Welcome. We are halfway through the first week of 2017. I want to ask you what if modern technology gets wiped out overnight (can you imagine no electricity)? That is the premise of Deep Shadows by Vannetta Chapman. It is the first book in The Remnant series and is currently being offered for $.99 on Amazon. The prequel to the series is Overshadowed (and it is free on Amazon). Raging Storm, the second book in the series, will be out on January 31. This is normally not my type of series, but I read Overshadowed and became hooked. I hope you will take advantage of this sale to try out The Remnant series.
Amish Weddings by Leslie Gould is
the third book in Neighbors of Lancaster County series. Lila and Zane announce that they are going to
be married in one month in October 2015.
Rose Lehman (18), Lila’s sister, has been dating Rueben Byler and was
hoping they would wed first. But then
Lila is in a terrible buggy accident and suffers a broken pelvis, ruptured
spleen, and bruised organs. Lila will be
recovering from her injuries for months.
Lila and Zane’s wedding is postponed, and Rose is enlisted to help with
Lila’s care (Lila did not wish to enter a rehab facility). Tim Lehman, Rose and Lila’s father, is
preoccupied with Beth Yoder, the local schoolteacher. Beth’s husband left the Amish and divorced
her. The Amish, though, marry for life
(they are in a holding pattern). While
Tim is inattentive and Lila recuperating, Rose has an opportunity for a little
exploration. Rose never took her rumspringa
when she was sixteen. Trevor Anderson,
an Army friend of Zane’s, comes to town and flirts with Rose. Rose is
disgruntled with Rueben’s high standards and starts sneaking out to spend time
with Tyler. Will Rose remember the
teachings of the Amish church? While Lila
is recovering, she begins to think about her birth father, Butch Wilson. Lila believes that Tim does not care for her
the same way he does Rose and Trudy (his natural children). Lila begins a search for Butch Wilson much to
her Daniel’s, her twin brother, dismay. Shani
Beck goes above and beyond for the family during this time. But Rueben does not like the Beck family
spending so much time with the Lehman’s.
He feels that the Beck’s are a bad influence. It is going to be a rough couple of months
for the Lehman’s, Beck’s, and Byler’s.
Come join them in Amish Weddings to see how it all turns out.
I found Amish Weddings to be very
well-written and an engaging novel. My
attention was captured from the very beginning.
While Amish Weddings is the third book in the series, you can read it
alone (you will be confused at first though).
I do, though, recommend reading the first two books in the Neighbors of Lancaster County series (they are very good).
By reading the first two books (Amish Promises and Amish Sweethearts), you will get to know the various
characters (it will help you keep them all straight and see them grow up). Amish Weddings has a good pace, nice setting,
and interesting characters. I give Amish Weddings 4.5 out of 5 stars. I knew that
the one character was going down the wrong path (making very bad decisions),
but I did like reading to see how the storyline would play out. The ending is expected, but I did find it
pleasurable (it will make you smile). It
was nice to see what happened to all the characters the readers have come to
know and love through the series. There
is quite a bit going on in Amish Weddings.
I found it, though, easy to keep track of the characters and their
storylines (I did not tell you about all the characters in the summary above). I am sad to see the series end, but I look
forward to reading more books by Leslie Gould in the future.
I have some exciting (for me) news to share with you this evening. I am very honored to have been picked for Amy Clipston's Bakery Bunch (her review team). Ms. Clipston only picked thirty-three people for her team this year, and I am very lucky to be one of them. I am going to relax for the evening and finish reading A Fatal Twist by Tracy Weber. May all of you have a good night. Take care and Happy Reading!
Kris
The Avid Reader
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