all places!). But a funny thing happens to her on the way to a life makeover—a forced stopover in her past where she admits to the unadmittable...
Through all her work and dating adventures and misadventures, Mari realizes that it was in her old life that God was doing a new and incredibly hip thing.
My Review
I got this book about a year ago at the Friends of the Library Book Sale. I didn't read in depth about what this book was about, but was intrigued enough by the back cover that I gave it a shot.
I never realized that Christian Chick-Lit was even a type of book, it seems crazy specific. While it was not much different to regular chick-lit, it still is an obvious difference. It didn't have the swear words or the more risque subject matter and the author talked about bible study, and God's plan for the main character's life, etc, etc.
The plot was nothing terribly exciting, and I predicted most of the turns with ease, but it was an entertaining read. I enjoyed it enough to track down the second in the series. I am curious enough about the characters that I want to know what happens to them. I may or may not be disappointed, but it is worth the shot.
I don't have a super in-depth review for this book, but would recommend it to anyone who wanted some light fast reading that want to stay away from the trashy romance.
Overall Rating: 7/10
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