Hello Bookworms!
The May storms have been absolutely plum wild where I’m at, and the storm anxiety is real, but one thing I do to combat my anxious thoughts is to fervently pray, keep my nose in a book, and my eye on the weather.
The book I am featuring today is a novel that really helped me through a particularly rough time and is the first book I’ve been able to read in a series that I’ve been really wanting to dive into for some time. I’m grateful I finally had the opportunity, and I hope you enjoy my thoughts on this wonderful Amish fiction. Also, let me know in the comments what you do to stay safe during spring storms and if you’ve been affected by any of the heartbreaking destruction; my prayers are with you.
About the Book
Lenore Lapp is an Amish schoolteacher in her late twenties still living at home with her parents and grandparents. She thought love had passed her by until she meets Jesse Smucker, a widower with a baby daughter. She quickly falls in love with them both and accepts Jesse’s proposal of marriage, but Jesse breaks off their engagement when he realizes he can’t marry only for convenience.
Resigned to living single, Lenore throws herself into caring for her elders. While working in her grandmother’s garden, she digs up an old jar. Will Lenore find healing for her broken heart and solve long-buried family secrets by reading the note contained inside?
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My Review
This is such a sweet and encouraging story! There are multiple storylines happening parallel to one another, yet they all ring with the same truths: resilience, faith, and the importance of support.
I am so excited that I finally had the opportunity to read a novel from this series! I am notorious for reading a series out of order, and The Prayer Jar series is no exception, but luckily, these can be read as standalone novels, though I can see how starting from the beginning could be beneficial.
I loved the whole courtship between Jesse and Lenore. Lenore is such a warm and loving character who has the biggest heart, and Jesse, while still overwhelmed with his lost love, clearly mirrors those traits. Not only did I read this novel, but I also listened to the audiobook version, and I loved the audiobook so much! The narrator was great, and it really helped bring this wonderful story to life.
Though there is a wonderful epilogue, I wish there could’ve been more. I feel like it was too short! I wanted more, which is why I am so excited that there are more installments in this series. This is the first novel in the series that I’ve read, but it will not be my last. There were a few characters in this book that piqued my curiosity, and I have a sneaky suspicion that they’re in earlier books, so you better believe I’m going to go back and see.
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