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A review by ellianamaselli
The Mystery: Finding True Love in a World of Broken Lovers by Lacey Sturm
5.0
I’m not surprised this is a five-star read. I’m an irritatingly huge fan of Lacey’s music (including both her band, Flyleaf, and her solo career) and her first book was incredibly impactful. So it didn’t surprise me that her gift of words overcame again in her second book.
I’ll be honest though: I was expecting this to be different than it was. The title led me to believe that she was going to discuss truth in relationships, and that she was going to explore her own romantic journeys, up until she married her husband, with us.
However, while that was an important part of it, this book focused more on how she learned to trust and believe God in the silence; how to really listen when He tells you something, and how she learned to put her love for Him first, above any man. Truly, she explored what it means to be a bride of God, and a daughter of the King. And honestly, I read this at the perfect time.
I love listening to Lacey talk about her faith. She has such a refreshing, peaceful way of doing so. Hearing her talk about the Bible and her passion for God gave me a lust for Him. Every time I picked up this book, I had a desire to run to my Bible and fall in love with Him all over again, myself. How her words gave me that longing for God, I don’t know. But I’m not complaining. And now that the book is over, I’m excited to go and learn how to really fall in love with Him myself.
Simply because of the topic and some of the triggering, mature content, I would recommend this book to older teens—maybe in late high school?—and above. But of course, that’s just for me. If you read the reviews and the description and you feel drawn to read it, then by all means, do so!
But make sure you read The Reason (her first book) before you dive into this one. The Reason discusses her journey to salvation, and she references its contents quite a bit in this book.
T/W for this title: child abuse, sexual abuse and harassment, incestuous sexual abuse, physical abuse, emotional abuse, toxic relationships, and suicide.
—Elliana Maselli
December 28, 2020; 5:00PM
I’ll be honest though: I was expecting this to be different than it was. The title led me to believe that she was going to discuss truth in relationships, and that she was going to explore her own romantic journeys, up until she married her husband, with us.
However, while that was an important part of it, this book focused more on how she learned to trust and believe God in the silence; how to really listen when He tells you something, and how she learned to put her love for Him first, above any man. Truly, she explored what it means to be a bride of God, and a daughter of the King. And honestly, I read this at the perfect time.
I love listening to Lacey talk about her faith. She has such a refreshing, peaceful way of doing so. Hearing her talk about the Bible and her passion for God gave me a lust for Him. Every time I picked up this book, I had a desire to run to my Bible and fall in love with Him all over again, myself. How her words gave me that longing for God, I don’t know. But I’m not complaining. And now that the book is over, I’m excited to go and learn how to really fall in love with Him myself.
Simply because of the topic and some of the triggering, mature content, I would recommend this book to older teens—maybe in late high school?—and above. But of course, that’s just for me. If you read the reviews and the description and you feel drawn to read it, then by all means, do so!
But make sure you read The Reason (her first book) before you dive into this one. The Reason discusses her journey to salvation, and she references its contents quite a bit in this book.
T/W for this title: child abuse, sexual abuse and harassment, incestuous sexual abuse, physical abuse, emotional abuse, toxic relationships, and suicide.
—Elliana Maselli
December 28, 2020; 5:00PM