Leslie Ludy
Harvest House (2009)
ISBN 9780736922876
Reviewed by Vicki Landes for Reader Views (6/09)
Bestselling author and Christian, Leslie Ludy, releases her latest book on relationships, titled “Answering the Guy Questions: The Set-Apart Girl’s Guide to Relating to the Opposite Sex.” As the title descriptively suggests, Ludy explains her vision and hope for today’s religious young women in their romantic, yet Godly, relationships. Within its pages, “Answering the Guy Questions” addresses the common struggles, doubts, and confusions that ‘good girls’ regularly face when dating and contemplating the life-long commitment of marriage.
Ludy is an exceptionally gifted writer, both intelligent and motivating. The tone she conveys is one of genuine excitement and support – a warm, caring friend who wants to bring out the best in other people and doesn’t consider scriptural standards as oppressive constraints or limitations. Her methods are easy to understand, quickly implemented into everyday life, and come with plenty of quotes and examples from other real women also sick and tired of today’s ‘typical guy.’ “Answering the Guy Questions” is a fresh, feminine alternative to preachy and domineering Dr. Dobson books while maintaining a conservative, Christian position throughout.
“Answering the Guy Questions: The Set-Apart Girl’s Guide to Relating to the Opposite Sex” is an energy-infused, eye-opening read for teens and young women and has great potential for success in an all-female Bible study group. Ludy delivers scriptural principles for today’s girls with the chic style necessary in making the message stick and the subject fun (i.e., minimizing the characteristic eye rolls and over-dramatic sighs normally attributed with ‘the talk’). Where other Christian books fail to bridge the ever-growing generation gap, Ludy firmly connects with today’s young minds.
“Answering the Guy Questions: The Set-Apart Girl’s Guide to Relating to the Opposite Sex” is the newest entry in bestselling author Leslie Ludy’s resume and promises to be as insightfully perceptive as her previous titles. In today’s young Christian woman’s world of endless “no’s” and “don’t,” Ludy opens minds and guides young hearts through the precarious world of dating with vision and empowerment. A fantastic ‘dating survival guide’ for Christian adolescents facing their formative years!
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