Review: I wanted to like it more...
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 06 5, 2014
Basically, this is the story of a young Amish woman who gets lost in the woods with her younger sister and brother. Trust me, I shared their frustration in wandering around and around, not knowing what was going to happen next. The problem was, 'more of the same' was the answer, most of the time. It felt like the author was trying to stretch one event to make an entire book of it, and it was just too thin. I also found the heroine's change of heart about the hero to be less than convincing: She's held a grudge against him for years,  and once he rescues her, all is forgiven? She no longer thinks he is a person of poor character? I was disappointed that, having taken a stand like that, she would so quickly turn it around because she 'loves' him. I thought there needed to be more explanation of how she reached those conclusions, to be consistent with her actions. I also found her little brother to be too precocious- yes, I'm sure Amish kids, and kids in the 19th century, learned skills at a young age. but he was a sort of a Mary Sue.