Holy Matchmaker – Book Review

I ordered this book on Kindle earlier today, with some misgivings, wondering if I would enjoy it. I started reading and was absolutely blown away by this compelling, beautiful and exceptionally well-written story. I felt like it had transported me into another world, and I loved it. I fell in love with not just Jakob and Emma, but the supporting characters as well. I live close to an Amish community and have enjoyed limited contact with them, but this was wonderful, and I felt as if I’d been given a wonderful insight and education to their lifestyle, beliefs and culture. I loved the way the author used the Amish language for many words and put them in italics so the reader would understand they were meant to be this way.

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My only complaint about this book was at the end – I would have loved to read another entire story about Emma and Jakob’s early years together. As delighted as I was to read that they did indeed have children, I was hungry for more of these wonderful characters and their life together. I would have loved to hear what animals they had on their farm.
I highly recommend this book and will be looking for more stories by this author. What a wonderful story. I wish I could award it ten stars! (less)