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Love at Last Sight: Thirty Days to Grow and Deepen Your Closest Relationships

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Love at Last Sight, by Pastor Kerry and Chris Shook, is another refreshing look on marriage. This book is divided into a four week study: The Art of Being All There, The Art of Acting Intentionally, The Art of Risking Awkwardness and The Art of Letting Go. Each of these sections is specifically written towards the topics listed.

My favorite section is the art of acting intentional. As Kari and I continue on our journey together, I have caught myself "taking it easy," and sometimes overlooking opportunities to do things for my wife. This section reminded me that it is necessary for me to continue to act intentionally.

I would recommend Love at Last Sight to married folks.

God Bless.

I received this book free from Multnomah Books as part of their book review bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission's 16 CFR, Part 255: "Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.

Upon receiving "Love At Last Sight," I was excited to get started reading and discover what I was missing in my relationships to make them work.

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The book gives chapter-a-day-for-a-month advice for the important relationships in your life (i.e. Spouse, parents/kids, and close friends).

By about halfway through, I realized that, while the book is very well written, and has plenty of good points, it was not all that I anticipated it to be. The points that are made within each chapter are valid, and will work, if followed/utilized. The reason I feel that this book wasn't a GREAT book is that it told me a lot of things that I already knew about relationships to be true. That they take work. They take time. They take patience, forgiveness, and some more work.

Upon completion of the book, I am left feeling bittersweet. I believe the book is well-written, however, it just doesn't leave me feeling "full." I was looking for a deeper connection to the Bible, God's word, about relationships and how He believes them to thrive and flourish. Maybe I had the wrong expectation going into reading this book. Perhaps for new believers or followers of Christ, this book will open a lot of avenues for them to establish or pursue relationships full of love, and they will be more fulfilled in what they receive from the relationships as well. For the more established believer, I don't believe this book will live up to their expectations.

"Everything you've been taught about relationships is wrong."

The back cover of the book already had me on my defense. I realize the authors were aiming after dramatics, but I tend to be literal, so such a blatant statement was not the way I wanted to begin this book.

Overall, I was a bit disappointed in the content of this book. Husband and wife team, Kerry & Chris Shook follow the pattern of their best-selling book, One Month to Live, in order to write this book, Love at Last Sight.

While the overall message of the book: true love takes hard work, commitment, struggle, and forgiveness and not simply "love-at-first-sight" feelings is a very crucial understanding, the format of dividing up this message into a 30-day devotional/study seemed a bit forced.

I longed for practical steps to use towards a Love at Last Sight type marriage, rather than fluffy clichés and phrases such as, "Only when you live from your heart can you truly be free" (pg. 138). I think the authors could have made their message much more effective in an article length reading, rather than trying to stretch out their teachings in a 221-page book.

In conclusion, I gave the book 3 out of 5 stars. For someone looking for some feel-good encouragement about making your marriage last, this could be a good read. As a single woman in her early 20s, while I found the book a realistic look at love, it was a bit drawn out for its content.

*I received this book for free from WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group for this review.

Want to grow and deepen your relationships? Kerry and Chris Shook lay out a plan to help you do just that. They challenge you to deepen and grow your closet relationships through a 30 day challenge. To learn more about the challenge, visit lastsightchallenge.com

I was really excited about reading this book and applying their concepts. Only shortly after I started the book, I realized that this book wasn't really what I was looking for. I'm the type of person who loves being with friends and family. I rarely spend a weekend at home. I'm almost always on the road visiting and engaging my relationships. They teach you concepts that are pretty standard when it comes to relationships. Relationships take time and work. They aren't always easy. I know these things; I think most people know these things. I came to the conclusion that if you are the type of person who really struggles with getting the deep relationships and getting the connections that you desire, then Love At Last Sight is for you. Me however, I was sort of disappointed. The book just didn't really teach me much that I didn't already know.

I received this book for free from WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group for this review

Love At Last Sight by Kerry & Chris Shook was worth the time it took to soak in. The authors give you 30 days to grow and deepen your key relationships. Key relationships are characterised as those closest to you (usually family but often friends).

Marriage is mentioned often but is not the only application for the challenges in the book. The authors make this an easy read. However, application of the suggested changes may not be as easy as reading the book is. With God all things are possible though. It is only through His Holy Spirit that we can become kindhearted, compassionate, and others centered.

I will keep this one around and refer back to it from time to time.

I received this book to review for free from Waterbrook Multnomah Publishing Group.

Do you need to get encouraged & look at your life from a different angle ? Then read this book !!! What is real love, what's it's true meaning ? Stop chasing the things of this world, calm down & find peace in your life. Everyone should read this book.

Across the globe, people make New Year's resolutions. Loose weight. Read more. Spend more time with the family... What? Spend more time with the family?! That's a great goal! If you're looking for some practical help to guide you with achieving this goal, "Love at Last Sight" is a wonderful tool.

Throughout the book, the authors (Kerry and Chris Shook) lay out practical strategies for improving the QUALITY of your closest relationships. Spanning 30-days, their suggestions could truly change lives. The first week is dedicated to "Being All There". The second, "Acting Intentionally," refines the premise of the first week. Week three confronts the fear of "Confronting Awkwardness" and the fourth is focused on "The Art of Letting Go".

Contrary to what we see in movies and on TV, real love doesn't just "happen" and lasting relationships are hard work. With the concrete steps outlined in this book, along with a willing heart, your valued relationships can be enriched.

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Love at Last Sight by Kerry and Chris Shook has a lot of mixed reviews. I personally think that it depends on where you are in your relationship whether or not you get anything out of it. I have been married for 11 years. In those 11 years my husband and I have had our fair share of ups and downs. I think this book is great for couples that are trying to keep it together. It helps you to get grounded and realize what is most important to you and your spouse. The book offers a lot of insight and great advise to those who feel they are in trouble. We often get lost in our daily lives and marriage is the easiest thing to let sit on the back burner. This book allows you to reach within yourself and find your happy place with your spouse again.

I remember the first time I saw Kerry Shook teaching. I was flipping through the channels and he was preaching on his TV program. It was interesting as he was talking about the recipe of life as he was making and cooking a pizza on stage. It wasn't overly deep or new in content but it was interesting, different, and good if you were looking at the topic for the first time.

From that, I bought his book "One Month to Live" and wanted to do a sermon series based off the concept. Again, I didn't find it to deep or new information but creatively done and a good concept for something more basic for someone on a surface level.



This book falls into the same flow. It is well done but nothing all that new. If you and your spouse are looking for something to dig into together, to spur on some conversation, and to remind yourself were your commitment levels may be struggling, this is a good book. If you are one who has been doing deeper study on the topic, this is not the deeper book you are looking for as much as a compilation of you might find to be common sense in the mix of your study.

I received a free copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

This book is great for exactly what the subtitle says - growing and deepening closest relationships. The personal sharing and stories are great reading. The chapter ending journal/discussion prompts would be great for counseling or mentoring. I'd love to discuss this with a girlfriend in a mentoring situation or with my husband in an enrichment retreat, but that is it. I was looking for Bible study material and it won't work for that - not enough Bible basis.