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This wasn't my favorite of the series but it was still delightful. I will be sad when this series end.
The queen matchmaker Anna and her husband Felty desire for their grandchildren to find love with the right Amish girl. They have their own love story and wisdom to share. It is their grandson Bo whom they have their sight on. He is currently dating Ruth but Anna's toe is a twitching which means something is not right. It is Ruth's twin sister Omi that is better suited for their grandson. However, there are obstacles. The obstacles are very humorous at times but also they have teaching moments about the human heart. In this case between the sisters. One sister is fun loving and other one wants to make sure she does everything right. One sister feels judged and the other feels justified. I think the discovery of what they were doing to each other and their expectations made a way for them to see the love of God and find true love for themselves.
When Ruth asks her sister Omi to switch places with her on her date with Bo, the tension and miscommunication starts. It is a fun light hearted story that I enjoyed.
A special thank you to Kensington Books and Netgalley for the ARC and the opportunity to post an honest review
My thoughts: HAPPILY EVER AFTER ON HUCKLEBERRY HILL is a sweet romance that will grab your intererest from the beginning and not let go. I liked Bo and Omi but not Ruth. There were plenty of funny laugh out loud moments in the book ... I loved all the crafts the grandparents tried. Great fun. If you like Amish romance and humor you will love this book. I was given a copy free and all opinions are my own.
A sweet Amish rom-com full of faith, humor, and romance!
An engaging novel, with a full cast of characters. Omi is a likable protagonist, I like how she is always thinking of others, even when they don't think about her. I liked that Beau was willing to stand up for what he wanted, and how he was supportive of Omi. Mammi and Dawdi were super helpful, and I laughed at Mammi's antics and strong belief in the power of raisins.
A quick read, with great interaction, faith, and growth. Though I didn't care much at all for Ruth, who crossed the line with her manipulative antics more than once.
Overall, an enjoyable read with great characters, great themes of love, family, and forgiveness. Another delightful addition to the Huckleberry Hill series!
I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.
A love triangle with twins? So silly it's lovely. You won't want to miss this latest Huckleberry Hill adventure.
Happily Ever After on Huckleberry Hill by Jennifer Beckstrand is the twelfth book in The Matchmakers of Huckleberry Hill series. While Happily Ever After on Huckleberry Hill can be read on its own, I do recommend reading every delightful book in the series. The story is well-written with developed characters. The dialogue is realistic and entertaining. I just love Anna and Felty Helmuth. They are quite a pair. I enjoyed Anna’s latest antics. Anna is a good matchmaker (Anna and Felty have a string of successes). I love that Anna uses her knitted and crocheted items to help with the matchmaking (she especially believes that brightly colored potholders are helpful). I laughed often while reading Happily Ever After on Huckleberry Hill. I like the talk that Felty had with Omi and Ruth about faith and God. I will admit that I was not a fan of Ruth. Her attitude and behavior, though, were necessary for the story. We get to see the characters grow in character and in faith. Happily Ever After on Huckleberry Hill is a story about forgiveness, family, choices, love, grace, and faith. I am glad that Anna and Felty have plenty of grandchildren to “help” find a match. I would not want to eat Anna’s food (I shudder at the thought), but I would love to be included among Anna and Felty’s family. Happily Ever After on Huckleberry Hill is a heartwarming Amish tale with a flirty twin, a silent sister, a switch gone amiss, a plethora of potholders, gregarious grandparents, merry matchmaking, and a hopeful future.
A visit to Huckleberry Hill is always a highlight of the year for me. I've never read one I didn't love, but this one was particularly good! I really liked that it was not a cookie-cutter plot. I found the storyline unique and very enjoyable!
Felty and Anna have long been all-time favorite characters for me, but if it's possible, I like them even more after this book. They have always been so funny and quirky, but this book really highlighted their spiritual depth. Felty especially shone in this book, and I just love him. I hope Mrs. Beckstrand keeps writing about them forever! I'm so glad they have hundreds of grandchildren that still need to be matched! I'll be there for every one of them!
Happily Ever After on Huckleberry Hill by Jennifer Beckstrand
Summary:
The endearingly irrepressible matchmaking grandparents Anna and Felty Helmuth have helped generations of their Wisconsin community find love over the course of USA Today bestselling author Jennifer Beckstrand’s beloved Matchmakers of Huckleberry Hill series – including fifteen happily wed grandchildren and counting!
But this time, things get tricky when twin sisters become entangled in a love triangle with the same man. All three will need to draw on their deep faith - and the advice of Anna and Felty - to find their happily ever afters.
Sensible and cautious, Naomi Coblenz lives to help everyone else be happy—particularly when it comes to her twin sister, Ruth. So Omi certainly can’t admit she’s always loved handsome Bo Helmuth, since he and Ruth have begun courting. To look out for her sometimes-thoughtless sister, Omi even poses as Ruth on a ride home alone with Bo. But it doesn’t take Bo long to see the truth—and really notice Omi for the first surprising, hopelessly-wonderful time . . .
Bo thought he was in love with the vivacious Ruth. But he can’t stop thinking about Omi’s kindness and understanding, especially since she refuses to hurt her sister. And he can’t figure out a way to tell Ruth they aren’t really suited for each other. His only hope is that his ever-resourceful Dawdi and Mammi can help faith guide the way—and at last claim a happy ending for all.
Review 4-Star
This was a new author to me and to me the story started a little slow, which made the book was easy to put down, but by the 4th chapter of the book it turns into one of those page-turners that you can’t put down until you finish reading. I will definitely be checking out the rest of this series and any other book by this author. The editing in this book was spot on, which make a book more enjoyable, the over all flow of the story was hit and miss as I said it took me a few days to read the book cause it was so easy to read a chapter and put it down until I got to the 4th where the story to me came alive and I sat and read and finished it early the following morning without stopping.
I received this book from NetGalley for my honest review.
Happily Ever After on Huckleberry Hill by Jennifer Beckstrand, book twelve in The Matchmaker’s of Huckleberry Hill series, is sweet, humorous and heartwarming story of twin sisters who fall in love with the same man. Anna and Felty Helmuth are a hilarious, meddeling older married couple who have been blessed with matchmaking skills. In each book they have a way of bringing the right couples together, and this time they have their hands full with a difficult match for one of their grandsons. This book is about twin sisters who are complete opposites. Coblenz is beautiful, outgoing, fun, although self-centered who has snared the most handsome bachelor named Nebo “Bo” Helmut (Anna and Felty's grandson). Omi, short for Naomi and the more reserved, quiet, level headed twin has been secretly in love with Bo since 5th grade. Everything changes, gets messy and painful when Omi reluctantly agrees to pretend she’s Ruth for a buggy ride home and Bo kisses her. It will take faith, divine guidance, kindness, honesty, and a little help from Felty and Anna before things work out for Bo and Omi and their happiness together.
Ms Beckstrand wrote another outstanding installment to this wonderful series; drawing me into the story, making me feel as if I’m part of the story rather than a spectator. This was a beautiful story of choice, kindness, grace, forgiveness, and love all within the beautiful backdrop of the Amish community’s faith and lifestyle. The emotions, issues, and challenges the characters face are not just those of the Amish, but could affect people worldwide. With characters who grow, and an engaging story told through sweet moments, laughs, supportive friends and family, missteps, faith, and heart squeezing love, I highly recommend Happily Ever After on Huckleberry Hill to other readers.
I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book.
Honestly I wasn't expecting to love it. Don't get me wrong I love Jennifer Beckstrand's books but I have been losing interest in her Huckleberry Hill books, sorry :(
This one brought me back into the fold, it was funny, engaging, annoying at times in both good and bad ways but overall a great book. A great storyline, the flow was good. Not too many characters but a few more could have been fleshed out a little more.
A delight that was very needed.
Happily Ever After on Huckleberry Hill by Jennifer Beckstrand is the latest in her matchmaker series. And, as always, it will bring about laughter and joy. I can’t tell you how many times I giggled out loud. It is the story of Beau and Omi, and how the matchmakers Anna and Felty, get them together. It also offers the hope of God in each page. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!
I loved this fun read. This book is a feel-good read that will make you laugh out loud. I absolutely loved reading this book and highly recommend it.
I received a complimentary copy from Kensington Books, Zebra via NetGalley and was not required to write a review. All opinions expressed are my own.
This series. I’ve loved every single book and I do reread them. Funny, sweet, kind, grouchy…it’s all here! Of course Anna and Felty make each story what it is. If they don’t have you laughing they’ll have you teary eyed.
Twins Naomi and Ruth are such opposites. One is so sweet and the other is so selfish. And poor Bo is stuck in the middle. I laughed my way through the predicaments they find themselves in with help from Anna and Felty, who also make me laugh.
If you enjoy heartwarming humor in an Amish setting then do read the entire Huckleberry Hill series.
I received a complimentary copy of this book but was not required to leave a review.
Join us back on Huckleberry Hill! I love Anna and Felty. Anna feels that she must play matchmaker for her children and grandchildren. She is such a fun character. Felty supports her no matter what. Naomi and Ruth Coblenz are identical twins with very different personalities. Naomi is kind and just wants to help everyone. She doesn't want to hurt anyone especially her over spoiled and out of control sister, Ruth. Naomi has loved Bo Helmuth since the fifth grade. Only one problem, he has started courting Ruth. Things start to go downhill when Ruth bullies Naomi to ride home with Bo so she can go riding with another boy. Bo isn't fooled and carries the "ride" a little too far. Will he find himself falling for the other sister? With the help of Anna and Felty, Bo must find out if his feelings are real for Naomi or is he a fool for Ruth? I received a copy through Netgalley. A review was not required.
love Jennifer Beckstrand's Huckleberry Hill series. Sentence by sentence I find joy in her stories. Each book has great grandparents Anna and Felty Helmuth at the center of a matchmaking whirlwind. Their great grandson Nebo is in a whirlwind of his own making at the start of Happily Ever After on Huckleberry Hill, Beckstrand's newest offering.
Naomi (Omi) Coblentz has had a heart full of feeling for Bo Helmuth for years. She quietly stands by when he notices her identical twin sister and starts to court Ruth. The outgoing twin is enjoying life to the fullest. She is happy to keep Bo for her future husband prospect while running around. One night, Omi agrees to take Ruth's place and catch a ride home with Bo and everything changes.
I received an advanced reader's copy of this delightful book from the publisher and NetGalley. This is my unsolicited opinion about it. Felty has a big presence in this story. It is an absolute riot as he tries to convince his Annie to start a new hobby instead of involving herself in Bo's life as a matchmaker. The many characters in the book are the ones who 'tell' the story. Annie, as always, is priceless. Felty shows wisdom that we all could take advice from. There's a lot going on with family relationships and matters of the heart. It's a very good story.
Anna and Felty are back again to help another grandson find a wife in the latest installment of the Matchmakers of Huckleberry Hill series. Ruth and Naomi (Omi) are identical twins but miles apart in their personality. Ruth is a little on the wild side and very selfish in comparison to Omi, the quiet selfless twin. With both twins in love with the same boy, things become very uncomfortable. The antics of Anna and Felty are always entertaining but I grew tired of the twins issues. Parents wisdom would have been nice but Anna and Felty did have great foresight.
Matchmaking grandparents, Anna and Felty, their grandson, Bo Helmut,and twin sisters, Obi and Ruth Coblenz, all add up to a lover’s triangle In Jennifer Beckstrand’s 12th book in the Matchmakers of Huckleberry Hill series, HAPPILY EVER AFTER ON HUCKLEBERRY HILL.
Again, Ms. Beckstrand has used her wonderful use of words to tell an entertaining story that moves smoothly and with great enjoyment throughout the entire story. It is delightful and entertaining.
All characters are well developed and are very believable.
The book could be read as a standalone, but so much more enjoyable if you are familiar with the series.
Thank you Kensington Books, Zebra for allowing me to read an ARC. All opinions are my own, and I was not ask to give a positive review
Happily Ever After on Huckleberry Hilll is Jennifer Beckstrand's 12th book in the Matchmakers of Huckleberry Hill series. This story is about identical twins Obi and Ruth Coblenz and Bo Helmuth. Obi is always trying to please everyone, especially her sister, Ruth. Ruth is a vivacious, fun-loving, selfish person who takes advantage of others, especially Omi. When Ruth starts dating, Bo and claims she's in love with him and is going to marry him, Omi's heart sinks, as she's secretly been very interested in him ever since fifth grade. Will the Huckleberry Matchmakers be able to make everyone happy?
I found this to be a delightful and entertaining story. If you've read previous ones in the series, you won't want to miss this latest one! Forgiveness and love are two central themes of this Amish novel.
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This book is hysterical. I just love Amish fiction, but it is normally wholesome, but not full of much humor. I found this one to be extremely bentertaning a humorous.
The characters Felty and Anna made this book one of the most enjoyable Amish books I have ever read. I look forward to reading more of Jennifer Beckstrand's books.
Highly recommend.
This book is #12 from the Huckleberrty Hill series. Anna and Felty Helmuth are two hilarious, meddeling older married couple who have the blessed talent of matching making skills. In each book they have a way of bringing the right couples together. This book is about twin sisters who are complete opposites. Ruth is beautiful, outgoing, fun, although self-centered who has snared the most handsome bachlor in the gmay named Bo (Helmmuth's grandson). Omi, short for Naomi the more reserved, quiet, level headed twin has been secretely in love with Bo since 5th grade. When one night of switching persona, Ruth runs out with Elam because he has a car and Bo takes Omi home but he knows it's not Ruth. A kiss and a lie takes this crazy love triangle to a whole new level. This reader felt this crazy situation happens all too many times in real life. I felt like Ruth has some real mental health issues concerning her obession with Bo and her narcissistic attitude towards her sister. She could have a whole book written about her craziness. Anna really does some thought provocating skills to bring this to a happy ending. Very whitty, heart felt issues the reader can relate to. You won't want to put this book down.
I received this complimentary advanced copy of this book, opinions expressed in this review are completely my own. Thank you Kensington Publishing