“Christiana
Kurtz loves to bake, but when her bake stand becomes too busy, her mother
encourages her to move her business to the local market. Her new bake shop
becomes so inundated with customers that the line blocks the leather and
woodcraft shop next door, which is run by Jeffrey Stoltzfus. When Jeffrey
complains that her stand is driving away business due to the lines, she
complains to him that his personalization machine smells. Though their
relationship starts off on bad footing, they eventually forge a friendship.
When Christiana’s father makes a
surprise visit to the market, he is upset to find that Jeffrey uses the
building’s electricity to personalize his items. He tells Christiana that
Jeffrey is too modern for her, and she’s forbidden from dating him. Christiana
is crushed, but she knows she must obey her father.
When Jeffrey’s shop catches fire one
day, he puts the entire market in jeopardy—including Christiana’s bake shop.
Christiana, however, can’t deny how she feels about Jeffrey despite his
mistakes. Though the odds are against them, can two young people find a way to
rebuild both their businesses and their relationship?”
Series: Book #1 in the series, “Amish Marketplace”.
Spiritual Content- Prayers; A couple Scriptures are quoted & mentioned;
Talks about God & trusting Him; ‘H’s are not capitalized when referring to
God; Mentions of God; Mentions of prayers, praying, & blessings over food; Mentions
of churches, church going, youth group, bishops, services, sermons, & hymns;
Mentions of the Amish church, beliefs, baptism, & those who left the church;
Mentions of blessings & being blessed; A few mentions of Bibles & Biblical
teachings; A few mentions of a mission trip & witnessing; A couple mentions
of sins & sinners; A mention of a devotional; A mention of a Christian
novel.
Negative Content- Minor cussing including: a ‘dumb’, a ‘moron’, and a ‘stupid’;
Eye rolling; A fire & smoke; Mentions of drugs & someone who died of an
overdose; Mentions of a fire; Mentions of gossip; A couple mentions of an
accident & death; A couple mentions of lies & lying.
Sexual Content- a cheek kiss, a border-line
barely-above-not-detailed // semi-detailed kiss, and two semi-detailed kisses; Wanting
to kiss & hold hands; Touches, Embraces, Blushes, & Winks; Noticing,
Staring, & Smelling; Mentions of kisses & kissing; Mentions of boyfriends,
girlfriends, dating, crushes, & exes; Mentions of jealousy; A few mentions
of flirting; A couple mentions of public displays of affection; Love, falling
in love, & the emotions.
-Christiana Kurtz, age 25
-Jeff Stoltzfus, age 28
P.O.V.
switches between them
336 pages
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This wasn’t my favorite by this
author, but I do plan to try out the rest of the series.
Jeff and Christiana were both ‘meh’
characters for me in terms of their thoughts and actions. The romance was
completely the main focus of this book with the both of them determined to only
be friends, panicking that they like the other, and misunderstandings. Both
main characters had flaws to make them more realistic, but for some reason it
came across as 2-Dimensional to me? They weren’t my favorite, but I
appreciate how clean this book is. That’s always nice. :)
See y’all on Friday 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.
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