Book Review- Between You and Me by Susan Wiggs

A man caught between two worlds, a crisis that will force him to choose the Amish way of life or embrace what modern world has to offer in order to save a life. But what happens when he meets the one woman who fits him perfectly. Two worlds collide and it will take both people all their strength to find their path to one another.

My Rating for Between You and Me: 4 Stars

Deep in the Amish country, an accident shatters their peace and a life is in balance as a choice for help in the modern world leaves a community in pieces.

Caleb Stoltz is caught between two worlds. A death bed promise has him raising his niece and nephew in Middle Grove, where the Amish way of life of family, faith and farm are core beliefs and where the distrust of outsiders is at an all time high. But when his nephew is hurt in a farm accident, Caleb makes a choice to save his life by going to the outside world and its hospitals for help.

Doctor Reese Powell is trying to find her own way in the high charged medical world but with two doctors as parents who are renowned, Reese is trying to see if what her parents want for her is whats right for Reese. When she meets Caleb and his nephew, she is thrust in a world where outsiders are distrusted, modern medicine is evil and more. But forced to challenge her beliefs, Reese will find comfort as she befriends Caleb and shows him her world even as she tries to help him navigate the world of modern medicine.

But there is tension rising in Caleb’s home that will cause him to try to figure out what is right- for himself and for his niece and nephew even as he tries to stay away from the one woman who brings a light to his life and peace to his soul.

Wowsers is all I can say after finishing BETWEEN YOU AND ME. I couldn’t put this book down and loved the way the author brought the Amish way of life into a story that was at times tender and respectful. I loved how the author created a story that combined the Amish way of life and the modern world and how they can clash but also how they can meld together cohesively. Susan Wiggs delivers a masterful told story that will leave you breathless from start to finish. The writing is tight and the story just flowed seamlessly, teasing the reader with the tender friendship that blooms between Caleb and Reese to turning to a romance that will leave you smiling at times. The thing that just blew me away were the characters themselves. From Caleb and Reese finding out what secret dreams they ignored to favor what was ‘right’ for them according to others. I loved how Caleb was strong and silent type who sees what the outside world offers his nephew, who needs more help than the Amish community can give him. Reese finds out in the end where she feels she needs to be in the world of medicine and as both Caleb and Reese find out, sometimes you need to take that first step to go on the path you are meant to be on.

BETWEEN YOU AND ME left me in tears by the end. It was a thrilling story that at times uplifts you even as it leaves you on the edge of your seat wondering if Caleb, Reese and a few other are going to do what you think they should do. This book brims with emotion-fears, hope, love, pain, romance and more. You will run the emotional gauntlet with this book, but the ending is worth all the emotional up and downs. This is a story about two different lifestyles that will pull you together then tear you apart. Its about other expectations of yourself, of finding what you are made of in time of tragedy to seeing who you bloom into in times of love. How do you overcome not just personal differences but a lifestyle that is alien to your own? BETWEEN YOU AND ME delves into those questions and more in a way that is a pure delight to read. I highly recommend this newest stand-alone book by Ms. Wiggs if you want to take a journey into a story that will steal your heart by the end of chapter one.

This is an objective review and not an endorsement

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