really enjoyed this book. have bought it for friends. keep a copy on hand to share. keeps you wanting to read more. adventures of a life. like we all have, to some measure, if we really think about it. God gives us this life to do something great with it, no matter how subtle. you really don't know what lies ahead until you've completed it. we simply can't imagine. He has great twists & turns & surprises for you.

I really loved how the author wrote about Joy and her experience with God. Joy had been living live with masks on in order to survive until her correspondence with C.S Lewis started. This story was about Joy as she traversed life discovering herself and God. I admired Joy's resolute to love despite her husband's woes. I loved the history in this book with all wonderful architecture of England. It was so sad to read how her childhood especially her relationship with her dad influenced the way she viewed love. The love between Joy and Jack was really improbable. I saw myself wishing for a love like theirs. I loved this book in its entirety. Beautiful, captivating, wonderful lessons to learn. They were a force to be reckoned with. Two people humanity should never forget.

The author dad an absolutely fantastic job writing this book. This book will outlive us all.

A brave and indomitable woman was Joy.

A beautiful tear jerking, heart wrenching story of how we can only discover our lives by surrendering it to God. God did not love us because we are lovable but because He is love.

I recieved a copy of this book and this is my honest opinion.

Reading Becoming Mrs. Lewis gave me the sensation of wading into the depths of troubled waters, then swimming only to find the choppy waves crashing about me. Often it was necessary to come up gasping for air. This work of fiction is based on extensive research into the real lives of Joy Davidman and C. S. Lewis, and those closest to them. Knowing this, made the arising emotions more real, more pertinent. Davidman's struggles to set aside the masks she wore, to understand the God she longed to grow closer too and to know herself as loved, were blessed by moments of epiphany, and lessons learned through pain. Lewis' oeuvre speaks to his Christian journey, many quotes from which are included in this book as he and Joy wrestle with understanding their pasts, and their relationship with God and one another.

The back matter included by Callahan is helpful in processing and discussing Becoming Mrs. Lewis. Thoughtful discussion questions, while beneficial for a book club, are great for personal reflection. A gem is found in Callahan's imagined second letter from Joy to Jack following those questions gives the reader the gift of extending the story. A timeline is included for all of us left-brained readers, and Ten Things You Probably Didn't Know About Joy Davidman and C. S. Lewis's Love Story and more information on Oxford hold special nuggets of information as well. Finally the author invites readers to a seven-part podcast that explores in greater depth this beautiful love story.

I am so very grateful to Thomas Nelson for providing me with a copy of Becoming Mrs. Lewis, via NetGalley. All opinions stated here are my own, and I was under no obligation to provide a positive review.

I requested this book based on recommendations from trusted Christian author friends and because it received the 2019 Book of the Year Christy Award. For me, however, it was a huge disappointment. The real-life story may have been romantic, but I found this fictional account to be more sordid than romantic. The story did not hold my interest; and although I really tried, I was unable to finish it because of questionable theology, objectionable language, and sexual references which I never expect to find in this genre. Obviously, I cannot recommend this book.

I received a copy of this book in e-book form from the publisher via netgalley but am under no obligation to write a positive review. All opinions are my own.

I got a catalog in the mail from the Christianbook.com and it recommended this book and I thought it looked interesting so I bought it but as I read through each page my disappointment increased. I had such high hopes for this novel but there was a bunch of drinking, smoking and vulgar language included within the pages. I am very disappointed to see such a book being sold on a website called christianbook.com. I now know that I need to do my research before just accepting a recommendation from this site again.