Faith kept me Plain. Science made me complicated.
Book 1 in the Grounded Trilogy
In Hemlock Hollow, life isn’t easy, but it is simple. Things in my community haven’t changed much in over three hundred years, since the time my Amish ancestors came to what is now the Green Republic. I milk my cow by hand, make fresh bread every morning, and hope to be courted by Jeremiah, a boy I’ve known since … I’ve known since childhood.
When my father falls ill, the English doctor says a hospital outside the wall can heal him. Jeremiah convinces me to go on rumspringa, to experience the outside world as an Englisher in order to be closer to my father during his recovery. Others have gone before me. They claim it’s an adventure. But adventure turns to horror as an ordinary light switch thrusts me into a new world, and revelations about my personal history make me question everything I believe.
All my life I’ve worked to be simple. I can’t pretend anymore. Nothing about me is simple.
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A great comparison to today. Things can be started with the best intentions, but over time they can become corrupt.
Not what I expected from the description… more interesting and engaging. The American Amish are still a mystery to many. This shed a little light and brought some really big issues into the light without being preachy. It was a quick read.
This is not my type of novel, but I was quickly hooked and devoured all three books in the trilogy. Unlike many series, I didn’t feel that any of these books bogged down – they kept pace and kept delivering. They were entertaining throughout.
I liked this story and the characters. I thought they were both well developed and worked with the ideas of the author. I thought the “Englisher” world could have been painted more, but it wasn’t a reason to hate the book. I was grateful that there was no cliffhanger, but the sneak peak for #2 has me itching to read the next book! The writing …
I enjoyed this book very much. I usually don’t read fantasy, so that just adds to my recommendation that I gave it 5 stars.
I am always looking for a good new author. So nice to find this one
This book is set in the future, where life is very different than it is today. The Green Party wins the war along side of a couple of other big powers (a fossil fuel company, who become the go-to for electricity and an agricultural party that think that all crops should be controlled; GMO’s). Meat it outlawed and actually grown in a lab because of …
Another great book!! Things keep your mind completely involved in this riveting book, from the first page on to the last.
Liked the brothers
And their goal to restote power freely to all. I really want to read what happens next!
It was fun, and easy to read. A great beginning to a Dystopian series!
The first 20% of this book FLEW by. It was so compelling, I had to know what was going to happen. I loved the Amish flavor, spiced up by the rumspringa into the “English” world and endangered by the dystopian elements and the struggle for power. As I read on, it started to feel more like X-Men or Heroes and thus not so unique, but it was still …
A great story with an interesting twist. check it out.
I read the entire trilogy. Loved the idea of the Amish holding onto to their faith and life ways after society collapses!
This is an important book for a Christian young person for discussion about what it means to truly live out faith in a falling world desperate to take you with it.
I liked the twist of there still being an Amish separate society where power is not used and people live simply and how that would translate if a child had to become a part of the outside world. The twist of being electrically charged gives it a whole new thriller aspect.
Wow great read with amazing people and ideas
Amish romance dystopian science fiction for young adults, it’s a wonder this book could get published and a wonder it did. This is a great read, recommended to all who enjoy a good tale.
Great reading for young adults and us not so young adults. The protagonist’s desire to be morally pure and good in an environment that is in stark opposition to her beliefs is compelling.
It’s a new take on being Amish in the future . I liked it, it is also fantasy book.