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A Cowboy At Heart (2013)

by Lori Copeland(Favorite Author)

3.9 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0736953418 (ISBN13: 9780736953412)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Harvest House Publishers

series

The Amish of Apple Grove

review 1: I LOVED this book. It grabs you from the beginning and opens up a great story with even greater characters. This is the first in this series that I have read and I would LOVE to get and read the previous books. While this is a stand alone book, without too much mention of previous books (but some), when Cowboy at Heart does reference the books that came before it they are explained wonderfully and in a way that makes you feel like you're not missing anything (As I read I found my self wanting to read the other character's stories to see how they got to where they were!). I loved the story line and the way these two authors blend western and Amish together. I have always enjoyed reading Amish books and since I live and grew up on a ranch I'm country to the core! So blending... more these to themes makes for a wonderful read in my opinion. That is actually what drew me to this book in the first place: the blend of genres, but it was better than I could have thought. Filled with conflict, the right thing to do, and leaning to God's understanding instead of your own. Cowboy at Heart touches on serious issues with great victories, and how what we think and what God has planned can be two VERY different things! :) This has made it to my Favorite Books List! :) Excellent read by two wonderful authors! :)My songs for Cowboy at Heart are: "Fix me Jesus" by Queen Latifah, "How Great Thou Art" by Carrie Underwood, and "Amazing Grace" by George Jones (R.I.P. George)Proverbs 3:5~ASC
review 2: This book made me hungry!! I should probably explain that a bit. Living in Pennsylvania, and the specific area I grew up in, I can remember heading to Lancaster PA (better known as Amish Country!) where they have the most amazing Amish culture where you get to see how the Amish live and if you are very lucky you can speak with them and learn quite a bit. Also I have a friend who lives all the way on the other side of the coast and up in Canada who has an ongoing joke with me about me being Amish, but I see myself going far away from my book review and the reason this book made me hungry! My apologies to you, dear book review reader. Anyway, as for the hungry thing, if you are ever in Lancaster PA, please do yourself a favor and go to the Shady Maple. You will understand the meaning of the hunger and likely thank me for it later (unless you are on a diet or something)! This book made me hungry, and it also made me glad I took the time to read it because it was a fitting final book in the series, highly enjoyable to read, and very well written!This is the third and final book in the series. It follows, “The Heart’s Frontier” and “A Plain and Simple Heart”. You are quite able to read this book on its own if that is what you choose to do, it’s what I did. However, I would probably recommend not doing that! I really sort of wish I had read the first two, well, first. I actually didn’t realize there were two others because I don’t always pay attention like that when I get myself all excited to sit down and read a book knowing I’m going to be writing up a review. I think it would be a better deal to read the first two so that you know the characters a bit better and have the chance to know some of the other characters mentioned. However, that said, you can just read this one as it is and follow along just fine. I am going to go backwards though and get the first two soon because I can’t really not read them since this one was really very good. If you’ve ever read my reviews before, you likely know I don’t give away the story; at all. You really must read for yourself because that’s the way of it. Go get the book and read it! It’s worth it no matter what to be able to say you did it! However, I will say that this book had many good points. I really enjoyed how well it was written by the authors. The historic research that went into it was brilliant. The characters held onto their beliefs and faith through everything and struggled with dilemmas that challenged both at times. The emotions they had felt real and, thanks to the cover picture of the book, you pictured the character as you felt what they did through the wonderful writing. You cried with them, laughed with them, and sometimes wanted to kick a person or two! I really enjoyed the writing and the character development.Although the book could be a bit predictable at times, it was one of those times where predictability just worked. In the really real world sometimes things are predictable, but you still have to take the time to get there and that’s where the story lies. I really enjoyed this book and will be looking at more by these two authors! less

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