Tricia Goyer

A young Amish woman, searching for truth and love amidst tradition, returns to her home state of Indiana after a season in Montana, hoping to understand where exactly her heart belongs.

Beyond Hope's Valley

Jeni Enjaian

I will admit that immediately upon picking up this book, I flipped to the end to see how everything resolved. I will say nothing more than the fact that I was quite pleased.

I absolutely loved how Goyer really delved into the issues. I wish she had done more of that or lingered a little longer in some areas, like after Marianna speaks up at the quilting circle and "confronts" the bishop's wife. At times, and this is one of the reasons that I gave the book 4 stars instead of 5, it feels like Goyer attempted to deal with the big issues like sticking one toe in the water but when discovering its frigidity pulling out and running away leaving the issue unresolved. This happened a few times in the novel.

One other thing that almost put me off reading these books was the covers. Whoever chose the cover art should be fired. These are the kind of covers that used to grace Christian fiction in the late 90s early 2000s. I liked those books then but now I know much better and almost didn't read these books fearing that I would find more of the same.

I still highly enjoyed this book and have added the entire series to my Amazon wishlist. This is one book series I would like to own.

Beyond Hope's Valley

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