{Book Review} A Different Kind of Beautiful by Katie Ganshert

Sometimes everything you ever learned about yourself is wrong

Fashion
is a fickle industry, a frightening fact for twenty-four year old model
Ivy Clark. Ten years in and she’s learned a sacred truth—appearance is
everything. Nobody cares about her broken past as long as she looks
beautiful for the camera. This is the only life Ivy knows—so when it
starts to unravel, she’ll do anything to hold on. Even if that means


moving to the quaint island town of Greenbrier, South Carolina, to be
the new face of her stepmother’s bridal wear line—an irony too rich for
words, since Ivy is far from the pure bride in white.



If only
her tenuous future didn’t rest in the hands of Davis Knight, her
mysterious new photographer. Not only did he walk away from the kind of
success Ivy longs for to work maintenance at a local church, he treats
her differently than any man ever has. Somehow, Davis sees through the
façade she works so hard to maintain. He, along with a cast of other
characters, challenges everything Ivy has come to believe about beauty
and worth. Is it possible that God sees her—a woman stained and broken
by the world—yet wants her still?



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Review:

I found this book interesting as well as appealing. I was drawn into the life
of the model because I too for along time felt that my life was broken and
unraveling until I met my source of help. The story is about a model whose life
has been "broken" and is unraveling and a photographer who has been following
the life of the model since she was 12. They renew their relationship at the
funeral of IVY's(the model) father.



Their lives begin to intertwine in a small
town of Greenbrier, South Carolina where IVY becomes a model for her stepmother's
bridal wear line and Davis Knight(the photographer) is working at a local
church. Davis sees something in IVY that no one else sees and in return IVY
comes to see beauty and worth in a different light. I loved this book from
beginning to end. It was filled with spiritual uplifting help.



I would recommend
this book for anyone that feels that their life is broken or unraveling. I
received this book free from Blogging for Books.



~ Reviewed by Sharon

~ Posted by Susan

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