Review: Good Amish fiction
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 4, 2013
This is The first book of the series Amish Connections, however it is also part of the Out of Darkness series (#5).  It's best to read the others of the series to have some background. I finished last week, but have been unable to review until now.My rating: 4 1/2Storyline/plot:  5 stars.... First, this book provides a wonderful lesson. The information about performing CPR was excellent. I was glad to find that it was included. .... Now, Ms Price departs from the normal Amish fiction in the first books of the series (with the mystery-suspense).  She continues in this book, with Judith, a young Amish girl/woman struggling with her decision to pursue more education instead of doing as expected (courting, marrying and having children).  She does include a budding romance which I liked.Characters:  5 stars.....  Some new character were introduced in this book and I enjoyed "meeting" them.  I really liked the character of Isaac.  He seemed sweet and shy, but yet he stood up for what he wanted(a relationship with Judith)to his father.  I didn't care for the father, however I believe that is actually the way things would be in the "real" Amish community.  In the end I didlike him somewhat.  There were others, however I won't go into them.Editing:  3 1/2 ......  Unfortunately this has been the biggest problem for the books of this series.  There were so many errors in the first and second books that by the third I quit counting (or noting what they were) - just shook my head and went on reading.  This one, I didn't actually notice that many, however, that again is probably because I'd trained myself not to notice them.  Thus, the lower score. I apologize if I'm in error and there weren't many mistakes.Enjoyment level:  5 ...... It was fascinating to see how Judith's life was affected by the death of her father.  And not in a negative way as so often happens.  She wanted to try and see that it didn't happen again, so she decided to do something about it.  I found myself reading beyond my "limit" so that I could see what would happen next. The only problem I have is the same I had at the end of In God's Hands...there is no true ending, we have to provide one ourselves, and I dislike that.