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The Baxters by Karen Kingsbury
3.0

I generally don’t read Christian fiction. However, some years ago I was experiencing a lot of anxiety and couldn’t seem to concentrate on any heavy reading. At my library I stumbled upon Karen Kingsbury’s “Redemption” series about the Baxter family. It was easy and quick for me to read and made me feel like I had accomplished something. This eased my anxiety some.
I am also the type of person who likes sequels, prequels, backstories, whatever gives me more depth to the story. Because of this, I have kept up with this author’s books about the Baxter family, regardless of which generation we’re talking about.
This book serves as a prequel to the Redemption series, and can be read on its own as well. The stories are pretty simple and predictable with plenty of descriptions. If you need to read for comfort and don’t a deep, intricate story, this would be the book for you.
Thank you to Atria Books and Edelweiss for an advanced copy of this book in return for my unbiased opinion of this book.