Friday, February 12, 2021

"The Farm Stand" by Amy Clipston

About this book:

  “Salina Petersheim runs her own booth at the Amish market, where she’s known for having the freshest and most delicious produce in the area. Her father is the bishop of her church district, and her brother is a deacon. They are a very close family, yet sometimes she tires of being compared to her older brother, Neil, who is married and has two children. She also feels the pressure of having to be the perfect daughter for her parents.
  Salina has been dating Josiah for almost a year now, but he feels more like a friend than a boyfriend. Her parents approve of Josiah, who is a hardworking roofer. He’s handsome and easy to talk to, but he just doesn’t warm her heart the way she feels a boyfriend and future husband should. She secretly longs for more.
  Along comes William “Will” Zimmerman, a Mennonite chef who runs a restaurant located next door to the Amish market. He wants Salina to supply the produce for his restaurant, and as they forge a business relationship, they both feel themselves falling in love. Salina especially tries to deny her feelings for Will since her father wants her to marry within the community.
  Both Salina and Will feel stuck in their current relationships, but they cannot deny what they feel for each other. Will they follow their hearts or bow to the pressure of family? Or will God provide a surprising new road for them?”
 
 
Series: Book #2 in the series, “Amish Marketplace”. Review of Book #1 Here!


Spiritual Content- A few Scriptures are read; Prayers & Praying; Talks about God; ‘H’s are not capitalized when referring to God; Mentions of God & callings from Him; Mentions of Bible reading & devotionals; Mentions of prayers, praying, blessings over food, & praising God; Mentions of churches, church going, services, sermons, leaders in the church (Salina’s father is a bishop and her brother is a deacon), being baptized, & youth groups; Mentions of blessings & being Blessed; Mentions of sins, sinners, & sinning; A few mentions of Christians; A few mentions of Amish books; A mention of hymns; A mention of a miracle.
 
 
Negative Content- Minor cussing including: a form of ‘shut up’ and two ‘stupid’s; Some eye rolling & sarcasm; Mentions of an accident, injuries, & pain; Mentions of jealousy; Mentions of lies & lying; Mentions of gossip & rumors; A mention of drinking alcohol; A mention of the possibility of a cat being hit by a car (does not happen, the cat is fine).
 
 
Sexual Content- eight cheek kiss, a forehead kiss, an almost kiss (barely-above-not-detailed), and two semi-detailed kisses; Touches, Shivers, Embraces, & Winks (barely-above-not-detailed); Nearness & Intimate moment of nearness (up to semi-detailed); Noticing & Staring (barely-above-not-detailed); Many mentions of boyfriends/girlfriends, dating, cheating (also called “emotional infidelity”), exes, break-ups, & crushes; Mentions of kisses, kissing, & hand holding; Mentions of jealousy; A few mentions of purity & reputations; A few mentions of a flirt & flirting; Love, falling in love, being in love, & the emotions.
 
-Salina Petersheim
-Will Zimmerman, age 30
                                P.O.V. switches between them
                                                        352 pages

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My personal Rating-
I wish I had enjoyed this book more because I did like the gardening and produce parts of this story, but unfortunately, there were too many things I wasn’t a fan of. I found the ending to be a little too coincidental and I wish Salina’s family would have been nicer and less focused on what their community would think of her/them. The writing focused a lot on details of appearances (not in a sexual way, but just lots about someone’s eyes or hair colors) and describing basic daily adult actions. So, I thought it was a little boring in that regard and was disappointed. I didn’t connect with either Salina and Will…they both acted much younger than their ages when it came to their thoughts and actions. I always feel awkward when a main character is dating someone who isn’t the other main character and in this book, they both were dating someone else. My thoughts on the first book of this series would also fit for this book in what I thought about these main characters.
Definitely not my favorite book or series by this author, so I think I’ll pass on reading the rest of the books in this series.
 
 
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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