1. Promise Box, Seven Brides for Seven Bachelors Series #2
    Tricia Goyer
    Zondervan / 2013 / Trade Paperback
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    4.9 out of 5 stars for Promise Box, Seven Brides for Seven Bachelors Series #2. View reviews of this product. 30 Reviews
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  1. ruthhill74
    Yelm, WA
    Age: 35-44
    Gender: female
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    Tricia At Her Best
    December 30, 2013
    ruthhill74
    Yelm, WA
    Age: 35-44
    Gender: female
    Quality: 5
    Value: 5
    Meets Expectations: 5
    I realize that Amish books are all the rage, but as I was telling my mother, Tricia Goyer is one of the originals. Anyone can write an Amish book, but I believe it takes someone special to weave a memorable, emotionally involving Amish story that will stick with its readers for long after the book is shut. And Tricia Goyer is the author that does it again and again. I lost count of how many of her books I have read, and I believe I rated each one of them as a solid five. She has the formula for writing an amazing story, and I hope to be reading her stories for years to come.

    This book is one that has the perfect amount of humor, faith, sorrow, and even a bit of mystery. I have to admit that although I could basically guess how the end would go, I was not one hundred percent certain. There was still just enough uncertainty to keep me guessing along the way. This book never comes across as "preachy," but I so appreciate the way she paints this wonderful community. It is clear that these Amish communities care more about a relationship with God than rules and regulations.

    This book is entirely clean--no profanity and no sex. In addition to this, you can count on reading fairly quickly. The author's style is quite enjoyable to read, and you may just find putting down the book is next to impossible. I marveled at the devotion of the Amish people, and it was further intriguing that Lydia came back from Seattle (from the native Washingtonian).

    I was sent a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review. I was not financially compensated, and all opinions are 100 percent mine.
  2. Sheila Smith
    Opelika, AL
    Age: 55-65
    Gender: female
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    July 10, 2013
    Sheila Smith
    Opelika, AL
    Age: 55-65
    Gender: female
    Quality: 5
    Value: 5
    When started reading the Promise Box, I could not put it down and read all night.
  3. tammycookblogsbooks
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    The Promise Box
    June 18, 2013
    tammycookblogsbooks
    At sixteen years old, Lydia Wyse knew she couldn't be a good Amish daughter. She left the Amish way of life before anyone else discovered the pain she had caused. Six years later, she returned to her parent's new Amish community in West Kootenai, Montana. She had to bury her mother and care for her father. She planned to stay a few weeks and get her dad settled into life without his loving wife and then return to Seattle, where she was a book editor. What she didn't plan on was being attracted to Amishman Gideon Hooley.

    Gideon was a gentle man who trained horses. He travelled to West Kootenai to hunt and more importantly to discover a truth from his past. His parents wouldn't tell him anything so he set out on his own to find answers. He never expected to find himself falling in love, especially with Lydia, an Englisher.

    Lydia's mother had left behind a box for her, "The Promise Box" as she called it. Inside were letters and Bible verses that she had written down for Lydia over the years, starting with the day she became her parent's adopted child. As Lydia read the letters from The Promise Box, God began working in her life.

    For her whole life Lydia had head knowledge of God, but not heart knowledge of His love for her. In West Kootenai, she began to understand this—the grace of God, which is Jesus dying for our sins. I really enjoyed this aspect of the story. Many people can recite Bible verses and know the Ten Commandments but they never apply it to their lives and have a relationship with God. While reading The Promise Box you will see how God can change people and their lives when they choose to follow him. One part of the story deals with someone who gave their life to save another. This is a great symbolism for what Jesus did for us.

    The Promise Box is about Lydia and Gideon being set free because of the truth. I don't want to say too much to give anything away. This book has twists and turns that I didn't see coming. There are parts that tugged on my emotions. Tricia Goyer brings the area and people to life so well that I want to visit West Kootenai. Anyone who can do that has written a good book.

    Seven Brides For Seven Bachelors Series:

    #1 The Memory Jar

    #2 The Promise Box

    I received a free copy of this book from The Christian Manifesto and Zondervan in exchange for my honest review.
  4. Ellen/oceanside
    S D CA
    Age: Over 65
    Gender: female
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    THE PROMISE BOX
    October 11, 2017
    Ellen/oceanside
    S D CA
    Age: Over 65
    Gender: female
    Quality: 5
    Value: 5
    Meets Expectations: 5
    THE PROMISE BOX by Tracia Goyer book 2 "Seven Brides for Seven Bachelors".

    She always knew she was adopted, why then did Lydia later think it was a curse first. Running from Amish ways, and love of parents, didn't change anything about her birth. Coming home, seeing the grief of her father, and the memories of him, sitting by her bed as she slept. Her dad giving her a treasure box of her mother, will that change things. Meeting Gideon, whose past of when he was 4 haunt him, wanting answers, yet hasn't asked. Her editor wanted an Amish book, if she did it would be "coming home" jotting down memories of time past, in a notebook. Could Gideon and Lydia find love and healing, and a life here. A tender love story of the emotions of the young finding peace, and their way in life.Readers will love this story and the series.
  5. debwilson
    Summerfield, FL
    Age: 18-24
    Gender: female
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    December 21, 2013
    debwilson
    Summerfield, FL
    Age: 18-24
    Gender: female
    Quality: 5
    Value: 5
    Meets Expectations: 5
    Lydia Wyse is an Amish girl from Seattle who became a book editor for the English. She has returned to West Kootenai, Montana, to be there for her grieving father as they mourn a wonderful wife and mother. She is irrevocably drawn to a box that belonged to her mother, filled with prayers and scriptures. The familiarity of her upbringing brings many precious memories of a much different life to the surface. But then her publisher sees the opportunity to make a sensational 'tell-all' about the Amish through the eyes of Lydia.

    Every year, young, Amish bachelors come to West Kootenai during the spring, live there for six months, and receive resident status to get a hunting license in the fall. They come single, and leave hitched. Gideon Hooley is one such Amish man, and he has every intention of leaving with a bride. Lydia seems like the one, except she seems to be struggling with the circumstances of her birth. Gideon has some secrets to hide. Will they be able to resolve the hurts of the past to enter a brighter future? Or will the secrets that should never have been hidden threaten to destroy them all?

    While I loved this novel, the switch between "your" and yer" was a bit much. But other than that little disappointment, this was wonderful story! While there is so much Amish fiction out there (yes, it makes my head spin sometimes!) Goyer presents us with a thrilling installment in the Seven Brides for Seven Bachelors series. While the story line is not the most unique, there was plenty of tension between characters and all the quandaries they find themselves in. All in all, a great novel for fans of Amish fiction (die-hard, or otherwise) and anyone looking for a great summer read.

    This book was provided by the publisher fore free in exchange for an honest review.
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