Fool's Gold: Color Me Consumed

Fool's Gold Color Me Consumed is an excellent novel by Melody Carlson and the sixth book in her TrueColors series. She created the life of a Hannah Johnson, a MK (missionary kid) who spends her first summer since she was eleven here in the States with her rich relatives. She soon has to pick between a rich, easy life or a hard working, but rewarding life. Being a MK she grew up on donations and good morals, but once she begins to tag along with her cousin, Vanessa, everything changes. Having a cousin who keeps up with the latest fashion trends and would pay $200.00 for a shirt didn't bother Hannah at first, but she soon found herself getting caught up too. She had started as a God fearing, Christian girl, and as soon as she started getting wrapped up in earthly things she completely forgot about Him. It seemed as if her life was going perfect-her amazing clothes, perfect boy friend, and really cool friends. Then one night at a party she over hears some of the richer girls saying some mean things about her and her cousin, that brings her back down to earth. She realizes that by worrying about her outward appearance, she let her heart grow ugly, not to mention the debts she racked up. To see if she straightens out her life or keeps living extravagantly you have to read the book for yourself. I think this was an amazing book, probably because Melody Carlson is an amazing Christian author, but that's besides my point. Even though other reviews say other wise I think this was a really helpful book. When I was reading the book I was personally having the same problem, I was getting caught up in earthly things and to read a book about the issue I was going through helped me. I realized that the same thing probably happened to a lot of other girls and I didn't feel so bad going back to the Lord. I won't say anymore so that you can read the book and draw your own conclusion. I'm not sure it may not effect you the way it effected me, but that's for you to find out. I think this is a good book for girls who are getting lost in their own spiritual life or if you just enjoy reading in general. Of course you don't have to read this book, but I highly recommend it.

Many people think that it would be awesome to be rich and go shopping when ever you want. Wouldn't you? Well Hannah, whose parents are missionaries, is going to live with her aunt, uncle, and her cousin in California. Hannah doesn't have the best sense of fashion, and she doesn't care if she gets her clothes at Goodwill. Vanessa, her cousin, used to be a normal kid just like Hannah, but now she only wears the best clothing. Vanessa gets Hannah to go shopping to get some more fashionable clothes. Hannah ends up loving to shop, but will she stay like Vanessa and continue to buy clothing at the best places and stay in debt? I would recommend this book to anyone who likes Laguna Beach and The O.C. I would also recommend this book who likes the series of Diary of a Teenage Girl, and if you like shopping. I liked this book because I love to go shopping and it has a lot of drama in it. One thing I didn't like about this book was that they made fun of Hannah for dressing different when she first arrived in California.

Though meant for young adults, Fool's Gold is a pleasurable read even for people over twenty. I liked the way the author contrasted the world of a missionary kid who was raised on donations and taught to be thrifty, with the world of the rich and vain relatives she spent the summer with. I like how she showed the innocent being sucked into the mindset of her peers and how her present lack of communication with God allowed for her judgment to be poor (since she didn't pray about anything and had left her Bible back home.) If you have a young person in your life who struggles with always having to have the latest fashion and going into heavy credit card debt over ridiculously high priced clothing, this book is a must read. I highly recommend it.