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The Best Of Christian Chick-Lit

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The Best Of Christian Chick-Lit

 

Otherwise known as "humorous Women's Fiction".

I love chick-lit almost as much as I love fantasy. I love the smarmy attitudes, the slightly-more-realistic romances than typical romance novels, the independence... But in most chick-lit there's one element that I just can't get past.

Believe it or not, I'm not talking about the over-abundance of pointless sex. I'm talking about unlikable characters.

Christian chick-lit however, generally has quite likable characters, sexual tension without the low moral standards, and is often funnier than its secular counterparts.

As a reviewer, I've had access to more authors and books than I ever would have gotten on my own. This lens is for the best of the best. Enjoy!

Kristin Billerbeck's SplitEnds 

Kristin Billerbeck is credited as the first Christian chick-lit author. I'm not sure if that's true or not, but she certainly deserves to be!

Her Ashley Stockingdale novels are awesome, with the typical chick-lit trappings of an independent-ish woman with a shopping obsession and boy troubles.

Her Trophy Wives Club straddles the line between chick-lit and serious womens fiction with a hard look at divorce among Christians, and how Christians treat divorce (and divorcees).

But my all-time favorite Billerbeck book is SplitEnds.

In SplitEnds, Billerbeck makes a complete 180 from the typical chick-lit and creates a heroine out of a small town hairdresser who only goes to LA to learn to be the best- not to be rich and famous.

She initially hates couture, preferring her old, worn out jeans, hates shopping, hates everything that makes LA, LA. But she grows as a person as well as professionally. She learns to make wise choices, and to indulge a little. And to be honest? She struggles the most with sexual temptation, which makes her seem more real to me as a woman.

 

Split Ends: Sometimes the End is Really the Beginning

Amazon Price: $10.19 (as of 12/04/2008) Buy Now

She's Out of Control (Ashley Stockingdale Series #1)

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The Trophy Wives Club (The Trophy Wives Club, Book 1)

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Erynn Mangum's MissMatch 

Erynn Mangum's first novel MissMatch had me laughing so hard that the bed shook so hard it woke my husband up. Several times. It's a good thing I finished it overnight.

The plot of each of Mangum's novels revolves around matchmaking, which may seem obvious from the titles MissMatch, ReMatch, and MatchPoint. The stakes are light, but the romps are hilarious, and anyone addicted to chocolate and coffee will wish Lauren was their best friend.

I wonder if it's a problem that I occasionally substitute her novels for actual social interaction?

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Miss Match (Lauren Holbrook Series, Book 1)

She's make you want coffee. And chocolate. A lot.

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Rematch (Lauren Holbrook Series, Book 2)

Slightly less hyper-active than MissMatch, ReMatch is an excellent continuation of the series.

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Match Point (Lauren Holbrook Series, Book 3)

I can't believe that I forgot this was being released! I need to go get it... Now!

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Rachel Hauck's Diva Nashvegas 

Ever wanted to read a chick-lit about a woman who's already rich and famous? What's left to strive for? Ah... love and happiness.

I have to list Hauck's Diva Nashvegas because it's the only one of her books that I've read- so far. But I loved it, and can't wait to read the Lost in Nashvegas (the predecessor), as well as a few of her more recent novels.

 

Lost in NashVegas

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Diva NashVegas

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Love Starts with Elle

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