When passivity and false niceness don't bring the abundant life Jesus promised, some Christian women try even harder to hide behind a fragile façade of pleasant perfection. Paul Coughlin and Jennifer Degler give women the empowering message that they have options far beyond simply acting nice or being mean--if they will emulate the real Jesus Christ and face their fears of conflict, rejection, and criticism.

Brimming with enlightening information, thought-provoking questionnaires, real-life stories, and biblically based teaching from both the male author of the pioneering No More Christian Nice Guy and a female clinical psychologist, this book will motivate women to allow God to transform them into authentic, powerful women of loving faith.

I was sent this book from BethanyHouse Publishing Company to read and review and when I received the book, I was curious to find out what the book was about, even after reading the description of the book on the back. So I opened it up and read it within two hours.

I think this book is good for a Woman's Bible Study class as well as any woman who want to be transformed into powerful women of loving faith. The cover of the book says it all "When just being nice instead of good hurts you, your family and your friends..." It is true, sometimes it is hard to say no, because you want to be nice by giving off good karma, that is if you believe in karma.

The authors, Paul Coughlin and Jennifer D. Degler, PhD, to talk about the differences between being nice and being good. The way the authors describe it, being nice is learned through culture and social pressures. But there are negative things about being nice. For example, if a person is too nice, it can mess up relationships with friends, family and even with your partner.......which means that being nice can attract you to Mr. or Mrs. notgood (or wrong).

I liked the end of the book, that is titled " Not So Nice: Jesus in the Gosples". It is a section that Gospel passages where we,the,people find a more forceful Jesus. I really did enjoy reading this book, and I would recommendthis book to my friends, family and both religious and non-religious people. I also learned a few things from this book.