Book Review: In Bloom

The other book I'm reviewing is In Bloom: Trading Restless Insecurity for Abiding Confidence by Kayla Aimee.

I found Kayla's writing to be humorous at times. Some of the things she talks are her not so pleasant experiences of being bullied and picked on as a young teen,  feelings of shame and insecurities when she was a college student and as a young mom. Much of what Kayla shares  from her younger days I could relate to.

She makes some good points and I appreciate her use of scripture but there were a few problems I had with this book.

 She had too many references and celebrities including a quote in the beginning of one of her chapters from a deceased rock star who led a very immoral life. One or two celebrities is fine but to mention several throughout the entire book I felt was excessive.
In addition to the over " name dropping" of celebrities  some of the Christian authors she mention in a positive way are women known to have questionable doctrinal beliefs.

So even though I shared what I didn't like about the book, I appreciate the is a study guide in the back.  There are scripture affirmations in the back but some of the verses are from questionable and  unreliable translations.
I also admire her honesty about experiences and her feelings of not being "good" enough .

I was given a free copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for my honest review.