I got this book for my birthday as a gift and it was a wonderful and thoughtful gift at that. It had all the makings of my favorite things an Amish novel, Christmas and romance but it's a short book and not really about any of those things at all. The story is told from the perspective of a 13 year old Amish boy. I think had it been longer they could have really xpanded on the themes but it really just reads as the immature thoughts of a young boy. I've never read anything by this author, but thought I'd give this book a try since it is Amish and Christmas. This book is about a boy who goes to a one room Amish school. This boy notices his brother's interest in his school teach, Teacher Catherine. The young boy tries to play matchmaker, but his brother will not let him. We learn a lot about the young boy as he gets ready with his class for the Christmas program thoughout the book. Will he ever be able to get his brother and Teacher Catherine together? Read The Little Amish Matchmaker to find out.The things I liked best about this book were that the book was short and moved fast. I enjoyed the Christmas theme and snow in the book, it made me feel like I was in the middle of a snow storm. I also thought the ending was really sweet.There were several things I did not like about this book. First, the first half of the book took me forever to get into. I felt like the author kept skipping from one thought to the next and sometimes it was hard to see where she was going. This might have had to happen since the book was so short. I also wondered what kind of Amish this book was referring to because I thought most Amish women wore dull colored dresses and did not wear red. In this story we see Teacher Catherine wearing red for the Christmas program. Maybe it was a dull red but this just stood out and made me wonder. I thought this book was okay. The ending was sweet and it was a quick read. I really just met the characters and the story was over. I was given this advance copy through Netgalley and was not required to give a positive review, only an honest one.
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