by Ashley Emma
Ivy Everwood is an author. When she meets with her literary agent, Meg, about her newest book, Ivy is told her writing has grown stale and the publisher won’t touch it. The plot is formulaic. The scenes are repeats of her previous work. Meg won’t even accept a new outline. Meg tells Ivy she needs to get “a new perspective“, a new idea or her contract with the publisher is over.
Ivy knows this wasn’t her best work but …
While getting coffee, she peruses a rack of travel brochures and her eyes light on Isaiah’s Amish Buggy Rides in Unity, Maine. Aruba, Hawaii, et al are not appealing but staying in a “Picturesque Amish Village” do.
Totally different.
Definitely a new perspective.
I wish this were not a novella because the idea of an author, a successful but lonely one, as a lead of an Amish book is appealing. To keep it a novella, everything works out easily for our author, Ivy. No hotel/motel/B&B. No problem. Isaiah’s family is thinking about opening a B&B. And so it goes to the end of the novella.
It’s a nice read but do not expect 111 pages; the story itself ends on page 77 or 65%. The rest is descriptions of other Ashley Emma books and the first chapter of “Amish Beauty and the Beast”.
Personally, I dislike books shown to be over 100 pages and have 35% filler. Thus, loss of one star. Loss of the other star is other than the interesting premise, this too was formulaic. Everything was accomplished too easily. It’s not a book I will re-read. Okay, one more “nitpik” — The author is NOT Amish. A better title would be ‘The Author’s Amish Christmas’.
If you are looking for a “sweet”, easy, and quick read, then The Amish Author’s Christmas is for you.
Rating: 3 stars.
Cover rating: Very good and fitting the novella’s plot.
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