Book Review - When the Soul Mends

This is a review by Kelly.

I really enjoyed reading “When the Soul Mends” by Cindy Woodsmall.  It is the third and final book in the Sisters of the Quilt series.  I was able to get the first two books to read after I began reading this book.  I read few pages and wanted to know more about Hannah and where she was coming from and what her life was like prior to the beginning of this story.  I would recommend getting the first two books before trying to read this one. When the Soul Mends does give a bit of back story in the first few chapters but it is best to read the others first.  It is worth taking the time to read the first two books.
        I enjoyed reading all three of these books.  I loved the story.  I was easily caught up in the story.  I could hardly put the books down because I wanted to know what was going to happen next.

Summary:
After receiving a desperate and confusing call from her sister, Hannah Lapp reluctantly returns to the Old Order Amish community of her Pennsylvania childhood.
        Having fled in disgrace two years earlier, she finally has found a satisfying role in the Englischer world, as well as love with Martin Palmer, a man with whom she can safely entrust her heart. But almost immediately after her arrival in Owl’s Perch, the disapproval of those who ostracized her reopens old wounds.
        As Hannah is thrown together with former fiancé Paul Waddell to work for her sister Sarah’s mental health, unexpected truths surface about the events during Hannah’s absence, and she faces an agonizing decision. Will she choose the Englischerworld and the man who restored her hope, or will she heed the call to return to the Plain Life―and perhaps to her first love?
        This intriguing final novel in the Sisters of the Quilt series is richly textured with authentic details drawn from the author’s real-life connections with Amish Mennonite and Old Order Amish families.

Cindy Woodsmall is a best-selling author, who has garnered strong praise for the first two novels in the Sisters of the Quilt series. When the Heart Cries was a finalist for the ECPA Novel of the Year in 2007 and received the Reviewer’s Choice Award from the Road to Romance website. When the Morning Comes was named among the Best Books of 2007 for Crossings Book Club. Cindy lives in Georgia with her husband of thirty years.

There is one copy of this book to give away. We’ll pick the winner Friday, December 19. Just leave a comment to this post to be entered.