In this third installment of Amy Clipston’s Amish Marketplace series, an acquaintance grows into love over a few well-timed cups of coffee. Alongside her cousins who have booths of their own, Bethany Gingerich runs a busy and successful coffee and donut stand at the Amish market. Since she has café-style tables and chairs, her regular customers enjoy purchasing a morning treat so they can sit … can sit and talk to their friends.
Micah Zook and his grandfather, Enos, visit Bethany every Saturday morning to purchase coffee and donuts before going to work at Enos’s custom outdoor furniture shop. Bethany enjoys talking to Micah and Enos, and she’s always thought Micah was handsome–but she doesn’t think her crush will ever result in anything more.
When Micah and his grandfather don’t come to see her one Saturday morning, Bethany begins to worry. And when she learns that tragedy has struck, she wonders how to help Micah in his time of need. Turns out he needs a friend now more than ever, and Bethany may be just the kind of friend that God has provided for him.
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The Coffee Corner was an nice addition to the Amish Marketplace series. I listened to the audio version and was very pleased with the narration. The narrator did a good job of reading the story and of using subtle voice changes when reading the various characters.
Bethany and Micah had an uphill struggle toward love throughout most of the story. Micah carried a lot of heartache and hurt from the past and wasn’t sure if he could love again. He made a lot of mistakes and bad choices and had many things to face up to. Bethany was a sweet character who tried very hard to be a good friend to Micah, began falling in love with him, and yet doubted that he would ever love her in return. These two had a lot to overcome.
I received a complimentary copy of this book. All opinions are my own.
This is the third time I have visited with this group of cousins, and this time it is cousin Bethany who is the focus. The others are back and we are updated on their lives and exciting events.
If you have read the previous books, Bethany has the delicious coffee, flavors that sound like scrumptious desserts.
Enter Micah and his grandfather Enos, who show up every Saturday for coffee and a donut, and it soon becomes apparent that Michal likes more than the coffee.
Problems come, and it seems that these two will never be able to make a match. Will Micah leave the community? Sad happenings, but the love in this community will warm your heart.
You don’t want to miss this new installment in this delightful series!
I received this book through Net Galley and Zondervan Publishing, and was not required to give a positive review.
This has been such a fun series! I love that get to stay “in touch” with the cousins that were featured in the earlier books.
This book features Bethany who owns the Coffee Corner. Bethany has a great personality but can get down on herself when it comes to relationships. Micah comes in to the market with a lot of baggage. Will love percolate in the coffee corner? Read it to find out!
I received a complimentary copy of this book from Zondervan through NetGalley. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.
I received a complimentary copy of this book from Zondervan through NetGalley for an honest review. Bethany runs a coffee and donut stand in the Amish market. She is always smiling and is such an amazing woman. Micah and grandfather come in every Saturday morning for coffee and donuts. I could see how Brittany and Micah were connected but Micah was shy and not much of a talker. He was also still grieving the loss of the love of his life. Micah didn’t believe he had anyone in his life but his grandfather. When his grandfather passed away, Micah really spiraled out of control and no one seemed to be able to get through o him. The author writes with such power that I felt I was right there with them. I could feel his pain, I found myself just like the community praying for Micah. I believed God was with Micah but he was just in so much pain. Brittany wouldn’t give up on him and I prayed God would find the crack in Micah that would let her in. This is a wonderful story, that will tug at your heart, and has so much emotion. Amy Clipston’s writing reached deep within me and brought me through all they went through and brought me out with a deeper understanding of being there for someone.
Well, to be honest here I did learn that there were a lot of flavors of coffee.. Too many to count! I could practically smell all of the different flavors! And the donughts. Made my stomach growl!
Another honesty I still didn’t like Simply Sara Ann King. She hasn’t changed much since the first book! I kept hoping but I guess it’s not to be. I don’t like people like Sara Ann. I did remember to tell myself that Jesus loves her too.
The one person I can relate most to is Bethany. I felt in more ways than one that Clipston was really telling my story! I’ve felt like she’s felt throughout the story many times and I still do.
Another honesty I felt that towards the end the author tended to rush through the book to the end. No one can come to understanding that fast. It takes time to.find one’s self so to speak. But I also understand that this is a work of fiction.
A quote that I liked very much is ” With God All Things Are Possible. ” Yes, they are but only if it’s His will. There is a time and place for every everything including the different seasons of our lives.
There’ve been times when I was really angry at.God. But thank goodness for friends and a good husband to point me back to Him. For without Him I feel empty.
I enjoyed the story a lot and there were some positives about this book.
I finished this story in one day because I really wanted to find out if Bethany finds happiness.
Clipston is a wonderful author! I always look forward to seeing what she comes out next. I’m never disappointed with her stories either!
I highly recommend this book. I was NOT required to write a positive review and all opinions are my own.
As I write this review, I notice that I have read book 1 and 3 and somehow missed book 2. I enjoyed the cousins and their family ties, and Bethany was a great “leading lady” in this book. Micah has an unhappy past that brings him much sorrow and perhaps makes him more tentative as to what he really wants out of life. Simply Sara Ann was up to her own purposes and adds some spice to the story, for sure.
I enjoyed the story and it was definitely a fun book to read.
I received an ebook from NetGalley. All thoughts are my own.
I requested and received an advanced copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
I have read the other book that is in this series and liked it a little better. I enjoy the Amish books set in Lancaster County since I spend a lot of time there, but this one made me so crazy with all of the angst. Bethany seemed so whiny, she was always running to her cousins to talk about Micah, but she needed to spend some of that energy talking to him.
And Simply Sara Anne…I never would’ve dreamt that there are girls like her in the Amish community!
I would’ve liked more relationship development and less emotional angst on Bethany’s end. Micah’s angst was understandable with all that he’d been through.
This is the third book in the marketplace series by Amy Clipston. This book is about Bethany Gingerich she runs a coffee booth at the market where her other cousins runs booths. Micah Zook and his grandfather Enos visit her coffee shop every Saturday. Bethany enjoys talking to them but Micah is quiet and she feels he does not like her like she does him. Micah begins to talk to Bethany about his family and how he feels his relationship is with his father. When a tragedy happens Bethany tries to help Micah. Will she be able to get him to open up? Will their friendship blossom? I enjoyed this series.