The Covenant Book Review

I hadn't read Beverly Lewis in a few months so I knew I needed to pick out another one of her series so I looked at my list and found that I hadn't read Abram's Daughters so I put the first one on the reserve list at the library. Covenant, The (Abram's Daughters) by Beverly Lewis was the first in the series. 

In this book,  all of Abraham's daughters are introduced.  Leah is dealing with growing up being an all girl Amish family.  There are usually boy children who help out in the fields and with the farming but Leah is the one in the family that gets to help her father outside.  Sadie is going through her lessons to be a member of the church but at the same time is rebelling and seeing an English boy.  The twins, Hannah and Mary Ruth, are younger and still in school and one is covering for the other because she is taking on extra work because she wants to be a school teacher but extended school is prohibited by the Amish.  There is lots of ups and downs with the characters and their relationship with the other people in the town.  You have to pick up the book to find out what happens because I don't want to ruin the surprises, although the end is what made me look for the next book in the series because it leaves you wanting more. 

I love that the book tells you right on the spine and front what series and book number it is so that you can make sure you have the book you are looking for without even knowing the title.  What is great is I went into the library after finishing the first one and found Number 2-5 and checked them out.  I know that I am going to read through the whole series quickly so I grabbed them all so that I could move on the next book in the series without even a break.  I need to be better about getting the reviews up online before I start the next one or I would  give away the next book.  I am not sure why I have a pile of books sitting to get reviewed but I think that means that I am reading too fast :)  I am going to try to catch up and get with the program before vacation starts.  I hope that you pick up the books in this series starting with this one....possibly all at once so that you can read them straight through and see if you enjoy them all.  The writing is great and the characters are even better!!  I love this book just as much as all the other Beverly Lewis books.  If you like her writing, you better check out this series.