The Preacher's Daughter Book Review

The Preacher's Daughter (Annie's People #1) by Beverly Lewis was another series by Beverly Lewis that I decided to pick up when I was in the library because I was waiting for a bunch of books to come in off reserve.  It is a good thing that I did because I started reading it before making it back to the library and they didn't even have my reserved books yet :(  I was super glad that I had this book and that it was such a good book.

In this book, Annie is dealing with the issues of being Amish and all of the rules that go along with it.  Annie has not gone through the baptism to become a member of the church and she is reaching the age where she is going to have to or leave the community.  Annie loves to paint and draw but it is against her Amish community rules so she has to do it in secret so as to not shame her family.  If she pledges to the church, she has to give up art and she is currently not willing.

She has a pen pal, Louisa, who she has been writing since she was young who is worldly and not Plain (also known as Amish) who tells her all about her life while Annie responds with information about her life growing up Amish.  Louisa is in the middle of breaking up with her fiancee and decides to come stay with Annie to live a more simple life.  I don't want to give away too much but there are a lot of things going on in this book which I was amazed to find out of the next mystery.  I know that you will too!!!

This was great book and had lots of great characters.  I couldn't wait to get my hands on the next book in the series.  I went to the library to grab the second one (with my son in tow) and I decided that it was good idea to also get the third one.  I enjoy Beverly Lewis' writing style and this series is great..although I think that all of her series might be equally great.  I know that I am going to try a bunch of different series after finishing this one!!  I hope that you pick this up at your local library or bookstore and let me know what you think!