Friday, October 2, 2020

"The Bake Shop" by Amy Clipston

About this book:

  “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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My personal Rating-
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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