Description:
Leisel Bachmann left her Amish roots and beloved sisters to pursue a career in medicine without a second thought. She has an Englisch boyfriend, Nick Jordan, and dreams of a new life--but those dreams come crashing down when her sister Marie is diagnosed with cancer.
Soon nothing is going as she planned--not her state boards, not her first nursing job, and certainly not her relationship with Nick. As she becomes increasingly discouraged, her aunt shares the story of Leisel's grandfather during World War II and the struggle he faced between returning to Lancaster or being with the woman he loved.
Peace and a vision for the future are difficult to find, and when Nick leaves Pennsylvania for a completely new life, Leisel is faced with impossible choices. Will she stay in Lancaster, close to her family and the traditions of her past? Or learn from her grandfather's story and embrace a life of love and service in an uncertain future?
My thoughts on the book:
I really loved Aenti Suz hands down she was my favorite character in the book. I would say this book is geared toward young adults. I would say the characters still had a lot of learning to do and the author used the situations through out the book mature them for sure. I really enjoyed the story of LT. Shaw and Joe, when the story would move away from them the author had away of keeping your attention and leave you wanting more to find out what was going to happen next.
While I did find Leisel a little immature some times I also found that what she was facing was forcing her to grow up and evaluate her life and her choice. This book is from a first person point of view Over all this book is a good clean read and suitable for all ages. I received an advance copy from the publisher via NetGalley. I was under no obligation to post a review and have given my honest opinion
Where you can connect with the author:
www.lesliegould.com
While at your favorite bookstore/website check out Leslie Gould's other books, You will not be disappointed. Thanks for stopping by and feel free to leave your thoughts in the comments.
Description:
Gregarious Rose Lehman, who's always the life of the Amish youth singings, is determined to marry the bishop's son, Reuben Byler--until the handsome Army buddy of her future brother-in-law shows up in Lancaster County. In comparison to Trevor, Reuben seems downright boring. Trevor shares Rose's sense of fun and adventure, and her easygoing disposition.
When her sister Lila's buggy is rear-ended and Lila is horribly injured, Rose finds herself with more freedom than she's ever experienced. Everyone is so concerned about Lila that no one realizes Rose is sneaking out with Trevor. Except for Reuben. But in his usual passive way, he doesn't confront her, nor does he address the situation with her Dat or anyone else in the district. Rose appreciates Reuben's discretion, but she also resents it. Part of her relishes the freedom she's found with Trevor, but the other part of her wishes Reuben would "fight" for her, as much as any Amish man would. Too late, she realizes the foolish choice she's made. Has she ruined her best chance at love, or is there another path to happiness she just hasn't seen yet?
My thoughts on the book:
Rose craves family and belonging and she thinks she has found that with the Bishops son Rueben. But when it seems he states to pull away some Rose wonders would it really hurt to have some "running around time" since she never did that when she was younger, its not likely to hurt anyone right? When Rose's sister is hurt in a buggy accident Rose uses this opportunity to get maybe a little to close to her future brother-in laws best friend. Rueben wants a family and has his eyes set of Rose's but something seems to be happening between them and she seems to be pulling way. He wishes his Dat would set in and stop the from having anything to do with there neighbors, but it seems there are big problems he doesn't see coming. Will Rose and Rueben be able to continue the road to marriage or will it all be just to much for Rueben?
I really loved this story, there was one part an a small part where I found it predictable and I thought oh no, but then there were twist and turns all through out and it took me by surprise. I loved the storyline it was so well written and even though it followed the journey of the two sister and there men it was not at all hard to keep up with totally flowed and keeps your attention throughout. I loved that even though I did not read the previous book in the series it was easy to catch on what was going on. I now of course want to go back and read the others. This book is a amazing and so worth the read.
Where you can connect with the author:
www.lesliegould.com
While at amazon check out Leslie Gould's other books, You will not be disappointed. Thanks for stopping by and feel free to leave your thoughts in the comments.
