Anne's Reviews > Courting Cate

Don't you just love this cover? I'm a highly visual person, so when I first saw it I was intrigued. The author paints some lovely word pictures of the countryside but the story didn't pan out exactly like I expected. About a third of the way through I was thinking that Cate was a real biddy. I wasn't liking her or the story at all. Courting Cate is sort of an Amish retelling of The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare. I continued to read until the half way point, maybe a little more, but finally had to stop. The story was slow and depressing to me. I just couldn't get into it with so much negativity and deceit going on.

If you enjoy Amish Fiction or Shakespeare (grin) then you might enjoy this book. Lots of people have, according to the reviews, I'm just not one of them.

Bethany House provided a copy for review purposes. Only my honest opinion is required, which I have given. No other compensation has been received.