Beverly Lewis writes well and paints a charming picture of Amish life, while exposing some of its downsides. The characters are well drawn and likeable and the conflicts keep the story moving.
My problem with Lewis' books is that they take me on this journey into a simple world that I fall in love with - despite the harshness and legalism - and then throw me out of it into the (comparatively) garish world of the "Englishers" and tell me that this is better.
Maybe she's right. But it stomps all over my romantic sympathies. The part of me that wishes we all drove horses and buggies rebels against it.
Still, this book (and the series) is extremely popular. I shouldn't criticize... but I do.
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