Review of Finally and Forever

Title:  Finally and Forever

 Author:  Robin Jones Gunn

Series: Katie Weldon

Chapters: 21

Pages: 259

Genre:  Christian Teen Fiction

Rating:  5 Stars

          Growing up I loved the Christy Miller series. However Christy wasn’t my character, her best friend Katie Weldon was my favorite. I felt like I related to Katie more than I did to Christy.  Katie likes to do things without thinking things through.

          In Finally and Forever the fourth book in the Katie Weldon and possibly the last book. Though I would love to see more of Katie’s story to find out what happens with her an Eli.  Katie has graduated from college she prayed for a sign of what to do with the whole Eli and Africa thing. She has gotten plenty of signs that point towards going to Africa.

          Katie takes the plunge and follows Eli to Africa. Finally and Forever is pretty much about Katie’s life adjusting to life in Africa and the Adventures in Africa. One of my favorite quotes from the whole series is in this book and it is a quote that Eli says to Katie.

 “I told them that when you were born, God was so delighted that He sent a hundred angels to kiss you while you were in your mother's arms. Every place where the angels kissed you, they left a tiny dot. That way, if you ever forget how greatly you are loved by God, all you have to do is look at your skin, and you will remember.” Robin Jones Gunn

          Even though I don’t want the Katie Weldon series to end, Finally and Forever does give a conclusion to the series.

The Katie Weldon Series

Peculiar Treasures

Robin Jones Gunn

Katie Weldon Series

Peculiar Treasures picks up where the Christy Miller series leaves off. It starts with Christy’s and Todd’s wedding. Katie was Christy’s maid of honor; meets a guy that will go on to become a great friend. Katie wishes that she would actually be Rick Doyle’s girlfriend.

     Katie is getting ready to start her senior year of College, with surprises in store. I didn’t really plan on reading the book; I mostly picked up the book, because of the title, which comes from Exodus 19:9 in the KJV. Then I noticed that it was about a character from the Christy Miller series; my favorite character actually Katie Weldon. I loved the Christy Miller series when I was younger, and I always felt I related more to Katie than I did to Christy. It was neat to read a book about Katie and a little bit about their time in college.

Title: On a Whim

Author: Robin Jones Gunn

Series: Katie Weldon Book two

On a Whim continues Katie’s story during her senior year of college. She’s finally Rick’s girlfriend, but will it last. She loves her job as an RA; things are going great until a string of problems come Katie’s way. Her beloved car dies, a friendship starts to complicate things, and she’s wondering her she’s going to pay for her schooling. She ends up making major changes. Just like with Peculiar Treasures there are surprises in store for Katie that hopefully changes her life for the better.

Title: Coming Attractions

Author: Robin Jones Gunn

Series: Katie Weldon Series Book 3

     Katie’s senior year of college is drawing to a close. One chapter of her life is ending, and another is getting ready start. Kate wonders what God has in store for her life. She wonders if her dream of going to Africa is just that her dream of if it is what God wants her do or if it something she wants to do sense she has nowhere else to go when she graduates.

     By the end of her senior year Katie has broken up with her boyfriend, attended another friend’s wedding, and finally learns to follow her heart, and that God’s ways are not our ways.

     I really enjoyed reading this series I wish Robin Jones Gunn would continue Katie’s and Christy’s stories into adulthood.  There were a few quotes in this book and throughout the series that I really liked. I also liked that Bible verses were included in the books.

Quotes

“I like to call them God things”

Katie On a Whim

“You can run, but you can’t hide, Katie. Love is going to catch up with you, and when it goes, you are going down big time.”

Todd Coming Attractions

“Like I said I’d be honored to be your ‘woman of Honor’”

 Katie

“Good I like that: woman of honor instead of maid of honor” Julia

Coming Attractions  

“In Africa we have a saying. ‘If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.

Eli Coming Attractions

I would recommande this books to anyone who loved the Christy Miller series and a child and as a teen. I would give the series a 10 out of 10.