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Kendra offers to be a gestational surrogate for her sister and her husband, Another great read from Richards! This one, however, fell a tad flatter than her other novels, There were places I wished the plot had been expanded and lessened upon, That being said, it is still a wonderful book! Couldn't get interested in this book, Started reading and read the end, I would confuse Kendra and Jamie, Which one was who, and nothing exciting was happening, Boring This is not a genre I usually read romance/family relationships so my review may differ from another reader's opinion, The storytelling was good, although a bit long in places, and the characters were interesting even if they were somewhat formulaic and predictable, The story is about a sister being a surrogate for the sister who raised her and the dynamics of the rest of the family, including some flashbacks to earlier generations.
There are a few complications along the way but a typical ending unfortunately, It is the last book in a series which I haven't read but works as a standalone,./stars. Here is my truth, I don't know if I had READ this, rather than listened to it, I would have liked it better, The subplot was much better than the main story, The most annoying part was that the main character Jamie haslittle girls who based on the reader totally bugged and more than once had me considering just stopping, rather than finish the story.
The story is based onsisters, One who made a mess of her life early on and to redeem herself, acts as a surrogate for her sister who helped raise her and is unable to carry children in her own womb.
It's a restitution story with very annoying children included, Much of it was predictable and other parts were unbelievable, . . but if you're knitting, or scrubbing floors it was tolerable, . . but to be read only when desperate for sappy except of course,

for the subplot, . . which was great food for thought, The story line was a great idea, but I think it could have been told better, I wish the ending would have been written out more, It's all this detail and character building for the first/of the book, then the ending is rushed and leaves too much unfinished at the end.
. . in my opnion. Pretty good read, but won't read it again, I discovered this author earlier this month, and liked her writing, I gave the first two of her bookseven though they were sappy in a good way and a little on the predictable side, So now this is my third book by her that I've read and it getsstars, I liked this one, I just didn't feel as invested,

She creates characters in great detail and strings them along through her stories, I like the depth this creates, even when I can't identify with them, What I don't like, is the constant repetition of certain character traits, And I'm never a fan of characters who constantly berate themselves, It feels like a cheap trick because it looks an awful lot like info dumping especially when this is overused, I want to be shown not told over and over again,

The story itself was interesting, She can certainly paint a pretty picture, It was about a woman who becomes a surrogate for her older sister, I also liked that there were subplots, I think I liked that the most because I'd have to relegate this to the Hallmark Movie bin, if it weren't for that, So overall,stars.

manipulation I have now readbooks of hers in this particular series, Each book I felt was better than the last, I have enjoyed how each book concentrates on different individuals of this little community, making you feel a part of the community as you get to know your neighbors.
These books are a must read author, Richard's books are always richly textured, with lots of depth and characters you grow to love,
This book is right up there with the best, Family dynamics are very authentic, truetolife relationships and dialogue without being predictable in any way, I very much enjoyed the storywithinthestory portraying the life of an elderly but vibrant woman being shared with the main character, who is involved with her grandson.
The lives both women live past and present are tightly intertwined with their sisters, and the meshing of the stories complement and do not detract from the storytelling.
This is a book I will keep to share with friends, and read again, I read this as a comparable title to the Surrogate novel I drafted in NaNoWriMo last November, The novel seemed to be lengthy, It also involves what I'd call "nice country boy romance," which isn't my style, The characters and plot were intriguing enough, with decent twists, and a satisfying ending, I feel like I learned some things about quilting culture and architecture, but having a background in either, If you like complex family drama, soft country romance, or quilting, this may be your type of book, Sister's Choice was a great addition to Emilie Richard's Shenandoah Album Series, I enjoyed reading the story of Jamie Dunkirk, sister to Kendra Taylor from Lover's Knot, It was also great to see the continuation of the story of Kendra and Isaac Taylor, This fifth book in the series was a novel of love, acceptance, forgiveness, and difficult choices,

After a very difficult adolescence, Jamie Dunkirk, single mother of two daughters, has finally gotten her life back on track, Studying to be an architect, she has reached a point in her life where she yearns for absolution for all that she feels she put her sister, Kendra Taylor, through years earlier.
Although born into wealth and privilege, the sisters were sadly neglected, and when Kendra left home for college at seventeen, she took eleven year old Jamie with her.
Kendra tried to raise her well, but Jamie was rebellious, ran away, and became addicted to drugs, After years of no contact with Kendra, Jamie has reappeared with her two young daughters, She has tried to mend the rift with her sister, but feels a deep lack of trust from Kendra, Jamie knows that Kendra's deepest desire is for a child that she cannot bear due to an incident years earlier, After serious soul searching, Jamie offers to be a surrogate and carry a child for Kendra and her husband Isaac Taylor, Kendra and Isaac worry about the emotional complications of surrogacy, but eventually give in to their yearning for a child and agree, Jamie decides to spend her pregnancy in her sister's unoccupied cabin in the Shenandoah Valley, overseeing the building of the Taylor's new home,

As Jamie and her daughters settle into life in the small community of Tom's Brook, she develops a friendship with builder Cash Rosslyn, As a young man, Cash suffered a tragedy which has caused him to shy away from committment, preferring to cultivate a footloose, "good ole boy" persona.
Friendship with Cash brings Jamie into contact with his grandmother, Grace Cashel, Jamie and her daughters are drawn to Grace, and they all become very important to one another, As they become close, Grace tells Jamie the touching story of her life as a young wife, While she rebuilds her relationship with Kendra and develops new ones in the Shenandoah Valley, Jamie enjoys carrying her sister's twins, Everything changes when Jamie is faced with a health crisis and has to make the most difficult decision of her life, Her determination to face the situation alone places her relationships with Kendra and Cash, as well as her very life, in danger,

Sister's Choice was an engrossing and emotional novel, It was very enjoyable and had a few mildly humorous scenes, but overall was not a lighthearted book, It dealt with some serious and difficult issues, I enjoyed the characters and the relationships that developed between them, I have thoroughly enjoyed the Shenandoah Album series, and this book was one of the best, Reading this last installment in the Shenandoah series I was hoping for something better, This one is very predictable and clichéd, I just did not love this book, The last so far in this series, As with all the Shenandoah books I enjoyed it very much, Great characters as usual that the reader grows to love,

Now rereading using the audiobook version by Blackstone Audio, If I could give more thanI would, Loved the story of the two sisters, Kendra and Jamie and how they helped each other, I loved the story of Grace, grandmother of Cash, I loved going back to the war time and hearing her early story, Grace now has a big place in my heart just like Helen does from Bookin this series, So well narrated by Isabel Keating, she sure brings the characters alive, I can't quite pin what it is about that book that prevented me from really enjoying it, I liked it, I loved this series, and I'm sad that this is how it finished, Partly it felt like they just weren't that tied into Toms Brooks, Jamie just never really interested me as a character, despite the interesting storyline, And it did bother me that labor and snowstorms seem to be an inevitable combination in books, . . Something that has also bothered me throughout this series is a lot of gender stereotyping though Jamie did give voice to that for one short second in regards to "girls doing each others hair and boys watching football" and men not being good at sharing feelings and Cash always being so surprising in his understanding and romance.
It was great to see Kendra again, along with Elisa and Sam, Would have liked to see more of Helen and Gayle, I especially enjoyed the historic story in this one so far all of the Shenandoah stories I've read by this author include past and present stories but both stories tugged at me.
The solutions were creative, although a little fantastic, In general, she writes good people! Again, this was especially effective for me because the locations are all near home, the story of a young single mom who becomes the surrogate mom for her sister's twins, Good story, nice character development, interesting people and stories, Includes quilting. Audio book at the gym
This is the first book I've read by Emilie Richards,
I enjoy reading series I like the continuation of a story and enjoy "getting to know" the characters, I was disappointed to learn after reading Sister's Choice that it was the fifth book in the series, wish I had read the others first but that didn't prevent me from enjoying this book.


I think I liked Granny Grace's story more than I liked Jamie's story,
I found the ending rather predictable but all in all I really enjoyed the story, Overall this was a good book, although I didn't enjoy it quite as much as booksandin the series Endless Chain amp Lover's Knot,
As in other books in this series, Emilie Richards combines a compelling contemporary story with a very interesting historical story that takes place in the same region of the Shenendoahs.
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