I've been following Jackie Hill Perry for the last several years, so when news came out that she was releasing a book, I was pumped. "Gay Girl, Good God" is essentially Jackie's testimony of God invading her life and bringing her out of a homosexual lifestyle (though she still struggles with same-sex attraction), convicting her of her pride, and bringing her into a lifegiving relationship with Himself. It's not a story about conversion therapy. Jackie is straightforward about the false gospel of heterosexuality that is often touted by well-meaning members of the church. God did not save her to make her heterosexual. He saved her to bring her into a right relationship with Himself.

Jackie's story shares a controversial message in today's cultural context; however, she does a good job of explaining not only her story, but also the goodness of the gospel of Jesus Christ. The latter part of the book contains resource-like chapters to bring more tangible messages home to the readers.

The downside of this book (other than how short it is) is that it wasn't edited well. Misplaced commas and unnecessary "to which"s and other issues on the sentence level at times cloud the meaning of Jackie's words. She's a poet, so her use of language is vivid and refreshing, but it seems like her publisher went the cheap route for copyediting.