Change Of Pace

This was another recommended book, and it was definitely a change of pace compared to my last couple of books!

Heavens to Betsy by Beth Pattillo
(2005, Contemporary) 6/15/07
Grade: 4

It’s not easy being a single and female, especially when you’re a minister (and your congregation isn’t quite sure they want a woman in the pulpit). Betsy Blessing thinks the time may have come to leave the ministry and go to law school, but her friend David disagrees - and Betsy finds herself having unexpected feelings for him, just at the wrong time!

An amusing chick lit book, with a twist. It features a heroine who happens to be a minister, not a proseletizer who happens to be a character in a book. That made the heroine much more real (and funny). Betsy is a great character, and it’s an interesting look into the life of a single, female minister who is trying to balance the different part of her life. Her relationship with David is only part of her life, and he’s not as well rounded as a character as she is. (It’s a chick lit book in the first person, so that’s to be expected, but I would have liked some of his perspective.) This book was very easy and fun to read (I finished it in just a couple of hours) - it wasn’t necessarily deep with emotion, but it was enjoyable.

After two very sex-heavy, dark books, it was nice to read something light and sex free!