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Coming Unglued (Scrapbooker's Series #2)

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Kendra has some deep seeded problems. Dark secrets and pain that she just can't seem to release. Her decisions in life are often not wise choices as her conception of herself is anything but good due to her troubling past. Thank God she has her sisters, and those around her that care and are ready to step up to the plate and do battle for her happiness. She will learn what is important in life and the importance of those who love her, but her way to that decision will not be an easy one.

In this novel we enter the life of Kendra and her sisters, boyfriends, family and friends. We travel with them as mysteries are unraveled, hidden emotions and deep sorrows are brought forth, problems confronted and battles fought and won. It is a story of family, unity and learning to let go at times when it isn't easy to do so, and hold on when that is even harder to do. It is a story of sharing, and learning when it is important to keep silent. It is a story of life, love, and commitment, right, wrong and the grey in-between.

I liked this book. It was at times very upbeat and at other times very serious and mysterious.
Kendra's deep emotional turmoil boiled and bubbled until you knew it would explode like a heated volcano. Good job. The characters were very realistic and the twists and turns of their lives keep the story flowing nicely. The author did a great job pulling you into the storyline and keeping you moving along with each event that transpired,and the ending was great. Very good book.

I loved this book! This is my favorite series and this one is better than the first! A must-buy.

I liked Kendra's story a LOT better than I did Tandy's. I felt that the characters were more fully developed in this book. Also there wasn't as much talking in third person about the sisters in this story as in the first book. It's a minor quibble but it just was a lot better and more realistic to not include it in this book. I did like very much how even though Kendra is involved in two interracial relationships, race is not an issue at all. Granted there were other obstacles and barriers in the relationships but thankfully nothing is mentioned about Kendra being African-American. It's nice to read a Christian fiction novel where someone can just date another person and race just doesn't matter at all. Believe me, it makes more a statement than to constantly bring it up and point out the differences between people.

This is a bit of a spoiler but I really did not like how Harrison's character ended up. It frustrates me to no end when the cheating husband gets off free and clear and the mistress is the one who takes the blame. I totally understand how both parties are at fault and I was really surprised that Kendra even offered an apology. But it really bugged me that Harrison's wife only gets mad at HER and we never find out what happens to HIM. It takes TWO to tango and HE is just as much to blame as she did. Sure, she should have stopped the relationship knowing that he was married but HE was the married person who initiated the relationship. Just one of those situations where I did not like how it was resolved in the book and felt that the guy once again gets away with what he did.

Overall as I said I did enjoy the book better than the first in the series. I still didn't feel as if I learned much about scrapbooking but it appears now that the craft is just a background story and not the main focus of the series. The relationships between the sisters and the men in their lives are what's the meat of the story. While the books could be read alone, I would recommend reading them in order of the series to get a better understanding of all the characters.

Coming Unglued
Rebeca Seitz
2008
B&H Publishing Group
Fiction/Chicklit/Scrapbooking
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Reviewed by Cindy Loven

The sisters are together again, Tandy has moved home and along with her sisters they have started a business, Sisters Ink. All four sisters, Tandy, Kendra, Joy and Meg are partners in the business, with Kendra and Tandy operating the business.
Life is chaotic as usual when the sisters are together, Tandy is planning a wedding, Meg is busy as ever with her children, Joy is anxiously trying to have a baby and Kendra is in deep trouble. Kendra knows it is wrong, but the side of her that tells her she is just like her birth mom, tells her she does not deserve a wonderful man like Darin, whom she has been dating for four months, instead it tells her she only deserves the married man who is pursuing her. Kendra knows this is wrong, but the attraction is deep, and she is in over her head. The sisters recognize Kendra's pattern and try to help, as sisters do. Follow along as Kendra solves her problems, while creating even more at times.
Rebeca has given us another wonderful book, and I am just in love with this author and this series of books. I love how she is really bringing in the faith these sisters have been brought up to have. This book and this publisher have combined to bring us reading that is clean and really wonderful fiction. I highly recommend these books, and give this book a 5 star rating. [...]

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Kendra is a vibrant artist, living in a small town with her family. Her sisters Meg, Joy and Tandy all own a business called Sisters Inc. in which they focus on scrapbooking. But the true heart of the story is Kendra's struggle to believe that she is worthy of having anything because of her past. The author shows us this in the form of Kendra's relationship with two men. One a sweet, available man named Darin and the other a married man named Harrison, whom Kendra begins to have an emotional affair with.

This story moves quickly, as the sisters relationship and repore draws you in. The author handles the storyline well and with a Christian prespective.

This was my first book by this author and I don't think it will be my last. Fun, enjoyable read!

5 stars!!!

Rebeca Seitz has penned a charming series focusing, one at a time, on the lives of four sisters. Sassy, artistic Kendra helps plan Tandy's wedding while seeming to settle down with the town catch. However, Kendra has an ugly secret, buried deep, hidden away from even her sisters.

The secret is one that hasn't been addressed much within Christian Fiction and is handled well. I applaud Rebeca for tackling this unsettling issue, one that is probably a bigger problem than most of us realize.

I haven't read other books in the series but was impressed with Seitz's story telling and writing skills. Not quite chick-lit lite fare Coming Unglued is definitely heavy in spots though the story ends on a light note.

This is such a clever series of books with the common bond of family but the roots of such unique beginnings. The 4 sisters are adopted into the same family when they are young and each book follows one of the sisters as an adult. The first book followed Tandy as she came back home to Stars Hill, Tennessee where the rest of the family resides. In book two we follow Kendra as she picks up with Tandy in their new business "Sisters, Ink" a scrapbooking business that the sisters are doing together.

Kendra is a unique individual that cracks me up, but she has a rough past that keeps wanting to derail her from being happy as an adult. I really enjoyed following her as she tries to sort everything out. She keeps trying to sabotage herself and I think that is true in so many people's lives.

It is a great addition to the fun Sisters, Ink series - get your copy now!

Coming Unglued by Rebeca Seitz is the second book in the Sisters Ink series. This book focuses on Kendra, one of the four Sinclair sisters. Kendra was adopted at the age of eight after being raised by her mother Sylvia. Sylvia allowed herself and her daughter to be abused by a veritable parade of men, and Kendra hasn't been able to break free from the demons that haunt her about her past and tell her that she isn't worth a good man. She's torn between two men: a married man who tells her how much he loves her, and a good Christian man, Kendra is sure she doesn't deserve. The sisters recognize Kendra's self-destructive behavior and regularly convene scrapbooking nights in order to encourage and interrogate her. Each sister is struggling with her own spiritual troubles, and Seitz does a great job of juggling all of the different plots. But Seitz really shines with the dialogue between the sisters, and Kendra's internal voices that whisper she's no good. This entry didn't focus as heavily on scrapbooking as the previous entry did, but the plot is fantastic.

"Coming Unglued" is nothing short of fabulous. It is an absolute page turner for me that I could not put down until the very end that left me with tears. As book two of a Sisters, Ink novel it does well and could be read as a stand alone although it does continue where "Sisters, Ink" left off with a focus on Kendra (book one is a focus on Tandy). This story is about forgiveness and seeing sins as what they really are and growing as an individual and as a person leaving the past as what it is. I'm not sure that anyone could read this story without related a little bit or possibly a lot to the pain of what is going on. But it is amazing how things that seem like there is no solution can be worked out in a manner or form. This book is by far going on my keeper shelf and I cannot wait for the next books in the series to follow along with the other sisters in their journeys of life. Like the first book there was a confusion of a double take with a name swap or two, but it doesn't take away from the story much at all if you're paying attention and caught up in what is happening. I'd recommend this read to anyone really, especially someone in need of some healing and romance. You might be a little surprised at what you can learn about yourself through the lives of these fabulous characters.

Rebeca Seitz has penned a charming chick-lit novel. From the cover art that looks like a page in a scrapbook, "Coming Unglued" lays out the story of Kendra Sinclair, one of the four scrapbooking Sinclair Sisters (say that five times fast). In this modern interracial love story, Kendra has a decision to make about the second most important relationship in her life. Loving the wrong guy feels right, and loving the right guy feels wrong because of her past.

Although it didn't captivate me as I believe it would have if I had read the previous "Sisters, Inc." novel, it was well written story with likable characters and solid Christian values. The message of forgiveness is woven deeply through the novel. The example of the beauty of Christian sisters is inspiring to the reader as well.