Search - The Longing (The Courtship of Nellie Fisher, Bk 3)

Wonderful conclusion to the three books series, "The Courtship of Nellie Fisher". Loose ends are tied as Beverly Lewis brings all the characters together when losses are experienced and this Amish Community back in 1967 finds a way to relate to each other despite the differences among themselves. Wonderful series, and well written. Don't miss this grouping if you love Amish Fiction.

This is not my favorite Beverly Lewis book. The end is wrapped up too neatly as if she knew she didn't have enough for a fourth book but didn't want to take more than the 247 opages of this book to tell the story. I thought this series ended at two books and in retrospect, I think it should have, at least for me!

couldn't finish it! Just could not get into it!

I had to skim this one, it was just taking SO long
to get the conflict resolved. A little slow, but good
to see how it all turned out.

A great book! I enjoy the way Beverly Lewis tells a story!

In the third and final novel the whole thing comes to a conclusion. It was repetitive and things didn't get really interesting until the last third or so of the book and then, in the epilogue, things wrapped up a little too neatly, it seemed. Nellie Mae chose a husband and gave up her bake shop, preferring to bake for her husband only. Why couldn't she have kept it? People loved her baked good and it would have brought in a little extra money.

The thing that bothered me the most during this series was Caleb's inability to form his own opinions. In the first two books he refused to consider any other point of view than the Old Order - his father's religion. Then in the third book when his father turned to the New Order, Caleb in time also followed his father. I can't help but wonder if Caleb ever had a mind of his own.