My take on this book:
I find myself reading Amish fiction on a pretty regular basis and the one thing I notice about Kelly Long's writing is that she often takes us outside the box with her Amish fiction stories. In "Threads of Grace" she touches on a few interesting subjects that I hadn't read of before in this genre,such as spousal abuse and autism. With the main female character,Grace Beiler, we learn that she was married to a much older man, Silas, who was an abusive man, the reason she married Silas was interesting in itself, and his treatment of her honestly seemed to be to try and break her spirit. Truly the only good thing to come out of the marriage was her son Abel who was Autistic. It was interesting to see that Grace was strong enough to move away to try and start a new life, but Tobias, her brother-in-law shows up and threatens that new life. An interesting love story develops between Grace and Seth Wyse the next door neighbor. A great story about moving on, and working thru hurts of the past. A few secondary characters added an additional layer to the story and I can only hope that we may get another installment to see how things will work out for Grace's sister. If you enjoy Amish fiction that isn't the run of the mill same old same old then your going to enjoy this one.
A complimentary copy was provided by Booksneeze for review.
