Title: KATIE’S SONG
Author: Jennifer Beckstrand
Publisher: Summerside Press
May 2012
ISBN: 978-1609366391
Genre: Amish
Kate Weaver returns home to her family's farm in Apple Lake , Wisconsin ,
battered and bruised and carrying a secret. She is not yet baptized and has
spent the past year at a music conservatory in Milwaukee , living among the English. Music is
Kat's passion, and she is very good, so she faces a difficult choice: she must
either give up her family and home to pursue her talents or come home and be
baptized and give up on her dreams.
And with Nathaniel King, the handsome neighbor boy she grew
up with, paying attention to her,the choice of whether to return to school in
the fall is even harder.
Kate wins a starring role in an upcoming opera, and as she
wrestles with pressure from her family and her new found feelings for Nathaniel,
she is also haunted by what happened to her just before she left school: she
fought to protect her friend against an angry ex and landed the man in
intensive care. Will the consequences of that battle be the end of everything
she's ever wanted? Will Nathaniel wait around while she tries to figure out
God's plan for her life?
KATIE’S SONG is Ms. Beckstrand’s debut novel. Part of a
three-book stand-alone series, Forever
After in Apple Lake, fans of KATIE’S SONG will want to read Rebecca’s Rose and Miriam’s Quilt, books two and three in the series.
I can’t say I was overly impressed. The story was
well-written, but I never really connected with the characters and I hated the
way just kept jumping to conclusions. Katie had left
the Amish to go to singing school, but she returns home after she beat up a
wife beater…and finds that the boy she hated as a child is now a man. I have to
admit, I loved the humor. Parts made me laugh. Parts made me sad.
If you like Amish fiction, you should give KATIE’S SONG a
try. She’s not at the same level as others I could name (but won’t) but she is
a fresh new voice in the industry—and she has a different twist to the same old
tales. Don’t let him be dead… Now,
that’s a opening hook! I’m giving it 3.5 stars, rounded up to 4. $12.99. 314 pages.
3 comments:
Thanks for your honest review Laura. I am looking forward to reading this book.
Blessings!
Judy B
Looks like a very interesting read.
Blessings,
Jalynn
pattersonmom24@aol.com
Thanks for your review, Laura. I wasn't previously familiar with your blog, but it's great. I can't believe how many books you read!
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