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The Judgment (Rose Trilogy #2)
Lewis, the top name in Amish fiction, pens a tale of two sisters struggling to find love, acceptance, and their place in the Amish community.
ebook, 254 pages
Published
April 6th 2011
by Bethany House Publishers
(first published January 1st 2011)
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Book 2 in the series and it just couldn’t get better.
Rose has agreed to marry Silas Good who has been courting her for the last months. But she can’t forget Nick, a friend that was closer then she realized. It was to late though, Nick was gone, perhaps forever.
Hen is facing her own problems. She realizes that she has created most of them herself. If she wouldn’t have left her home to marry Brandon, she wouldn’t be here today. Brandon has given her the choice of either a divorce or giving up her...more
Rose has agreed to marry Silas Good who has been courting her for the last months. But she can’t forget Nick, a friend that was closer then she realized. It was to late though, Nick was gone, perhaps forever.
Hen is facing her own problems. She realizes that she has created most of them herself. If she wouldn’t have left her home to marry Brandon, she wouldn’t be here today. Brandon has given her the choice of either a divorce or giving up her...more
This is book #2 of The Rose Trilogy. Like all of Ms. Lewis' books, this was a fast and enjoyable read. Main characters were two sisters - "Hen" who was married to Brandon, an Englisher, and Rose, engaged to Silas but secretly in love with bad boy Nick Franco.
Brandon is having issues with his wife Hen rejoining the Amish community and becomes mean and nasty. He wants a divorce and threatens to gain custody of little Mattie unless she comes home and dons her jeans.
Silas tells Rose he wants to br...more
Brandon is having issues with his wife Hen rejoining the Amish community and becomes mean and nasty. He wants a divorce and threatens to gain custody of little Mattie unless she comes home and dons her jeans.
Silas tells Rose he wants to br...more
The Judgment by Beverly Lewis is the second book in the Rose Trilogy. Rose Kauffman's Amish community is still recovering from the tragic death of Bishop Aaron Petersheim's son, Christian and foster son Nick Franco's running away. Rose's friendship with Nick makes her one of the few people not blaming Nick for Christian's death, but she's trying to focus on her new engagement to Silas Good. Elder sister Hen has returned home to live with her daughter Mattie Sue leaving her Englischer husband, Br...more
Beverly Lewis was the first author that I read about the Amish and I think I have almost all of her books on my shelves. I have not read the first book in this series "The Thorn" and her third books comes out in September 2011 "The Mercy"
As I started to read this story I wish I had read the fist book as it details things that are in this book and I was missing. But all in all this one was good also, as Hen had left he English husband Brandon and with her little girl Mattie Sue came back to live...more
As I started to read this story I wish I had read the fist book as it details things that are in this book and I was missing. But all in all this one was good also, as Hen had left he English husband Brandon and with her little girl Mattie Sue came back to live...more
The Judgement
Beverly Lewis
This novel is the story of an Amish family that is torn apart by a mysterious accident to the main characters mother. The main story line is about 2 sisters and each one is finding her way through their family, faith and life. I found this to be a good character story that I breezed through quickly. I am glad I waited till all books were available before I started reading. That way I could finish within a brief period of time and not have to sit on pins and needles wond...more
Beverly Lewis
This novel is the story of an Amish family that is torn apart by a mysterious accident to the main characters mother. The main story line is about 2 sisters and each one is finding her way through their family, faith and life. I found this to be a good character story that I breezed through quickly. I am glad I waited till all books were available before I started reading. That way I could finish within a brief period of time and not have to sit on pins and needles wond...more
I have, on several occasions, come into a series from somewhere other than the beginning. This usually is not a problem for me because so many authors are good at getting stragglers like me caught up on what has happened in the previous books. For some reason, The Judgment didn’t do that very well. Throughout so much of the book, I felt like I was lost and trying to figure out what was going on. I just never felt engaged or really into the story. I think this would not have been a problem if I h...more
This is book #2 of The Rose Trilogy. Rose Kauffman is now engaged to Silas Good, a well-liked Amish man, but she still pines for Nick Franco. Nick is the former foster son of the bishop who left the community under a cloud of suspicion after the death of the bishop's biological son. Will Rose still marry Silas, even though she struggles with romantic feelings for Nick?
Meanwhile, Rose's older sister, Hen, has returned with her young daughter Mattie to live at her parent's farm. Hen and her modern...more
Meanwhile, Rose's older sister, Hen, has returned with her young daughter Mattie to live at her parent's farm. Hen and her modern...more
This is the sequel to "The Thorn" (Book 1 in the Rose Trilogy).
The major highlights of the book for me include Rose Ann's courtship with Silas Goode, and Brandon and Hen's impending divorce.
Rebekah Bontrager, a childhood friend, returns to Lancaster County after her family had moved to Indiana. Known for being exceptionally beautiful, Rose Ann begins to have some worries when she sees her interactions with Silas. There's a lot more to this courtship that Rose Ann doesn't know yet...
Despite Hen'...more
The major highlights of the book for me include Rose Ann's courtship with Silas Goode, and Brandon and Hen's impending divorce.
Rebekah Bontrager, a childhood friend, returns to Lancaster County after her family had moved to Indiana. Known for being exceptionally beautiful, Rose Ann begins to have some worries when she sees her interactions with Silas. There's a lot more to this courtship that Rose Ann doesn't know yet...
Despite Hen'...more
Title: THE JUDGMENT
Author: Beverly Lewis
Publisher: Bethany House
April 2011
ISBN: 978-0-7642-0600-9
Genre: Inspirational/Amish/Women’s fiction
Two Amish sisters, reunited by unforeseen circumstances…
Hen left the Amish years earlier to marry an English man, one that has completely destroyed—even forbidden—her to interact with her family. When Hen takes her four year old daughter and leaves her husband to return home to think, Brandon responds harshly, serving Hen with divorce papers, and threatening...more
Author: Beverly Lewis
Publisher: Bethany House
April 2011
ISBN: 978-0-7642-0600-9
Genre: Inspirational/Amish/Women’s fiction
Two Amish sisters, reunited by unforeseen circumstances…
Hen left the Amish years earlier to marry an English man, one that has completely destroyed—even forbidden—her to interact with her family. When Hen takes her four year old daughter and leaves her husband to return home to think, Brandon responds harshly, serving Hen with divorce papers, and threatening...more
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Got hooked on this trilogy. Just ordered Book #3. Continuation of a story of 2 sisters. One thatreained strong in the Amish culture and one (Hen) that married outside the Amish faith before she was baptized. Hen now has decided she wants her "English" daughter raised the way she was in the Amish ways and the struggle now with her "English" husband. Rose, her younger sister, who is baptized realized she has fallen in love with Nick a foster child of her Bishop raised in the Amish way but who left...more
The Judgement is the continuing story of Rose Ann Kauffman and her family. Loved getting reacquainted with everyone. Rose Ann is now secretly engaged to Silas Good, her sister Hen and niece Mattie Sue are living in the Dawdi House. Her Mamm is still struggling with the constant pain from her accident. Rose is still missing Nick, and the Community is morning Christian.
Mattie Sue is missing her Dad, who won't accept that Hen misses the Simple Life. Don't know what the answer is going to be here. B...more
Mattie Sue is missing her Dad, who won't accept that Hen misses the Simple Life. Don't know what the answer is going to be here. B...more
Rose is engaged to Silas, a neighboring farmer, but she still thinks about Nick, the foster son of the bishop who left the Amish life and didn't tell anyone where he was going. What about the new girl in town, Rebekah who seems to have an eye for Silas. And what about her older sister, Hannah, who has left her Englisher husband and moved back to her parent's Amish farm with their daughter.
I love all of Beverly Lewis's books, can't wait for the 3rd book in this series.
I know these are romantic fi...more
I love all of Beverly Lewis's books, can't wait for the 3rd book in this series.
I know these are romantic fi...more
I had never heard of the "Amish Romance" genre before a friend loaned me "The Rose Trilogy" by Beverly Lewis. She is a wildly succesful author in this genre, having written 70 bestsellers, with several adapted into movies. Coming off reading "The Glass Castle" by Jeanette Walls I wanted to read something light, where everything works out at the end. The trilogy was a very quick read, with a simple romance at the core of the story. You can see the plot twists coming a mile away, and some of the w...more
Beverly Lewis writes very nice little books with nothing disturbing and nothing particularly unhappy. She almost makes you want to be Amish. Even though the book was pretty predictable--like I think she does not need a whole trilogy to tell her story. Still I just had to know what happened after I read The Thorn and I suppose when the final book of this trilogy comes out in Sept I will have to read that one too because she is the master at leaving threads undone. It is sort of refreshing to read...more
The 3rd book in this series could not come out fast enough! I made the mistake of buying and reading the first two books of this series well in advance of the 3rd book's release. Needless to say I was standing in my local bookstore on the day of release with book mark in hand and ready to read :-) The author continues to bring the trials of 3 main families to life in the 2nd book of this series. It is easy to get involved in their daily life as this book is very well written. It is a pleasing th...more
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One of the things I love about Beverly Lewis’s books are the characters. “The Judgment” is no surprise either. They are wonderfully crafted and stand from the page in full three dimension. I feel I could step into the story and pick right up with the characters, as well as I know them after reading these two books.
In the second book of The Rose Legacy, the reader picks up again with the characters and situations established in book one. I would recommend you read these books in order, you will h...more
In the second book of The Rose Legacy, the reader picks up again with the characters and situations established in book one. I would recommend you read these books in order, you will h...more
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The Judgment is yet another in a long line of romance novels set in the heart of Amish Country - Lancaster, PA that is. I've only read this second part of the Rose Trilogy, but am confident I could predict the plotline of both the first and third books as well. The story is rather treacly and formulaic with unnatural dialogue, but if you're a big fan of either Christian romance or Beverly Lewis, you won't be disappointed.
Writing: C
Plot: C
Level: Easy
Writing: C
Plot: C
Level: Easy
A Quickie Review
The story in this one is a little bit better than usual, but everything else is just more of the same, though that isn't a bad thing. I'm curious to see how Ms. Lewis will wrap the series up in the series' finale. As I said in my review of the first book: "If you've read any of Beverly Lewis' Amish books, you know what to expect, and that's what you'll get from this book."
Score: 4.25/5...more
The story in this one is a little bit better than usual, but everything else is just more of the same, though that isn't a bad thing. I'm curious to see how Ms. Lewis will wrap the series up in the series' finale. As I said in my review of the first book: "If you've read any of Beverly Lewis' Amish books, you know what to expect, and that's what you'll get from this book."
Score: 4.25/5...more
In the second novel in The Rose Trilogy, Beverly Lewis continues her saga of the struggles Rose and her sister Hannah endure in remaining true to their beliefs while fulfilling their place in the world. Should Hannah sacrifice her Amish beliefs to save her marriage? Should Rose sacrifice true love to marry an upstanding Amish man? You won’t want to miss reading this novel while you ponder what advice you might offer these two young ladies.
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Okay maybe I should give her 4 stars but I was irritated through the whole book which defeats my purpose in reading. The first one was kind and uplifting and this one all of the characters came into challenges and sadness, preaching, blah,blah,blah. Of course the end is a major cliff hanger. It did have a little spark of hope at the end. Guess I will read the last of the trilogy in September when it comes out.
The Judgment really had me on the edge of my chair. Having read the Thorn already, I sort of expected some things to happen to Rose and Hen, but no!! This book really through me for a loop and I have to say I was really worried about the girls throughout this book. There were a lot of twists and turns that I just didn't expect. But I'm finding this book even harder to put down now. I just can't wait to see what happens to these sisters next!!
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LOVED jumping back into some Beverly Lewis...it had been far too long.
The Judgment follows Rose through shifting dynamics in her relationship with her betrothed, Hen through the murky waters of a failing marriage, and the lovable Beth who brings hope and joy to the Kauffman family.
Now I'm just wondering what happens in the final book...glad I found it on the library shelves!
The Judgment follows Rose through shifting dynamics in her relationship with her betrothed, Hen through the murky waters of a failing marriage, and the lovable Beth who brings hope and joy to the Kauffman family.
Now I'm just wondering what happens in the final book...glad I found it on the library shelves!
I didn't realize until I was almost finished, but this is the 2nd book in a series of 3. Since I didn't read the first book, there were a few details that seemed a little sketchy, but for the most part I got everything. I really liked it and I will probably read that next book when it comes out. I've read other Beverly Lewis books. They are always some good clean Amish folk drama! Who doesn't love that?
Now I have to wait until September to find out what is in store for Rose. The author does a wonderful job explaining the Amish choice of faith and lifestyle within her novel. She starts the book with Elizabeth Barrett Browning's quote: "Who so loves, believes the impossible." That statement really discribes Rose, the main character in this series--The Rose Trilogy.
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Beverly Lewis, raised in Pennsylvania Amish country and both a schoolteacher and an accomplished musician, has been an award-winning author for over a dozen years. Her acclaimed novel, The Preacher's Daughter, was a 2006 Quill Book Award finalist in the romance category. Her books have appeared on numerous best...more
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Beverly Lewis, raised in Pennsylvania Amish country and both a schoolteacher and an accomplished musician, has been an award-winning author for over a dozen years. Her acclaimed novel, The Preacher's Daughter, was a 2006 Quill Book Award finalist in the romance category. Her books have appeared on numerous best...more
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