About this book:
“Katie
Walken has been running most of her life - from her Amish upbringing, from her
family's expectations, and from an arranged marriage to Karl Borg. Now a real estate
agent, Katie feels she finally has the life she always wanted...or does she?
Karl lost his love when she fled from
their future in Amish country. Leaving home, too, he became an attorney. But
his heart remains with Katie.
When Katie and Karl are reunited, they
seem to have a second chance at love. Will they allow God to help them face
their past while looking toward their future?”
Series: Book #3 (of 3) in the “Red, White, and Blue Weddings” series. Reviews of
Book #1 Here and Book #2 Here! (The books are not connecting to each other, so
you can read them out of order, if you’d like.)
Spiritual Content- Scriptures are mentioned & quoted; Prayers; Talks about
God & faiths; ‘H’s are capitalized when referring to God; Katie & Karl grew
up Amish and both left the community; An Amish funeral & message; Many mentions
of God, Jesus, faiths, & forgiveness; Many mentions of prayers, praying, thanking
God, & blessings over food; Many mentions of churches, church going, a pastor,
missions, a youth group, & children’s ministry; Mentions of Amish beliefs, a
bishop, baptism, & shunnings; A few mentions of Heaven; A few mentions of blessings;
A few mentions of a worship CD & hymns/songs; A couple mentions of those
& places in the Bible; A couple mentions of God’s creation; A couple
mentions of God-things; A mention of a miracle; A mention of a godsend; A mention
of someone having the patience of a saint & of Job; Colossians 3:1-2 on the
back cover;
*Note: A few mentions of idle hands
being the devil’s tools.
Negative Content- Seeing the death of a loved one & grieving (up to semi-detailed);
Mentions of a fire & deaths of loved ones (barely-above-not-detailed); A mention
of lying; A mention of rumors;
*Note: A couple mentions of social
media platforms.
Sexual Content- Forehead kisses, two
cheek kisses, three barely-above-not-detailed kisses, and two border-line barely-above-not-detailed
// semi-detailed kisses; Recalling kisses (barely-above-not-detailed); Touches,
Embraces, Nearness, & Butterflies/Feelings; Wanting to embrace; Blushes & Winks; Noticing (including curves,
barely-above-not-detailed); Mentions of kisses & kissing (and a mention of how
Karl used to dream of kissing Katie); Mentions of dates & dating; Love, falling/being
in love, & the emotions.
-Katie Walken, age 29/30
-Karl Borg
P.O.V.
switches between them
185 pages
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My
personal Rating- 
I don’t think Amish books are
really my cup of tea anymore, but because this book was about two former Amish
adults and one of the few fiction books by Janice Thompson I haven’t read, I
decided to read it.
It wasn’t my absolute favorite, but it was still really cute in a lot of ways. I think I preferred the latter half than the first half, though, for some reason. It was overall an easy, pleasant read that was very clean! :)
(There was a mess-up, Karl said he was an only child twice at the beginning (pg. 34), but at the end mentions sleeping in the loft with his older brothers (pg. 154).)
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.
