1. Longing, Bailey Flanigan Series #3
    Karen Kingsbury
    Zondervan / 2011 / Trade Paperback
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  1. Pam Burke
    Potosi, MO
    Age: 55-65
    Gender: Female
    4 Stars Out Of 5
    Longing . . . for answers
    January 4, 2012
    Pam Burke
    Potosi, MO
    Age: 55-65
    Gender: Female
    Quality: 4
    Value: 5
    Meets Expectations: 4
    While I have enjoyed all three of the books in the Bailey Flanigan series by Karen Kingsbury, Longing still leaves me longing for answers!

    This story will make you smile, and -- as with all KK books -- will find you reaching for the tissues as it makes you cry. Old chapters are closed and new ones opened in the lives of the main characters. Bailey, through a variety of circumstances, sets out on new adventures. Brandon finds himself challenged in his relatively new faith. And Cody experiences great highs in his career, as well as deep hurt and loss in his personal life. Their lives converge and diverge in various ways that make choices anything but simple.

    In Loving, due to release in just a few months, we will finally have an answer to the question that has "plagued" readers throughout the series -- Cody or Brandon? While I am very anxious to have the resolution, it will also be bittersweet to come to the end of this journey. I have certainly enjoyed the ride!
  2. alwayshope
    Age: 55-65
    Gender: female
    4 Stars Out Of 5
    Classic Kingsbury
    December 1, 2011
    alwayshope
    Age: 55-65
    Gender: female
    Quality: 5
    Value: 5
    Meets Expectations: 5
    This book is a classic Kingsbury, filling the reader with inspiration. The characters learn more about themselves, one another, and God. I am eager to see what happens in the final chapter of their lives.
  3. kicki
    Inyokern, CA
    Age: 55-65
    Gender: female
    3 Stars Out Of 5
    November 22, 2011
    kicki
    Inyokern, CA
    Age: 55-65
    Gender: female
    Quality: 3
    Value: 3
    Meets Expectations: 3
    The plot and characters seemed "canned". I simply expected more and felt so-so with the ending.
  4. Iola
    New Zealand
    Age: 45-54
    Gender: female
    3 Stars Out Of 5
    Part of a loooong series
    December 15, 2011
    Iola
    New Zealand
    Age: 45-54
    Gender: female
    Quality: 4
    Value: 4
    Meets Expectations: 4
    Longing is the third book in the Bailey Flanigan series (following Leaving and Learning, with the final book, Loving, due to be published in March 2012). I haven't read the first two (although I have read all the previous books right back from the beginning of the Baxter Family books), and I found it easy to pick up any details I may have missed in those two books. However, aspects of the novel would probably be quite confusing for someone who has not read the any of the previous novels, as the whole series (21 books and counting, over more than ten years) feels like a long-running soap opera. For example, one chapter of Longing was pure Baxter catch-up, with little relevance to the rest of the story, and another scene at the Flanigan house felt like a public service announcement drug warning, as it bore little relation to the rest of the plot.

    Bailey is now 22, and is working in Broadway, going out with movie star Brandon while still having some feelings for Cody because the relationship never had closure. Longing is a fun young adult novel, full of contemporary pop culture references to things like Twitter, Owl City and Adele, things I know because I have kids, and which reinforce the youth focus.

    If you have read and enjoyed the Above the Line series or the first two Bailey Flanigan stories, then you will probably enjoy Longing. If you haven't, then this is probably not the best book to start with. I would suggest young adults start with Take One, and older adults start with Redemption.

    Thanks to Zondervan and NetGalley for providing a free ebook for review.
  5. Loretta
    Houghton Lake Mi.
    Age: 55-65
    Gender: female
    1 Stars Out Of 5
    Did not hold my interest, too drawn out
    February 29, 2012
    Loretta
    Houghton Lake Mi.
    Age: 55-65
    Gender: female
    Quality: 1
    Value: 1
    Meets Expectations: 1
    This review was written for Longing, Bailey Flanigan Series #3.
    I am a big fan of Karen Kingsbury but this series has been very disappointing! The story line is just too drawn out!After reading each book in the series I think maybe the next one will be better, but it's not. Hope this last one has more to offer.....
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