Between You and Me

Whoever wrote the book blurb should be fired, because the plot summary is very misleading. This is a solid contemporary romance between a Big City doctor-in-training and a Small Town not-quite-fully-Amish hunk who meet when the hunk's nephew is badly injured. Despite the impossibility of the relationship, they fall in love, dealing with strong cultural and family expectations on both sides. I had a hard time believing that a fourth year medical student could have so much free time to spend going on dates, but this is a romance after all.

There's a very late (the last 50 pages) plot twist that brings things to a head but seems awkwardly shoehorned in. And it's nothing like the blurb that promises a “clash of cultures in a tug-of-war that plays out in a tension-filled courtroom, challenging the very nature of justice and reverberating through generations, straining the fragile threads of faith and family.” Whew! Melodramatic much?

If you are looking for a well-written love story, especially if you are an Amish romance fan, you will enjoy Between You And Me. If you are looking for the next Jodi Picoult novel, you've come to the wrong place.