The Amish Quiltmaker’s Unconventional Niece by Jennifer Beckstrand is book three in her Amish Quiltmaker series.

Mattie Zook has never been bound by Amish conventions and now is no different. She’s living with her Aunt Esther Kiem in Byler, Colorado and running for election to the town council. Freeman Sensenig had better get on board or get out of her way.

Freeman Sensenig is a sensible young Amish man, and he can’t believe that Mattie really means to run for election. She’s bound to get her feelings hurt, and he plans to be there to protect her even if she insists she doesn’t need protecting.

Jennifer Beckstrand adds another excellent installment to a great series. She expertly maintains the series continuity. We see the progression of old characters and are introduced to new ones. The characters are all well-conceived, fully-developed, and vibrant. Beckstrand continues to use humor in all the right places and completely engrosses the reader. The Amish Quiltmaker’s Unconventional Niece is a 5 out of 5 star read, and I highly recommend it to all readers of chaste romance, especially Christian romance.

My thanks to Kensington Books, Zebra, and NetGalley for the opportunity to read an advance copy of this book. However, the opinions expressed in this review are 100% mine and mine alone.

Mattie Zook files a lawsuit against a neighbor who is dumping trash on her family's farm in Pennsylvania. Her father decides to send her to stay with her Aunt in Colorado because filing a lawsuit is a very un-Amish thing to do. Mattie is soon embroiled in fighting injustice again in Colorado when she decides to run against a hateful town council member who has put an unfair restriction on the local Amish to prevent them from driving their buggies in town. Freeman Sensenig is looking for someone to court and he thinks Mattie is beautiful but also thinks she is snobbish and out of bounds with her actions. He is soon embroiled in her campaign as well (campaign manager), much to the chagrin of his father and the bishop. This is a fun tale with lots of surprising twists and turns.

I have voluntarily reviewed a copy of this book that I received from NetGalley. All views expressed are only my own honest opinion.

I read a lot of Amish fiction, but really enjoyed this one because the premise was so very different from many of the other stories!! Sure, there's romance, and there's brokenness and healing, but there's some fight...and I enjoyed that. It was the road less travelled for this author, and I'd like to see more like this from her in the future!

The Amish Quiltmaker's Unconventional Niece by Jennifer Beckstrand is a fun, delightful and entertaining read. I liked it. Four and a half stars.

The story a wholesome Amish romance, but is so much more. It is the story of a strong young Amish woman's struggling with her faith and desire to fulfill anger inner desires while maintaining there faith.

Mattie's desire to run for town council is a challenge she can't resist, but she is doing it for her community to help fight the discrimination of the Amish. Many in the Amish community don't see it this way and are horrified by Mattie's choices.

I found the story enjoyable and was enlightened by the beliefs portrayed by the Amish characters presented in the story.

The characters, plot and individual events were believable.

Recommend

Thank you to NetGalley and Kensington for granting me an advance copy of this book in return for my honest opinion.

This was a great book. Mattie came from Amish County Pennsylvania to spend time with her aunts like her family wanted.
Mattie wasn't happy about a new rule or law about horses and buggies not being allowed on the streets or highways. She fought for it by becoming a member of city council and she got in city council. This book just shows that if you fight for something you believe you can make it come true to help show people it's the right thing to do it gives inspiration.