Snag A Match For Addy (The Amish Matchmaker #1) Depicted By Emma Miller Accessible In Publication

characters I found this story delightful, so realistic and a real pageturner, Welcome to Amish country and we meet an Amish Professional Matchmaker, Never knew they had anyone with that job, but makes perfect sense with some of the problems that are present in the children,
When Dorcus takes a job with Sara she is just taking a job, though she knows what Sara does, She meets the current people who are residing at Saras and one catches her eye, Gideon, but he is just a hired man,
I kind of shuttered when Dorcus, now know as Addy, compliments of Gideon, comes across as looking for a man with money and land.
Gideon will never due, he will always be a hired man, and she has to take care of her parents,
Come and really meet Addy, now almostyears old, and really starting to bloom, Meet her over bearing parents at least I felt they were, Go to singings and gatherings, and even the fair, and live a little dangerously,
Gideon is just following his parents wishes and has no desire to find a wife he is just having a rather good time, Loved his bantering or could be arguing with Addy, they will really make you smile, and laugh, Picture Addy as she has an accident, sad yes, and she could have gotten hurt, but still funny!
Emma Miller has done it again, and I loved this book, and want more! I can see the potential for lots of great stories using a Matchmaker, such a wonderful idea!!

I received this book through Net Galley and the Publisher Love Inspired, and was not required to give a positive review.

This is a nice, lively story of a young woman in an Amish community, Her name is Dorcas but her second name is Addy and that's what newcomer Gideon calls her, Addy hasn't had luck pairing off maybe because her family is not wealthy and she won't bring a lot of land to the marriage, This means that she is expected to marry a prosperous man, who will keep her well, But Gideon doesn't look wealthy, even as a Plain man, and he's come to work here as an oddjob man for the same widow who has hired Addy to help her in the house.
Is there any point in Addy getting her hopes up, if she would not be allowed to marry him

The author has previously written a series in this setting about a lady called Hannah who needed to find matches for her girls, and now too late for her! a match maker called Kate has come to live in the area.
This is the first of the match maker series, The average Amish family today has seven children, unlike the general population of the US, and with rising land values not all families are able to farm so they need to have other jobs.


This book takes a good and fun look at the entertainments and pursuits available to young people singing evenings, softball and other games, always chaperoned and with homebaked goodies, since they burn off so much energy.
I found it entertaining if not very dramatic, and with some pleasant twists, But I can't help feeling sorry for the girls being married off in this way without getting to be educated or see the world, This was an interesting read, It ends on a very satisfying note, On one hand, we get to see what appears to be an insiders view of the Amish heritage and learn how they do certain things.
This is one of the most interesting aspects of this book,

But on the other hand:
Dorcas or as we soon find out, Addy seems to be according to her parents, in desperate need of a husband.
Especially one well off enough to take care of them in their old age, Now Addy is supposed to be a plain, Plain girl and she is almost, Yes, I meant to type the word plain twice since the Amish are sometimes called the Plain People, Addy is constantly being reminded by her mother that she needs a husband and that she owes it to her parents to do so as soon as possible, that Addy is being too picky.
I suppose the mother means well in her own way, but as I am a nonPlain woman, it struck me as a nonAmish way to be at least looking at it from the point of view from the other Amish and Mennonite books I have read.


Right off the bat, Addy meets up with the handsome Gideon who happens to be the local matchmakers hired hand, This was not the best of circumstance in which to meet!

Now Gideon just really rubbed me the wrong way if this were not a book about the Amish, I think I could have expected him to be a player just strutting his stuff all of the time, waiting for the women to fall down at his feet! This is how he acted.
One minute he is preening for Addy, wetting down his shirt and hair and singing loudly, I was waiting for him to strip out of his shirt and flex his manly muscles at her and then do a dance! He is actually ticked at Addy because she was ignoring him while talking to another man and the next minute he claims that he thinks of her as another sister.
Why does Gideon, who in hiss, keep thinking of the men and women he frolics with as boys and girls I couldnt seem to wrap my head around that.
I understand the Amish are not worldly but Gideon seems to be more so than most others are and I would have expected him to act more like an adult.


I had to keep reminding myself as I was reading this book, that this was about the Amish or I really would have been annoyed as to how this story spun out.
These two thirtysomethings act like schoolyard children and I eventually wanted to give up on the book, However, I did not because I really wanted to see if Gideon finally steps up to bat, so to speak and admits to his true feelings.
The lastof the book makes everything come together and makes you appreciate the story more,

The writing is good, the romance aspect is a little frustrating and the story is a little repetitive, but the lessons a reader will learn in pride goeth before a fall, makes up for some of the flaws.
I ended up enjoying this book more than I thought I would,

ARC supplied by the publisher, 've been a fan of Amish fiction be it romance, mystery or, . whatever. This book author did not disappoint. I believe I've read book/s by her before I have other books by her but this was different, I enjoyed the way that Dorcas changed her name to Addy how many of us hate our names and wish we could do that, I think that it helped her to become the person that was actually "hidden" inside, I liked how Gideon and Addy became friends and eventually discovered that it was "more" than that, I can't wait for the next book in this series,
While Amish fiction isn't usually my favorite genre, I was pleasantly surprised by this story, Addy was a very relatable character and I enjoyed getting to know her and Gideon, I like that the author made their relationship progress slowly, beginning as friends instead of falling immediately in love, As I live in Amish country, it was interesting to get a look inside some of their lifestyle, All in all, very well written, nicely paced and good supporting characters made this an enjoyable read, I would read more books by this author, A great story. It was very well written and believable, as well as emotional, I could imagine how hard it must have been for Addy, Definitely plan on reading more in this series, Dorcas "Addy" Coblentz has nearly reached oldmaid status in her Amish community, Can Amishmatchmaker Sara find someone just for her Sara promises she will and it will be "someone better than you have even imagined for yourself!" I had trouble putting this down once I started it.
This book brings back many of the characters from Miller's Hannah's Daughters series for Harlequin Love Inspired, It was fun to catch up with them! Clean read, Amish Romance, If you like when the awkward gal gets the guy, . . spoiler alert Disclaimer to those reading on mobile version: This review contains spoilers and has been hidden on desktop version, Not sure if the new update shows the this review has been hidden, . . message when there are spoilers,

Dorcas has gotten a job at her cousin Saras place, Sara is a matchmaker that regularly has “clients” working for her or with her in her garden and her home, When she meets Gideon, a stronglooking, strapping fellow, she swoons, but doesnt get the impression that he feels the same about her, There is also Ellie a little person who has come on to Saras staff for the same reason as Gideon and Dorcas, Dorcas begins going by Addy after Gideon asks if she has a middle name, which turns out to be Adelaide Addy was born as a suggestion of Gideons.


Pghad me thinking something that usually comes up when Im reading a young adult book which is either written in the world that a movie takes place in, or is a book comprised of two episodes put to text.
That something is: the cardinal sin of mentioning a song being sung, but neglecting to mention lyrics or at the very least a title, Not sure why authors think this is an okay way to write about songs being sung, Pgas well.

Come pg, I thought Gideon was a complete prick, At the singing, he and the other males actually start discussing the fate of Addy and how she will return home after the singles event.
One boy speaks about her as if she were a complete inconvenience, Gideon speaks of her like it were merely worth noting that she was a female, Discussing her fate as if she had no right to make her own decision, Shameful, ridiculous, sexist, irrelevant that this is an Amish story,

I really tried to like Addys mam, but on pg, she seemed to me to be an opportunistic witch that didnt care if Addy was happy just wanted her to marry someone that would do her and Addys Father well in their retirement.
Also, turning up here nose at Gideon when she has no proof that anything is even going between him and Addy, and all the while harassing Addy as if Gideon were some peasant meant to be spat on, made mam go from witch to, well, something that rhymes with witch.
That is an unrealistic expectation and shouldnt be allowed anywhere as a practice, Gender irrelevant someone needs to put this particular human in her place,

I lost respect for Addys dat on the very next page expecting Addy to apologize to her mother when it was her mother whod been the one whom was completely unreasonable and was basically harassing Addy.
Addy hadnt even said a word about it, and not sorry that Im not sorry her mam deserves to be ignored if her expectations are to continue being selfish.


Come page, I wasnt making any progress with wanting to like Addys parents, Her mother, being opportunistic again, sees the coming fair as an opportunity to snag a husband for her daughter, On page, I realized I never would like her mother, Her nose is far too high in the air and I get that Martha Mams name tends to make the decisions, but the fact that Reuben dats name seemingly agrees with his wifes desire to have her daughter marry up despite her lack of interest to do so just makes me dislike him more as well.


This book definitely comes with surprises, I like how the author wasnt afraid at all to not only have a character whom is a little person, as well as two with Down Syndrome.
Ambitious and yet completely natural,

Im not sure why Miller kept using a certain way of saying something repeatedly if so and so did this or saw that, or knew this or thought that etc, they didnt make it known.
Not exactly a bad thing, but I was always taught you shouldnt be repetitive in writing, . .

Pg: Gideon asks Addy to join him for a sundae she says yes, but doesnt get one because he gives it to some married girl.
How is anyone supposed to know youre into them if you exclude them from stuff

When I got to the end of the book, I couldnt help but feel a mixture of approval and slight disappointment for how this was written.
In one way, I cannot see how Addy fell for Gideon, I mean, she figures out that he discussed her fate at the singing with several others and he excludes her from the two sundaes and gives the other one to some married girl.


Admittedly, the sundae perhaps isnt that big of a deal, but perhaps it also is in the way that you just do not exclude someone that youre hanging around.
The singing issue Bigger. I did like this book a lot, and found a lot of characters very likable not to mention my love/hate relationship with Addys parents but I wouldve confronted Gideon about these things before ever accepting

his marriage proposal.
Again, not necessarily the sundae she did, somewhat, confront him about that, but definitely the conversation at the singing regarding her fate, I still would see them ending up together even if Miller had written in that she confronted him about it, though,

I will give this two, It loses two for Addy not confronting him about more than the sundae and for the missing song lyrics at the singing ironic, I want to give it a star back for the likable and dislikable characters, but I feel like Addy/Dorcas should have really had more respect for herself.
This is the first book in The Amish Matchmaker Series by Emma Miller, I enjoyed the story it was a cute love story, I enjoyed Emma Millers series Hannah's Daughters better though, But i will continue this series, Dorcas/Addy was always overlooked by the young men in her community She always watched as her cousins went courting and found husbands, Her parents were picky and bossy as to whom she should marry, I am glad she puts them in their place, Gideon the hired hand at the place Addy works is handsome and single, Sara is the matchmaker and she tried to find Addy a few men but lets just say she had her eyes on someone else, Good read. A Match For Addy by Emma Miller

I give this Book/Stars,

I dearly love this book, It is so good. It is a Amish Light Romance Book, I love Emma Miller's Books, She is a very good Author, I have read most of her books,

I highly recommend this book,

Happy Reading.if I could give halves, I quite liked that Addy was a little older in her opinion a LOT older than most of the heroines in Amish novels, it was nice seeing someone closer to my age instead of a teenager/earlys girl.
I think we all knew who she was going to end up with in the end, but it was interesting to see how they got there.
I enjoyed reading about Ellie too, I was hoping to find out more about her but was sadly disappointed, Her parents drove me a little batty though, .