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Cute backstory. Ties in many characters and elements you recognize from the movie and tv series.

God can use your weaknesses as well as your strengths. Take a moment to talk to or help a stranger.

Interesting so far. From an introvert to introverts. like a letter from a friend sharing from they have learned from their recent experiences. Her writing is down-to-earth, with a little sprinkle of introverted humor.

Interesting right from the start. Love both the two main protagonist. Enough character description without being to much. Straight to the point without wasting time on unnecessary details. I’m already hooked and curious about what happens next.

This author's style is more drama than rom com humor. It actually comes across as sort of dry and dull at the moment.
The plot is good though and I would like to know how it ends so I'm going to finish the book. But this isn't an author I'm going to read repeatedly.

The book is pretty slow moving so far. The author focuses a lot on character building and scene setting. You get about half way through the book before you get to the actual mystery.

The author set the reader up for disappointment because she oversold the humor of this book. Because of the synopsis, I was expecting something way better.

Relatable in some places but still not the best thing I’ve ever read.
This book just has so much potential to be better than it actually turned out.
My bother turns our traumatic childhoods into funnier stories: I was there, experienced the pain, but I still laugh because of the way he tells it. The humor is a way of coping with the pain.
My brother could have helped her right this better.

I think the issue is that she talks about her hurt, eluding to trauma but you don’t actually FEEL the trauma. It’s like a child who has a mild cold lying in the couch dramatically announcing to an imaginary audience that they’re dying.
Whereas, another child may be running a fever, looking like the life has been drained from them but still say “I’m fine”. That child, you can feel their misery.

I thought this book would be more conversation but it’s more autobiographical with occasional conversations. I also thought it would be funnier but it’s only got a little tragic humor here and there.
I want to like it but I find her annoying fairly often.
The emotion of the book is kind of confusing too. Mainly because she writing hurt in a healed tone and it’s watering down the then emotion.

Her relationship with her earthly father was rough, but I’ve know worse. I get his tragic past but he could have done better just like mine should have done better.
Fathers do have the toxic power to damage their children’s image of God so I do feel for her. But based off her description her experience wasn’t that bad. Not like others have had to go through.

I think everyone probably had a Kirsten in their school - The bully that manipulated everyone & made your life miserable.
Kirsten reminded me a lot of the girls who tried to bully me in school.
The trick is, you can’t let them have power over you. Which is why I’m glad Susie finally retaliated.
Susie’s mom or teachers should have intervened if they didn’t want her to retaliate.

When all have different experiences that shape our image of God and relationship with God.
Susie apparently didn’t have a good relationship with her earthly father - described him as staying home from church, cursing at the TV, ignoring her mom, & treating her mom as a housekeeper.
Her mom was the one who took her to church.

There is a circus coming to town. It is lead by the Baron and his daughter, Staylan.
Eugene gets the idea to join the circus so he can travel around to find his parents.
He seen a man with a tattoo similar to an symbol in his letter from the maid & thought he might know something about his parents.

Eugene is 12, having grown up in the orphanage. He & his friend are the oldest boys & look out for the others. The orphanage lady is old but nice and treats the boys like family.
Eugene reads the Flynn Rider books to them & acts it out but breaks a window.
Tax Collector comes, but the money from the king is late, so they can't pay. Tax man is mean, wants to close the orphanage. Eugene accidently makes him angrier.

The king wanted his son to have something from him so he gave some Flynn Rider books to the maid for the boy. He also told her that the boy must never know his real identity.
Later, the maid, no longer able to tend to the prince, dropped him off at an orphanage. She left a letter and the books the king wanted the prince to have with the boy.
The orphanage lady, named the boy Eugene after her father.

Eugene's father didn't want his son to be burdened with the task of guarding the Moon Stone like the previous kings. He tried to destroy it, but his plan backfired causing the destruction of the kingdom.
Eugene's mother died during the collapse of the kingdom. His father wanted to save Eugene, so he sent his son away under the care of the Queen's maid. Meanwhile, the King stayed behind to stop the stone.

It’s interesting to see her perception of God.

If I’m being honest, I’m a little disappointed with the cause of her meltdown. So far she’s coming across as a little spoiled and mellow-dramatic.
It’s not what I was expecting. I thought this books would be about someone who’s been through some very difficult but relatable experiences and uses humor to cope and make the best of it.
It’s not off to a good start. I hope it gets better from here.

Meters always begins her books with some very interesting background information of who wrote it, when, relevant events at that time, etc. helps paint a picture that’s then helps you understand what is being said better.

Chapter 12 is really good. Meyers is pointing out some historical details that go deeper into the true meaning of these verses

Chapter 11 is very interesting. Meyers address some scriptures that have been twisted & misused for decades or longer. If you truly take the weight of each word specifically chosen and the fact that it addresses both parties of any relationship and read it both dissected then as a whole, you'll see that so much of what these verses say have largely been ignored. Fathers & leaders of any kind need to study better.

The book is beginning to drag on a bit...

Meyers challenges readers to go deeper in their understanding of the Bible. Studying it is more than just reading. Its about having an experience with God & coming to know the love He has for people. If we allow ourselves to have a personal experience with His love, then we can show that same love towards others. But we can't give something we don't have so we have to open our hearts to receive it first.

-You can't be saved through good works, only through grace
-There is no division between Jew and Gentile anymore, we are all one through Christ

Past, Present, and Future; God has all the answers. And we have hope through Him

God see all people as equal and wants us to treat each other justly. We should be prayerful because God hears us and it’s our decease against the enemy.