When Love Arrives

3.5 stars
I was a bit conflicted as to what to rate this one, because, though I really identified with Brett's struggle to change his life (doing it under his own power instead of God's, at first, was quite painful to watch!) from spoiled playboy to decent citizen. As far as personal preference goes, it got a little too detailed in parts—not something I object to morally; it's tastefully done—but I simply don't enjoy spending a lot of time in vapid, drunken company, and a number of scenes in the book show what Brett's life once was. He also struggles to control feelings of fleshly attraction. On the plus side, I really liked that it mentioned that he was miserable because he was going against God's plan for him, that he was never going to be fully happy/peaceful until he surrendered his own wants to be important and ahead in life and learned to focus on the things that really mattered.