Such a cute take of Snow White Amish style.

Sadie Whitaker is our Amish Snow White. A mindful daughter to father and step mother. She loves nature and the forest. She sees the glory of God while she observes the magnificent deer and the songs that the birds sings. However, life gets complicated when her step mother Rachel comes into depression and takes it out in Sadie. Sadie finds refuge in Frederick Glick when he comes into her life while she is visiting the forest. Hearing her sing, he calls her his lovely songbird. The relationship grows into friendship and intrigue, however, when her step mother Rachel lets our her wrath, Sadie finds herself deep in the forest while running away. She ends up in the small house of the Grimm brothers who give her encouragement to have hope and faith.

I loved how the story progressed and the names of the characters. The story of Snow White is weaved into Sadie's story of faith and hope.

A special thank you to Kensington Books and Netgalley for the ARC and the opportunity to post an honest review.

An Amish retelling of the Snow White story. Sadie flees home when her evil stepmother tries to marry her off to an older man with 9 kids. I read the retelling of Cinderella and the retelling of Beauty and the Beast, all Amish perspectives, and out of the three I prefer the others to this one. Beauty and the Beast was my favorite of the three. Would still recommend, as the concept is fun, but struggled a bit with this one.

I enjoy Sarah Price's books. Her character developments are so life-like and storylines that any reader can relate to.
Unfortunately time had gotten away from me. I do plan to read Sadie in the future.

Reading this Amish retelling of the fairy tale of Snow White reminded me of why I fell in love with fairy tales as a child. I enjoyed this one just as much as the original because it’s a refreshingly new and heartwarming story with Plain characters who shelter Sadie from her jealous stepmother and the father who has fallen under her spell. I read a complimentary copy of this book provided by Kensington Christian Books through NetGalley and all opinions expressed in my voluntary review are completely my own.

A wonderful retelling of Snow White with an Amish story line. I loved the characters and thoroughly enjoyed reading this book.

No. Just, no. This was a ridiculous re-telling of Snow White. So many things were too unbelievable, especially within an Amish community. The author's writing style was good, but there was a lot of description that I felt was unnecessary. I did like Sadie as a character, but the entire story had my eyes tired from rolling them so much. That the father would ignore the behaviour of the step-mother until she tried to kill Sadie was pretty ridiculous. I did not enjoy this story, and would not read any more in this series. I might read another book by this author in a different series, or a standalone book, but only if there aren't so many descriptive passages.

This sweet story is a wonderful addition to the series. I will read anything by this author and I love each and every book. If you love Amish tales, you will love this book. Thank you netgalley for the arc. The opinion is soley my own


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This book was so sweet from start to finish. My heart aches for the misfortunes that befall Sadie, and I found myself smiling from ear to ear when she finds her true love!
This retelling sticks fairly close to its inspiration, Snow White. I enjoyed the nod to the Brothers Grimm by having the men who were synonymous with the 7 dwarves bearing their last name.
Sarah Price has such a way with words and set the scene that it’s easy to lose yourself in her words and finish this in one day (like I did!).

4.5 stars. A great addition to this delightful series! I love discovering how the author is going to weave in the hallmark pieces of the fairy tale (in this case, Snow White) into her Amish setting. I've enjoyed the previous two books, and this one was just as terrific!

I highly recommend this series to readers who love romance, fairy tale retellings, Amish fiction and/or Christian fiction. (This is in no way "preachy" so I don't think this would turn off readers who are not people of faith, but there are strong faith elements in the story.)

Sadie has tried and tried to be a good stepdaughter but to her detriment her stepmother, Rachel, is as jealous as ever. Rachel sees Sadie as everything she is not young, beautiful, and able to bear children when the time is right. In order to move on with her life, Rachel has decided to marry Sadie off to an ungrateful widower with many children. Sadie decides to take her future in to her own hands and runs away while on a buggy ride with the ungrateful widower. As she run away into the forest she finds herself awaking in a small cottage belonging to the seven Glick brothers who are outcasts in their Amish faith due to their small size. Will Sadie make a life with the brothers as chief cook and bottle washer or will her true love find her?

If you are a fan of retellings of fairytales and like the Amish genre then Sarah Price is your author. Her creativity of retelling Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast and now Cinderella are a pure delight. I did not want to put any of the books down.

In Sadie: An Amish Retelling of Snow White, Sarah Price has taken the beloved fairy tale and moved it into the current real world. She tackles jealousy among women (especially stepdaughters and stepmoms), out casting others due to being different (little people/dwarfism) and the dangers of food allergies. I bring up the food allergy danger because it is getting more and more common and it is not just your usual peanuts and shellfish. Even with all real world problems tackled we still get our romantic ending.

I received a complimentary copy of this book from Kensington through NetGalley. Any and all opinions expressed are entirely my own.

Sadie loved being outside with the cows. She loved to sit on the flat rock near the stream, listening to the herd as the animals grazed in her fathers pasture. Soon it will be Autumn and she will have to wear a sweater and shoes when she escaped to see the animals. It was a rare occasion when she managed the many chores of the farmhouse to slip away. Too often she was stuck inside. Winter was Sadie’s least favorite season as she had to spend more time around Rachel- her stepmother. Sadie loved her father-Jacob- dearly but sitting with him and Rachel after the supper meal was her least favorite thing to do. Rachel seemed to enjoy taking all of Jacob’s attention. If Jacob asked Sadie a question Rachel was always quick to answer for her, before changing the topic to something that interested Rachel. Sadie often wondered if Rachel felt threatened by the close father-daughter relationship that Sadie and Jacob shared. Sadie remembered when Jacob told her he was marrying again, a mother for her and a wife to give Jacob company when Sadie was old enough to marry and start her own family. But Rachel wasn’t much of a mother to Sadie At first Rachel had been kind to Sadie and tried to be her friend. She wanted them to do everything together: laundry, cooking, even gardening which was Sadie’s favorite chore. But a day didn’t pass when Rachel didn’t mention her own children. But that hadn’t happened yet and every month Rachel grew more and more despondent and that made life all but unbearable for Sadie. Rachel went as far as to blame Sadie for her inability to conceive. The Rachel brings a man - a widower-named John to meet Sadie and get her to take care of all his kids for a week. But Sadie is being courted by Frederick who she cares about. Frederick heard Sadie was engaged to John and fe was jealous but Sadie cleared it up. Then Rachel somehow managed to get Jacob on her side to force Sadie to marry john who Sadie could see the cruelty in his eyes. Sadie would have nothing to do with even the thought of marry John and she had feelings for Frederick. Sadie is forced to take a ride with John when he demands she will marry him she jumps out of his buggy and takes off into the woods. She runs and keeps going until it is getting dark and she is exhausted she lays against a tree and covers herself with leaves. When she woke up she was in a cabin that was very dirty.that was owned by the seven Grimm's brothers who were Frederick's cousins. Who agree to let her stay there and assure her that no one would think anything wrong was going on. Besides they don’t usually get visitors except their cousin. Sadie knew she had nowhere else to go so she stayed. At least here she would not be constantly pressured to marry John.
I loved this retelling of Snow White Amish style. Such a sweet clean romance with the belief God lead them to each other. I loved the faith in this book. Another great Amish read. I loved Frederick and Sadie together and how they interacted together. I also loved the Grimm Brothers and how they added to this story.I don’t know how Rachel could change her ways after trying to kill Sadie she was evil and vane that wasn’t the Amish way but you had to have a bad person. I love the Amish way of life. Happily I could find nothing to criticize in this book. I loved the characters and the ins and outs of this book and I highly recommend it.

This is the third in Ms. Price’s Amish fairy tales series, though each can be read as a standalone. I was curious how she was going to handle this while keeping within the Amish constraints, but each of the pieces – the evil stepmother, the huntsman, the dashing prince, and the seven dwarves – were all there, and worked pretty well. I also thought the cover was a nice homage to Snow White!

Sadie’s mother died when she was a teen, and now, several years later, her father has remarried. At first, her stepmother Rachel seems like she wants to be more of a friend than mother, but as the years pass without any new additions to the family, she begins to resent Sadie’s youth and beauty. Sadie does her best to still be a dutiful daughter, even when Rachel starts limiting her time with friends in lieu of helping a rude and slovenly widower with his children. Most of the book is spent in the buildup of her relationships with her family and her beau, and it’s only near the end that she flees into the woods and ends up with the seven brothers. On the whole, though, I was delighted with how Ms. Price retold this in an Amish setting, in a quite cozy way. Yes, you still get the unfairness of how Sadie is treated, but Sadie is very adult – and Biblical – in how she handles it.

Being an Amish romance, it is, of course, heavily Christian. Sadie has a special affinity for nature (and wild animals), and I spent quite a bit of time throughout the book humming “As the Deer” and “This is Our Father’s World” to myself. While I disagree with much of the Amish doctrine, there’s not much in particular I think a mainstream Christian reader would have problems with. It’s pretty much exactly what you’d expect from an Amish romance – honor your parents, don’t gossip, true beauty comes from within, hard work honors God, etc. My main issue is, honestly, a minor one – after the stepmother is shunned and repents, she’s finally able to get pregnant. That frankly reeks of the whole harmful “illness is caused by sin” nonsense. As you’d also expect, there’s very little sexual content – just holding hands and a kiss on the forehead.

From Sadie’s friends, it looks like we’ll also be getting a Sleeping Beauty and a Red Riding Hood retelling, and I’m quite looking forward to both of those! If you’re a fan of Amish romance and fairy tale retellings, you can’t go wrong with this series!

I received this book for free from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.

This is the third book in this series that I have read, and loved that there are some recurring characters, but each story can and does stand alone.
I kept wondering while I was reading this and was almost three fourths through when the dwarfs made their appearance, and loved how they were written in.
We all know the original Snow White, but this is the same, but so different with the Amish twist.
Living their faith, really comes into play here with the forgiveness, ultimate, and yet a sin is a sin.
This one was hard to put down once I began, and the pages were quickly flying.

I received this book through Net Galley and the Publisher Kensington, and was not required to give a positive review.

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Sarah Price is an amazing author. Who would have thought to take the Disney classics and turn them into such enjoyable amish stories. Love it!

With her unique ability to pen a spellbinding story, author Sarah Price has written another delightful Amish fairytale retelling! As I have often said, Price's fantasy books always bring out the little girl in me and this enchanting retelling of Snow White is no different. The animals, the songs, the forest, and the wicked stepmother all stirred within me pleasant memories of long ago. Ok, the wicked stepmother—not so pleasant. lol This whimsical tale also served to remind me of the reason why I don't like apples! A heartwarming story of redemption, romance, and forgiveness, be sure to put 'Sadie' at the top of your fall wishlist!

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Sarah Price does a wonderful job of retelling the story of Snow White with Amish characters. Each of the fairytales that she has fashioned into an Amish retelling have been charming. Some of the characters in this latest tale have been in other books so readers will enjoy reading about them also. These stories are truly delightful. Highly recommended!

I've very much enjoyed Belle, Ella and Sadie. The lessons in each are so important. True beauty is what lies within ones heart. No matter what a persons outward appearance is, it's always important to seek their inner heart to know their true character. Sadie, like Snow White, dealt with a step mother, who while beautiful on the outside, was filled with vanity and jealousy on the inside. In faith, we should always stay away from jealousy and vanity, and I think that's one reason I am so drawn to reading of the Amish faith. As a Christian, I hope that I too live my life with the same values as well. I look forward to reading many more books written by Sarah Price.

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I enjoy reading books by Sarah Price and this is definitely a unique spin on an old fairytale. I like the way she tied all of the characters into the same story - it was kind of like watching Shrek and having all of the characters making cameo appearances.
Fairytales all seem to have such a dark undertone and I found myself trying to hurry through the book. I dreaded getting to the part where Rachel would do something to hurt Sadie - my fault for only liking happy stories (with zero angst). I really like how the story was summed up at the end.

This is a fun retelling of Snow White, Amish-style! Sarah Price combines the characters from the small Amish town of Echo Creek with this Snow White story. Fun, quick read!