The Betrayal, book 2 in the Abram's Daughter series, has the two love birds Leah and Jonas apart. Jonas takes an apprenticeship as a woodworker in Ohio. They are certain their love will survive the distance; however, neither plans on the meddling of Leah's own family. Jonas invites Leah to come with him to Ohio, but Sadie, having just born a son that she believes doesn't survive, is a mess. Leah feels it is her sisterly duty to stay with Sadie and help her through the tough time. Ida Ebersol, the girls' mother, birth's a baby girl and Sadie can't hardly take it. She longs for her own boy so much that she threatens to leave Gobbler's Knobb. Leah comes up with a plan to get Sadie out to Ohio with Jonas to sort out her mind and problems there. Eventually Leah is forced to tell on Sadie, due to her soon commitment to the church and the pressure of others who have managed to find out most of the details of Sadie's rumschpringe. Sadie finds out that Leah doesn't keep her promise and, angry at her sister, hides a very important letter Leah sent addressed to Jonas.
Meanwhile, twins Hannah and Mary Ruth are now of courting age. They are in their final year of grade school, and with high school being forbidden, Mary Ruth finds herself at odds with her faith. She wants to pursue being a schoolteacher, but needs to hide it from her family. Hannah, wants to help her twin, but feels that Mary Ruth might be pulling away from their sisterly bond that they have so closely shared.
I found myself getting angry at Leah's family for their role in changing her and Jonas' lives. I suppose that means that Lewis was able to get me invested into the characters enough to care.
4.5 of 5 flamingos.
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