Second Chances: An Amish Retelling of Jane Austen's Persuasion by Sarah Price Review

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I'm so thankful you decided to join me today on The Preppy Book Princess.

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If you've been reading my blog for awhile, then you'd already know how much I love Amish fiction, but if you're new around here, it's one of my favorite genres, and Sarah Price is one of my favorite authors within the genre.

Today I'm excited to share with you all another review from her Amish Classics series, and I'm looking forward to diving right into my thoughts and opinions on this one.

If you'd like to check out my reviews of the previous titles in this series, you can do so using the links below:

First Impressions

The Matchmaker

Otherwise, keep on reading below for today's full review.

Second Chances: An Amish Retelling of Jane Austen's Persuasion by Sarah Price:

Source: Library

Publisher: Realms

Publication Date: May 5th, 2015

Genre: Amish Fiction/Christian Fiction/Retelling

Series: The Amish Classics

Synopsis:

At twenty-five years of age, Anna Eicher has never married. When she was seventeen, her parents convinced her to break off her courtship with Freman Whittmore, the youngest son in the Whittmore family and her best friend. Afterward, a distraught Freman moved away from Lancaster County.

Eight years later Freman has returned to visit his sister, who is renting the Eichers’ house for the winter. Now the owner of the largest dairy farm in his church district, Freman has neither married—nor forgiven Anna.

Although he begins courting someone else, Anna hopes to convince him that she has never stopped loving him. Will Freman be persuaded to forgive Anna and open his heart again?

(synopsis from goodreads)

My Review:

I continue to be in awe of Sarah Price's talented abilities to pen Amish stories unlike any other on the market. Before picking up the titles in her Amish Classics series, I never would have been able to imagine the idea of mixing the Amish fiction genre with Jane's Austen's beloved tales, and yet I've thoroughly enjoyed each of the titles I've read within this series so far. I love how they manage to stay true to both the genre itself, and Jane's classic novels at the same time.

I was especially excited picking this one up, as I couldn't wait to see Persuasion adapted to fit within this particular genre. I was definitely not left disappointed, and I kind of wish the real world could have ceased to exist for a couple of hours so I could have just read this one straight through in one sitting.

All of the things us longtime readers of Jane Austen have come to know and love were effortlessly transported to the Amish genre, and it was refreshing to read about the second chance romance between "Anna and Freman", the snobbery of Anna's father and eldest sister, and the cringe worthy antics of everyone's least favorite character, Mary.

This was another delightful addition to a wonderful series, and I adored it from start to finish.

I'm so thankful I discovered Sarah Price's beautiful stories a couple of years back, and I continue to enjoy working my way through her many available titles.

Final Rating: 4/5.

I would highly recommend this one, especially if you're a fan of either Jane Austen or Amish fiction.

Thanks so much for reading guys! Have a great rest of your day :)

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