Review: A little simplistic but I liked it
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 4, 2014
This is a sort of Cinderella story, Amish style.  It even has a fancy blue dress. No pumpkins, however. I found the characters  a little simplistic and undeveloped and the story itself a little unbelievable, even for isolated Amish. But hey, this is a fairy tale adaptation, right? So I was willing to let some things slide. This is short, so to be fair, there probably wasn't much space to do more with the story. I suppose my main beef is that in Amish fiction, I want reality. I found it a little far-fetched that someone would be able to hide in a barn loft for years without Amish neighbors noticing something. Well, that IS how the story progresses...a neighbor DOES find out that our heroine has been treated like a slave for years. Prince charming is a handsome Amishman who rescues the damsel in distress. Justice is done when her step-family realizes she has been nothing but good to them and they feel shame. There's even a happy ending. Roll the credits. Cue the white doves. Whatever. I don't know if I wanted more or if I was relieved when the story ended. Something is missing. But what's there was good enough to give it four stars. I will have to read more from this author to see if this is a typical story for her or if the limitations were from the boundaries of doing a Cinderella story--which, by the way, is rather overdone in any genre.