Book Review: Body and Soul by Bethany Hamilton

This book's focused audience is young girls which is a good audience for someone like Bethany Hamilton to reach. Bethany Hamilton is very sweet, real and loves being healthy based on the vibe I got from this book. It was an easy read that any middle school or high school girl could easily read.

Cons of this book:
I love that the author loves being healthy and loves eating organic and clean but realistically this is not always possible for girls these days. She doesn't pressure anyone to do it exactly the same but I can see how this would add more pressure on things young girls must do instead of the freedom they have in Christ. It is indeed important to eat healthy and exercise but it could convey some pressure in some ways.

Pros of this book:
The author included tons of exercises for a girl to do. The exercises are described in detail along with pictures which prove to be very helpful. The variety is also helpful. The author also includes an entire week's worth of recipes that are healthy and foods that she loves and eats. It would be very helpful for one to get started.

Over all the author is encouraging. She does stress also in the last section of the book the importance and most important thing being your relationship with God. There is Scripture sprinkled throughout as well. However, the one key it lacked was the freedom we have in  Christ. I felt like it gave girls alot of things to do instead of being free to live in freedom. I am pretty certain the author did not mean this but it is a point that could be lost on the reader. With all that being said, this book was okay, it was not a waste of time but it could have come off more spiritually strong which is what I was initially hoping for.

I received this book free of charge from the publisher for the purpose of an honest review.

You can get a copy of this book from Amazon here.