About
this book:
“Amanda Dienner hasn't seen her Old Order family in five years when she receives word that her mother has passed away and left her Lancaster County's most popular Amish bed-and-breakfast. Now an Englisher, Mandy is shocked: Her twin sister should have been the obvious choice! What's more, the inheritance comes with a catch: The farmhouse inn will only truly be hers if she is able to successfully run it for twelve consecutive months.
Mandy accepts the challenge even though it means returning to Gordonville and the painful memories she left behind at eighteen. Still, she's determined to prove she is more than capable of running the bed-and-breakfast, no matter that its loyal clientele are expecting an Amish hostess!
The inn isn't Mandy's sole test, however. Rubbing shoulders with her married twin sister reopens wounds that Mandy isn't ready to forgive. And an Englisher guest with a difficult past of her own just complicates matters.
Can Mandy fulfill the terms of her inheritance? Or will this year in Amish country prove a dreadful mistake?”
Series: As of now, no.
Spiritual Content- Psalm 85:10 at the beginning; Scriptures are mentioned, quoted, & remembered; Bible reading; Many Prayers & Blessings over food; Church going, hymns, & sermons (up to five times); Talks about God & His will; ‘H’s are capital when referring to God; All about mentions of the Amish, their beliefs, leaving (or joining) the Amish church, different churches, church going, worshiping, songs/hymns, services/sermons, & bishops/deacons/ preachers; Many mentions of God; Many mentions of prayers, praying, prayer meetings, & blessings over food; Mentions of thanking God; Mentions of Bibles & Bible reading; Mentions of Christians & faiths; Mentions of blessings & being blessed; A few mentions of the Lord’s resurrection & Easter; A few mentions of Christmas; A few mentions of baptism classes; A few mentions of Mennonites; A couple mentions of godsends; A couple mentions of miracles; A couple mentions of devotionals; A mention of events in the Bible; A mention of biblical names.
“Amanda Dienner hasn't seen her Old Order family in five years when she receives word that her mother has passed away and left her Lancaster County's most popular Amish bed-and-breakfast. Now an Englisher, Mandy is shocked: Her twin sister should have been the obvious choice! What's more, the inheritance comes with a catch: The farmhouse inn will only truly be hers if she is able to successfully run it for twelve consecutive months.
Mandy accepts the challenge even though it means returning to Gordonville and the painful memories she left behind at eighteen. Still, she's determined to prove she is more than capable of running the bed-and-breakfast, no matter that its loyal clientele are expecting an Amish hostess!
The inn isn't Mandy's sole test, however. Rubbing shoulders with her married twin sister reopens wounds that Mandy isn't ready to forgive. And an Englisher guest with a difficult past of her own just complicates matters.
Can Mandy fulfill the terms of her inheritance? Or will this year in Amish country prove a dreadful mistake?”
Series: As of now, no.
Spiritual Content- Psalm 85:10 at the beginning; Scriptures are mentioned, quoted, & remembered; Bible reading; Many Prayers & Blessings over food; Church going, hymns, & sermons (up to five times); Talks about God & His will; ‘H’s are capital when referring to God; All about mentions of the Amish, their beliefs, leaving (or joining) the Amish church, different churches, church going, worshiping, songs/hymns, services/sermons, & bishops/deacons/ preachers; Many mentions of God; Many mentions of prayers, praying, prayer meetings, & blessings over food; Mentions of thanking God; Mentions of Bibles & Bible reading; Mentions of Christians & faiths; Mentions of blessings & being blessed; A few mentions of the Lord’s resurrection & Easter; A few mentions of Christmas; A few mentions of baptism classes; A few mentions of Mennonites; A couple mentions of godsends; A couple mentions of miracles; A couple mentions of devotionals; A mention of events in the Bible; A mention of biblical names.
Negative Content- Minor cussing including: a ‘crummy’; A tiny bit of eye rolling; Mentions of accidents & deaths; A few mentions of a drunk driver who caused a death; A few mentions of deceit; A couple mentions of gossip.
Sexual
Content- a cheek kiss, and a barely-above-not-detailed kiss; A few touches (barely-above-not-detailed);
A teeny, tiny bit of noticing; Mentions of kisses, kissing, & a couple
kissing a lot; Mentions of liking a boy & being betrayed; Mentions of courting,
dating, & dates; Mentions of flirting; A few mentions of honeymoons; A
couple mentions of a man being out of line with a widowed woman; A couple
mentions of blushes; A mention of a prairie romance book; Some love, falling in
love, & the emotions (x2);
*Note: A few mentions of a wife
that died during childbirth.
-Amanda
“Mandy” Dienner, age 22-23
-Catrina
“Trina” Sutton, age 25
P.O.V. switches between them (Prologue & Epilogue in Amanda’s 1st person POV)
342 pages
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P.O.V. switches between them (Prologue & Epilogue in Amanda’s 1st person POV)
342 pages
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My personal Rating-
I
wouldn’t say that this is the author’s best, but I did end up enjoying it.
At the
beginning, since we don’t know what in the world happened between the twin
sisters, Mandy’s reactions to Arie can come across mean and rude. But, then on
the other hand, because we (the readers) are more likely to side with our main
point of view character, all the other characters can come across rude to Mandy
while taking Arie’s side, when they don’t know what happened between the
sisters either. When it’s revealed what happened, I honestly wasn’t shocked as
I expected something like that, but it still annoyed me on how it worked out
for Mandy. After that, I really was on Mandy’s side. Maybe my opinion would had
been different if we saw Arie’s POV or it was her story, but I think I would
still feel for Mandy.
I liked
Trina up until she got to the B&B, she felt/acted like a different person.
She did grow on me, though, as the ending got closer and found her to be
overall an interesting character.
It was an
interesting story, though, and I enjoyed the butterfly parts. :)
See y’all
on Wednesday with a new review!
*BFCG may (Read the review to see) recommend this book by this author. It does not mean I recommend all the books by this author.
*I received this book for free
from the Publisher (Bethany House) for this honest review.
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