Sit back and prepare to enjoy these three books. Although you might look at the covers and think that they are all Amish fiction, you will be suprised to learn that the last one is about the Shakers. If you aren't familiar with them you can do do things. One look them up on the Internet and three read my review which will give you some insight.
The Missing – Beverly
Lewis
Genre: Adult, Amish
Fiction
Source: I received a
copy to facilitate my review. The opinions expressed here are my own.
This is the second book in the “Season’s of Grace” series.
Grace Byler is dealing with so much in her life. Her mother mysteriously left and didn’t tell
anyone why. Something had been bothering
her for quite some time. Grace is trying
to help her father and around the house.
Then there is Heather, a young English woman who finally confides in
Grace. He lost her adoptive mom to
cancer and now she has cancer. Her father wants her to take chemo like her
mother, but she prefers to try naturopathy. She learns she was adopted from an
Amish family and would like to find more.
Grace’s father is a quiet man and confused with his wife’s
behavior. Their bishop is threatening to shun her if she doesn’t return
soon. One thing Grace’s father is pretty
sure of is that his in-laws know something about why Lettie left, but won’t
speak of it. Grace breaks up with Henry and finds she suddenly has the
attention of another young man named Yonnie.
There is even a problem with this situation. Her best friends has eyes
for Yonnie and is upset with Grace.
In my opinion Grace was aptly named. She handles all of
these situations with grace. Nothing is
resolved by the end of the book, yet you get a pretty good idea where this is
heading and what some of the outcomes will be. Beverly Lewis has once again
done an excellent job of creating a situation that will capture you and hold
you until the end of the series. I
definitely recommend this book.
The Mercy – Beverly
Lewis
Genre: Adult, Amish
Fiction
Source: I received a
copy to facilitate my review. The Opinions expressed here are my own.
If you haven’t read the first two books in this series “The
Thorn” and “The Judgment” I would suggest you do.
Briefly you have Rose Kauffman who was taking care of her
mother after a buggy accident. You have
her sister Hen and her five year old daughter Mattie Sue. Hen had married an
Englisher and then gone back home during which time her husband began divorce
proceeding that threatened her custody of her daughter. Then there was her
husbands car accident. Rosie and her
boyfriend Silas have had an on again, off again relationship. Then there is Nick, the bishops adopted son
who came from the English world and seems to have left for it again after the
bishop’s son Christian is killed in an accident. Does Rosie love Silas or does
she love Nick? Does Silas love Rosie or does he love Rehbeka? All of that drama and more happened in the
first two books.
In this third book in the series, Beverly Lewis has tied up
all of the loose ends. Rosie’s mother is finally going to have the back surgery
that will hopefully alleviate the terrible pain she has been in for years. Rosie is still having relationship issues.
She turns Silas loose, but now there is another guy in the picture named
Isaac. Then Nick returns. Because of all
that went on with the Bishop’s sons, he has been “silenced”. I found it
inspiring that it was the Bishop God used to reach Hen’s husband. He had made it clear he wanted nothing to do
with the Amish and their ways. After being temporarily blinded and having to
stay in the Amish community, thing have changed. So now you are wondering what exactly has
changed yes? Well this is where I tell
you that once again Beverly Lewis has done an excellent job of storytelling and
that you really must read the book to find out how all of these conflicts were
fixed or not. This is another highly
recommended series by a great author.
The Gifted - Ann H. Gabhart
Genre: Adult,
Historical Fiction
Source: I received a
copy to facilitate my review. The opinions expressed here are my own.
Imagine growing up in a world where you can see God’s beauty
all around you and follow your heart. Now
imagine that world is crushed by the death of a loved one. Jessamine Brady lived in that world with her
grandmother until the age of 10. When her grandmother died the Shaker community
took her in. This is where I really had
to pay attention. I’d heard of the Shakers but really didn’t know anything
about them. I thought they were like the
Amish. Boy was I wrong. I felt their beliefs were way out there,
especially their belief about remaining celibate. Men and women were equal in all ways. They stayed separate. They considered marriage and procreation a sin. I kept wondering how a people could get so
messed up. Jessamine remembers her life
outside of the Shakers. When she and her
sister find a man in the woods and bring him back because he is injured, things
change. They are immediately drawn to
each other. Tristan had lost his memory. When he gets it back he tells no one
hoping to find out who tried to kill him.
However, the closer he and Jessamine get the more the Shakers are ready
to send him packing. That is exactly
what happens and Jessamine goes with him. Tristin’s parents have made a
marriage arrangement to save their finances.
Will Tristin and Jessamine stay together? If he leaves will she stay in
this world or go back to the Shaker world?
If you want these answers you will definitely need to read the book for
yourself. It was definitely a different
take on religion. The author did an excellent job of presenting the history of
that time period.
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