"I wasn't looking for a new boyfriend even though I constantly asked God to someday bring that perfect guy into my life. I was simply praying and trusting that someday He might answer my prayers." - Savannah Soutas
(Warning: This post may contain spoilers and it is an HONEST review so please, if you are in the middle of the book or if you are a fan and love everything about this book or the people pertaining to this book, please, do not read.)
What It's About: YouTuber couple, Cole and Savannah LaBrant give followers a never before seen sneak peek inside their lives answering questions for the first time ever, including; Becoming a stepdad to a four year old, waiting until marriage to have sex, the struggles of achieving a long distance relationship and so much more. They tell every detail about their fairytale like love story all the way up until their wedding giving their testimony about how God absolutely changed their lives.
I've watched Cole since his Dem White Boyz days but never knew what was going on after those vines were no longer made. Cole was attending VidCon in sunny Southern California when he unexpectedly had a run in with musical.ly star Savannah Soutas and her daughter Everleigh Rose at the Grove.
To read Cole and Savannah's point of views when they first met, their first date, the texts & calls in between and their wedding day was absolutely so thought provoking and adorable. It was like reading a love story that you only hope can happen to you. I didn't except for this book to hold so much of their personal stories from their lives. It was incredible to see how God worked through them and God had perfectly made them for each other.
Savannah's past was not what Cole had even thought about when he was praying for his future wife. In fact, he never thought he would marry someone who already had a kid. Cole and Savannah's story just goes to show a lot of the time what we think is not what God is thinking/ already has planned.
I loved how Cole and Savannah touched on a lot of sensitive topics specially since a lot of their viewers are very young and I'm really happy that we have role models like Cole in Savannah in this generation. Savannah's testimony spoke on how her life had turned around from partying, sleeping with guys, having sex etc.... to learning how to praise God, praying, reading the bible and knowing that God has forgiven her for her past. Cole's testimony was about how even though he wasn't involved in sexual activity he spoke on how he lustfully looked upon women and how hard it was for him to stay pure in his young years and waiting for his wife.
I find with a lot of biographies or autobiographies, the authors tend to repeat themselves and in this book it happened A LOT. I knew Cole and Savannah were really trying to stress some of the things they kept repeating but it got to the point where I began to wonder if they were using the repeating to fill the book.
That's really the only thing I really have that I found a bit annoying or bad inside the book, everything else I can't really write on because it's their life and if you don't like their life then you probably shouldn't be reading the book in the first place.
Of course Savannah and Cole didn't have perfect lives growing up but they acknowledge that and talk about it and now they are striving to serve like God and to love like Him. They are a great couple and the cutest family and I can't wait to see them welcome their newest addition.
