Review: Is Chase the Jeremiah 17:7 man that Kelli has been praying for?
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 3, 2014
"Meeting Chase in this splendor awakened what no other man before him had: the dream of a perfect forever; not with a perfect man, but with a man perfect for her."This book starts where the second book, Hardly Perfect, ends, at the wedding of Jared and Julie down in Florida where Kelli is helping her aged grandmother, "Gram" with her flower shop. The shop has done all the flower arrangements for the wedding, hence the reason that Kelli is in attendance. She had NO idea Chase would be there until she went to put on his boutonniere. Julie is Chase Allen's sister, whom Kellie has had a long term crush on and is now the center of her focus.Chase might be considered a little old-fashioned in that he treats Kellie as a lady should be treated: opening doors for her, seating her, giving her his jacket etc.As Kelli and Chase are outside looking at the stars, Kellie feels like the stars are winking at her, assuring her that her decision to let Jesus be Lord in every area of her life is a good one.Chase admits he thought about asking Kelli out a few months ago but saw her at JR's with Steven. If you have read the other two books in this series you will recall that Chase was at JR's with a beautiful girl who Kelli presumed was his girlfriend. We now know that the girl was Julie, Chase's sister! Chase also admits to feeling intimidated by Kelli as she was a floor supervisor at the place where they both work, not to mention very pretty.No plans are made for Christmas as Chase as to work right up to Christmas Eve so plans are made for New Year's Eve. When Chase is over 2 hours late in arriving, Kelli begins to think the worse as she cannot get hold of him on his phone ans has not heard from him. Is she being dumped again? Turns out he broke down and left his phone in the garage! It is during this time together that Kelli knows she is in love but Chase has not made any commitment, just a quick peck on the cheek.Just before Gram's hip replacement operation in mid-January, Kelli heads back to North Carolina for the weekend. There, she not only meets up with Chase again but also her best friend, Brenna and her boyfriend Jason. They have a great weekend, doing some double dating. At the end of the first day, Kelli invites Chase in but he declines saying he doesn't trust himself and Kelli respects him for that. Celebrating their one month anniversary the next day Chase says that he didn't know he could be this happy.At the end of January, Chase has an interview down in Florida so meets up with Kelli briefly before catching his flight home. He thinks he could well be offered the job but it is in California not Florida like he first thought! Not good at long term relationships so asks Kelli for some time.What does Kelli do and say? How does this story end? You'll have to read it to find out :)Some reviewers have said that this series is suitable for teenagers/single people. Absolutely! This series really shows that waiting for the right man that God has ordained for your life is critical and the absolute best man and yes, expect that man to act like a gentleman. HOWEVER I believe this series is suitable for ALL ages from 13 up. It is such a great story that it should not be limited by age. The only reason you would not read it to your younger children is that they would not understand it! It is not smutty, dirty etc but just a clean romance of someone experiencing heartache but by trusting in God finds true love.A couple grammatical and spelling errors (packets instead of pockets, bloat instead of bloke) as there seems to be in most books but nothing to ruin the story.HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!