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Best Day Ever
Chloe Thibideaux is running out of options. College didn’t work out. Her parents took away all of her credit cards. And her social life? Yeah, that fell completely apart through no fault of her own. Homeless, alone, and in serious need of some retail therapy, she’s forced to beg her brother, Beau, and his wife, Melissa, to let her stay with them until she can figure out what she’s going to do with the rest of her life.
As she discovers abilities, talents, and dreams she never knew she had before, she begins to learn about who she is and who she can be in Christ. With the help of her new community of friends, which includes the “smokin’ hot” Pastor Stephen, Chloe is becoming someone completely new… but will her past keep her from all that God has in store for her?
As she discovers abilities, talents, and dreams she never knew she had before, she begins to learn about who she is and who she can be in Christ. With the help of her new community of friends, which includes the “smokin’ hot” Pastor Stephen, Chloe is becoming someone completely new… but will her past keep her from all that God has in store for her?
245 pages, Paperback
First published August 30, 2013
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About the author
Jenn Faulk
81 books144 followersJenn Faulk is a native Texan who enjoys reading and writing chick lit. She's a pastor's wife, a stay-at-home mom, and a marathon enthusiast who loves talking about Jesus and what a difference He's made in her life. She has a BA in Creative Writing from the University of Houston and a MA in Missiology from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.
While all of Jenn's books are standalone novels with no cliffhanger endings, incomplete plots, or questions left unanswered, there is a suggested reading order that might be helpful as you get into the books...
Resolutions
Different Stars
Just Breathe
Best Day Ever
Even Still
Ready or Not
A Little Faith
Promises Kept
Beyond the Game
Just Friends
A New Tune
Pure Fiction
Home to You
Something Better
From Here on Out
Anywhere
Happily Ever After
Perfectly Pretend
Take Heart
So Like Us
Christmas Surprises
Tis the Season
The Plan
A Big Summer
Taking Chances
Destination Wedding
Crushed
Run (with L.N. Cronk)
Childish Ways
The New Girl
You and Me, Baby
Obsessed (with L.N. Cronk)
What a Christmas
Romance, Reality, and Blog Writers
Meet in the Middle
The Same Place (with L.N. Cronk)
Always
Lost and Found
Who You Know
The Mrs. Degree
You Again
Taken (with L.N. Cronk)
First Love
All My Days
Picture Perfect
Worth It
Wasted Time
Holiday Town
The One That Got Away
Meant To Be
All I Ever Wanted
Stuck on You
Pieced Together
Where You Are
Close Enough
All I Want for Christmas
Unexpected
Magical
Broken
Extraordinary
Wanted
Mine
More
Becoming Us (with Jaycee Weaver)
Maybe
Unmasked
Lucky
Called
Forever
While all of Jenn's books are standalone novels with no cliffhanger endings, incomplete plots, or questions left unanswered, there is a suggested reading order that might be helpful as you get into the books...
Resolutions
Different Stars
Just Breathe
Best Day Ever
Even Still
Ready or Not
A Little Faith
Promises Kept
Beyond the Game
Just Friends
A New Tune
Pure Fiction
Home to You
Something Better
From Here on Out
Anywhere
Happily Ever After
Perfectly Pretend
Take Heart
So Like Us
Christmas Surprises
Tis the Season
The Plan
A Big Summer
Taking Chances
Destination Wedding
Crushed
Run (with L.N. Cronk)
Childish Ways
The New Girl
You and Me, Baby
Obsessed (with L.N. Cronk)
What a Christmas
Romance, Reality, and Blog Writers
Meet in the Middle
The Same Place (with L.N. Cronk)
Always
Lost and Found
Who You Know
The Mrs. Degree
You Again
Taken (with L.N. Cronk)
First Love
All My Days
Picture Perfect
Worth It
Wasted Time
Holiday Town
The One That Got Away
Meant To Be
All I Ever Wanted
Stuck on You
Pieced Together
Where You Are
Close Enough
All I Want for Christmas
Unexpected
Magical
Broken
Extraordinary
Wanted
Mine
More
Becoming Us (with Jaycee Weaver)
Maybe
Unmasked
Lucky
Called
Forever
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November 2, 2017
Chloe was a hot mess. Hot. Mess. Yet, I adored her. She was a wild child, party girl who wore her sarcasm and honesty like armour. Which made sense because she was dealing with a major lack of self worth.
Chloe starts out with a serious lack of integrity and a great deal of sass. As the story unfolds, she comes into her own spiritually and emotionally but never looses all of the fun and sass that made her likable even when she was rotten.
Stephen, though tad old for her, was a great male lead. He was just as honest as she was and so very patient with her (that first conversation where she basically called him a relic was hilarious). They were cute together without being too cheesy and I loved how Jennifer Faulk showed the care they took with one another.
This would have been a five star read but I disliked too many of the side characters...
Chloe's parents- She blamed herself for her plight and while I agreed most of it was on her, a 20 year old doesn't become a spoiled brat without a few enablers. Your 18 year old flunked out, so you decide to give her money and send her to another school in a different state?! And then when SURPRISE, she does it again you cut her off and throw her out? Yeah, they weren't very good about owning their part in her mess.
Beau and Sophie- her brother and sister. They were so disgusted that she didn't have it together at 20. To be such good Christians they were plain nasty and so condescending. For the most part, Chloe gave as good as she got but it colored my opinion of them throughout the book.
Hot mess though Chloe was, they just sounded so silly with the bootstrap nonsense. He talked about making it on his own as if being born to a rich couple (in tech no less) who paid for his schooling didn't help him in become a scientist. She was just as bad detailing how daddy made her find financing for her company... She got it from someone on daddy's board of directors!!! Sliding into home plate when you were born on third base is not that difficult.
They both got better (Sophie especially) but I found myself enjoying Stephen's awful mother more than balding, portly Beau.
Chloe starts out with a serious lack of integrity and a great deal of sass. As the story unfolds, she comes into her own spiritually and emotionally but never looses all of the fun and sass that made her likable even when she was rotten.
Stephen, though tad old for her, was a great male lead. He was just as honest as she was and so very patient with her (that first conversation where she basically called him a relic was hilarious). They were cute together without being too cheesy and I loved how Jennifer Faulk showed the care they took with one another.
This would have been a five star read but I disliked too many of the side characters...
Chloe's parents- She blamed herself for her plight and while I agreed most of it was on her, a 20 year old doesn't become a spoiled brat without a few enablers. Your 18 year old flunked out, so you decide to give her money and send her to another school in a different state?! And then when SURPRISE, she does it again you cut her off and throw her out? Yeah, they weren't very good about owning their part in her mess.
Beau and Sophie- her brother and sister. They were so disgusted that she didn't have it together at 20. To be such good Christians they were plain nasty and so condescending. For the most part, Chloe gave as good as she got but it colored my opinion of them throughout the book.
Hot mess though Chloe was, they just sounded so silly with the bootstrap nonsense. He talked about making it on his own as if being born to a rich couple (in tech no less) who paid for his schooling didn't help him in become a scientist. She was just as bad detailing how daddy made her find financing for her company... She got it from someone on daddy's board of directors!!! Sliding into home plate when you were born on third base is not that difficult.
They both got better (Sophie especially) but I found myself enjoying Stephen's awful mother more than balding, portly Beau.
January 16, 2018
Unfortunately this book didn’t work for me. The characters were extremely well drawn, but a few factors kept me personally from loving the story.
First, crudity seemed a bit much for my taste. Also, there was much more description of the physical side of the romantic relationship than I was comfortable with. Personally, I don’t want to know every time a character has a lustful thought, let alone the details. Also, I wasn’t comfortable with the way the main character spoke so flippantly of her past sinful life. Yes, she regretted it, but she still seemed almost boastful at times, and too willing to bring it up in detail. My personal standard in books includes not dwelling on sin so that the details become a focal point. That said, I will add that the redemption part of the story was both lovely and realistically believable.
Quite often (sometimes multiple times per page) sentences were broken up with a question mark after the subject and the predicate as a new sentence. I found this quite distracting. Certainly some people’s thoughts or words might be punctuated this way, but every character?
The plot was fairly good, though I found it a bit predictable. I enjoyed the salon, cooking, and baby threads of the book, as well as the aforementioned redemption and the healing of family relationships.
The characters were excellent. The various personalities shone brilliantly from the page. I did enjoy the “Best Wife Ever...Sorta” short story, so it was interesting to hear the background of the characters.
First, crudity seemed a bit much for my taste. Also, there was much more description of the physical side of the romantic relationship than I was comfortable with. Personally, I don’t want to know every time a character has a lustful thought, let alone the details. Also, I wasn’t comfortable with the way the main character spoke so flippantly of her past sinful life. Yes, she regretted it, but she still seemed almost boastful at times, and too willing to bring it up in detail. My personal standard in books includes not dwelling on sin so that the details become a focal point. That said, I will add that the redemption part of the story was both lovely and realistically believable.
Quite often (sometimes multiple times per page) sentences were broken up with a question mark after the subject and the predicate as a new sentence. I found this quite distracting. Certainly some people’s thoughts or words might be punctuated this way, but every character?
The plot was fairly good, though I found it a bit predictable. I enjoyed the salon, cooking, and baby threads of the book, as well as the aforementioned redemption and the healing of family relationships.
The characters were excellent. The various personalities shone brilliantly from the page. I did enjoy the “Best Wife Ever...Sorta” short story, so it was interesting to hear the background of the characters.
February 6, 2017
Chloe has always known just where she fit in the super-smart, buttoned-up, hyper-successful Thibideaux family. She's the fun one. And that's just fine by her. Until she gets kicked out of her third college and life as she knows it comes to an abrupt stop when the money from mom and dad stops flowing. What's she supposed to do now? And who's she supposed to be?
This was a playful yet poignant story of a young woman who has to come face to face with her fears and discover her worth beyond the family name and money. Chloe was easy to love, even with behavior that was, at times, careless of others. I loved how easy it was to see into Chloe's mind and understand why she felt the way she did. She was definitely someone it would be fun to know! Stephen, with his easy, sincere charm, was a great foil for her and they fit well together.
I liked the Spiritual thread in this. It can be incredibly easy to miss Jesus, even though He's been right in front of us our whole lives, and this story did a good job showing how that can happen.
This is a great read for anyone wanting a contemporary Christian Romance with added depth. I've been impressed by Jenn Faulk and I'll definitely be reading more by her.
This was a playful yet poignant story of a young woman who has to come face to face with her fears and discover her worth beyond the family name and money. Chloe was easy to love, even with behavior that was, at times, careless of others. I loved how easy it was to see into Chloe's mind and understand why she felt the way she did. She was definitely someone it would be fun to know! Stephen, with his easy, sincere charm, was a great foil for her and they fit well together.
I liked the Spiritual thread in this. It can be incredibly easy to miss Jesus, even though He's been right in front of us our whole lives, and this story did a good job showing how that can happen.
This is a great read for anyone wanting a contemporary Christian Romance with added depth. I've been impressed by Jenn Faulk and I'll definitely be reading more by her.
November 13, 2017
Delightful story! Redemption. God's Love
May 9, 2019
Best Day Ever!
I loved Chloe's story so much! She's quirky, beautiful and is unsure on what to do next until she gets saved and then watch out.
I loved Chloe's story so much! She's quirky, beautiful and is unsure on what to do next until she gets saved and then watch out.
September 24, 2016
This book is a little different from her other works. The story is told in first person by Chloe Thibideaux. Chloe is 21 and has flunked out of college. She has been around the block several times. Very promiscuous. She does not play her bills and depends on her rich parents to bail her out. Her folks have had a enough so they take away her credit cards and car and tells her she is on her own. It is only at the mercy of her sister-in-law that she has a place to stay. If it were up to her brother she would be out on the street. Until 40 percent of the book she was a spoiled brat until she met someone and it wasn't a man. It was the Lord Jesus and she starts turning her life around. She finds out that she is worth something and goes to school to learn a skill that she is good at and enjoys. Oh, there is a man in the picture and it is an unlikely match but they do click. It bothered me at first about the age difference. He was 14 years older than her but they seemed to have chemistry.
Jenn Faulk wrote a story that I could not put down. She wrote a story with likeable characters and the story made me laugh at times, particularly the scene where Chloe is doing a pedicure on her brother's toenails and decided to paint them. Her brother's reaction was hilarious. I loved it that the family stood by her and cheered her on when a disagreeable woman tried to put her down and make Chloe think she was still trash.
I'm hoping to read several more of Jenn Faulk's works. I've already read three and have another one on my kindle.
Jenn Faulk wrote a story that I could not put down. She wrote a story with likeable characters and the story made me laugh at times, particularly the scene where Chloe is doing a pedicure on her brother's toenails and decided to paint them. Her brother's reaction was hilarious. I loved it that the family stood by her and cheered her on when a disagreeable woman tried to put her down and make Chloe think she was still trash.
I'm hoping to read several more of Jenn Faulk's works. I've already read three and have another one on my kindle.
May 4, 2014
Cute, quick read. Chloe's mannerisms grated on my nerves at times (we definitely wouldn't be friends in real life!) but I still enjoyed the story and watching her grow in her faith. Predictable ending, and the epilogue made me roll my eyes, but still a solid read -- and I enjoyed it enough to read Sophie's story.
June 15, 2016
Best Day Ever
This book was so much fun to read. I loved Chloe. (I kept picturing Reese Witherspoon in Legally Blonde.) She was so much fun. I laughed out loud so many times reading this book. If you are looking for a fresh and funny contemporary romance, then this book is for you.
This book was so much fun to read. I loved Chloe. (I kept picturing Reese Witherspoon in Legally Blonde.) She was so much fun. I laughed out loud so many times reading this book. If you are looking for a fresh and funny contemporary romance, then this book is for you.
October 21, 2013
Maybe Jenn's Best.Book.Yet!
October 17, 2013
Loved this sweet story. I love how it shows that you can overcome your past and move foreward.
January 5, 2020
I LOVE this book!
Jennifer Faulk's books make laugh, choke up,and then smile all over again! I can't wait to read the next!
~Shannon
Jennifer Faulk's books make laugh, choke up,and then smile all over again! I can't wait to read the next!
~Shannon
October 19, 2015
Fun read
Love this story. Proves that "preachers and the women they love" are just real people too! Jen is a great author!
Love this story. Proves that "preachers and the women they love" are just real people too! Jen is a great author!
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July 6, 2016Loved it :) Chloe was such a great character, with a great personality. She really matured in this story along with finding her way back to God.
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