My Amish Boyfriend: Amish fiction book review

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Summary of the book:

Shannon's summer just got a whole lot more . . . Amish?

    Shannon McNamara has exciting plans for the summer--getting her driver's license, a job, and more--and she can't wait to dive in. But her ill mother has plans of her own: to relocate them both to the heart of Amish country in Ohio where she has relatives who can help her.

    Turns out a "simple" life is actually a lot of hard work. But when a hot young Amish guy named Ezra enters the picture, Shannon's ready to get an Amish makeover and even consider making it a permanent change. Will these plans come crashing down around her too? Or can she really make the jump into a whole new way of life?

Joy In Our Journey's review ~ by Jan:

    When I saw that the next book I was to review was a book that seemed to be for the teenage market, I wasn’t thrilled, to say the least.  However, after reading Melody Carlson’s new book My Amish Boyfriend,  I was hooked.  This is a really good story with a very realistic look at the Amish that we do not often see.

    Shannon’s mother is very ill, and Shannon does not know what is wrong with her, other than she cannot get along without her pills.  Summer has come, and she wants in the worst way to get a driver’s license, a job, and a tattoo.  Well, that is simply not going to happen!  Her mom needs more care than she can give her, so she and her mother are sent to - of all things - back to her mother’s roots, her  Amish parents.  So much for Shannon’s dreams for the summer.  And she didn’t even know that her mother’s parents were Amish!

    This is an excellent story with important lessons that Shannon learns about family, God and what she wants for her life.

    I strongly recommend Melody Carlson’s newest series of books for teen age girls, especially My Amish Boyfriend. Even an older reader such as myself was caught up in Shannon’s story and enjoyed reading it.

Melody Carlson is the award-winning author of over two hundred books with sales of more than five million. She is the author of several Christmas books from Revell, including the bestselling The Christmas Bus, The Christmas Dog, and Christmas at Harrington's, which is being considered for a TV movie. She is also the author of many teen books, including Just Another Girl, Anything but Normal, Double Take, the Life at Kingston High series, and the Diary of a Teenage Girl series. She is the winner of a Romantic Times Career Achievement Award in the inspirational market for her many books, including the Diary of a Teenage Girl series and Finding Alice. Melody and her husband live in Oregon.

For more information about Melody visit her website at www.melodycarlson.com.

  I received a copy of this book for review, but was not compensated financially in any way. The opinions expressed are those of Joy In Our Journey.com and are based solely on experiences while reading these books.

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