The Lopsided Christmas Cake Library Binding – Large Print, October 1, 2015

The Lopsided Christmas Cake Library Binding – Large Print, October 1, 2015
Author: Wanda E. Brunstetter ID: 1628997249

Review

The Lopsided Christmas Cake by Wanda E. and Jean Brunstetter is a delightful Christian fiction story. It's a well written, quick and easy story to read and enjoy. Wanda and Jean Brunstetter have shared their knowledge of the Amish way of life in a loving manner with four main characters that were impossible to not like. I highly recommend The Lopsided Christmas Cake as a great summer beach read. However, be sure to not be misled by the Christmas in the title as you will enjoy this book any time of the year.

(Trudi LoPreto Readers’ Favorite 2015-06-01)

This Christmas-themed book is a good story about sisterly bonds, the promises we make and resiliency. The story takes a while to get started, but once it does, readers will be reminded that God doesn't take the same path in everyone's journey. Hopefully, there's a book two in the making.

(Chandra McNeil RT Book Reviews 2015-09-01)

The Brunstetters give us a look into the Amish way of life and show us that not all Amish people are the same, even identical twins. The recipe for the famous "lopsided cake" is included at the end of THE LOPSIDED CHRISTMAS CAKE. This is a very quick read and I was left wanting more. I hope there is a sequel in the future. Throughout most of the story, I felt like I was right there with the twins dealing with life's ups and downs. I love how the authors chose a story line that we don't usually get in Amish stories. Twins in their 30's who aren't married and living alone. This was the perfect way to spend the afternoon.

(Susan Dyer FreshFiction.com 2015-09-02)

–This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Book Description

A baking flop still manages to earn high bids from admiring bachelors at an Amish charity auction when twin sisters Elma and Thelma Hochstetler recreate their grandmother’s Christmas cake recipe in front of a live audience. Will the highest bidder also win a sister’s heart?

–This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Library Binding: 500 pagesPublisher: Center Point; Lrg edition (October 1, 2015)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 1628997249ISBN-13: 978-1628997248 Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.7 x 1.4 inches Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies) Best Sellers Rank: #1,039,797 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #814 in Books > Large Print > Romance #1596 in Books > Christian Books & Bibles > Literature & Fiction > Romance > Amish #1719 in Books > Christian Books & Bibles > Literature & Fiction > Amish & Mennonite

Do You like Lopsided Christmas Cake?

Lopsided cake might not sound wonderfully appetizing, but you’ll enjoy the flavor this book has to offer. This light-hearted Christmas-themed book is about unmarried twins, Thelma and Elma, who take on new experiences in life when their grandparents , who live in another state, pass away and leave their home and store to them.

The girls’ lives take on many twists and turns when they move to take over their grandparents’ deteriorating house and store, meet two handsome bachelors, and enter a cake baking contest. Just when you think you have the storyline figured out, you are surprised at what happens.

I recommend this to anyone who enjoys “light” reading for the holidays.

I received this book from Barbour Publishing Inc., through NetGalley for my honest review.

Oh boy I am huge fan of Wanda’s now she has added her daughter in law to the mix and her books are out of this world. You wont be able to put this book down. I love a good romance.
They have intertwined this book into a book that you can NOT tell two people write it. It has such a great story line. At one point you think it is not going to turn out good only to find it, that is turns out great.
I can’t wait to read their next book that they are writing together, next year is to far away.
I gave this book 5 stars, and I highly recommend it.
I was given a copy of this book by the publisher for my honest review.

This is the first book I have read by Wanda Brunstetter that also has a coauthor, her daughter-in-law. Together, the Brunstetters spin a yarn about two 32 year-old single twins who are suddenly on their own, taking over the house and store of their recently deceased grandparents. Elma is a hard worker, but also very particular in how things should be done. Thelma is very social, loves to entertain children rather than work in the shop, but is also very brave and good with the twins’ newly inherited, wily horse.

On a whim, Thelma decides the girls should enter a baking contest in Shipshewana. All should be fine except for two things; the girls are still battling the cranky cookstove their grandparents left behind, and they will have to assemble the cake on stage, in front of everyone. A minor detail Thelma omits to tell Elma until the last minute. When shy Joseph Beechy convinces his friend, Dell Gingerich, to bid on the girls’ disaster of a cake, the twins meet and start dating the two best friends.

This appears to be a stand-alone book, which causes a few issues for me. While the twins’s characters were fully developed, I was hoping for significant growth in at least one of them. The ending seemed rushed and pulled together with basting stitches instead of the small, intricate stitches for which the Amish are known. Worth reading, yes? Could it be a great book in others’ eyes? Read others’ reviews. Probably.In my mind, it just did not live up to the warm, fuzzy feeling I usually have when I finish a Wanda Brunstetter book.

I received this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
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