Seasons of Tomorrow: Book Four in the Amish Vines and Orchards Series

The finale to Rhoda and Samuel’s story was everything I hoped it would be and so much more. Jacob’s sudden departure and his broken heart will lead him on a path to true love but the fallout he leaves in his wake is compelling for everyone involved. Samuel and Rhoda’s relationship grows closer as they hold down the fort and search for answers about Camilla’s lost granddaughter while Landon and Leah’s troubles intensify when her father lays down the law. My heart broke for this couple’s heartbreak and the destruction of their questionable future and for Steven and Phoebe’s family as the characters struggle to keep the orchard going and prays for God’s mercy and intervention. Cindy Woodsmall’s writing tugged on my heartstrings and awed me with her generosity of faith and human compassion while I was simultaneously rooting for a swoon worthy happily ever after for all these beloved characters and it’s well worth waiting for. This series is awesome!

I feel like this was a really good book, I just don't know how I feel about the conclusion being all happy for everyone as if there is a fix for all problems, though I get it, I really do.Rhoda isn't really even the main character in this book like she had been for the other books, which is probably why this is not as highly rated by me as I would like to rate it.If you know how the last book ended before this one, then you know the situation that happened between Rhoda, Jacob, and Samuel. There whole thing is just odd as it is. It is hard to really wrap myself around the idea of things being as easy for them as it was with the transition.Leah and Landon's story was well done in this. I enjoyed it all the way through. It showed such growth and hardships and love.I feel the way they wrote Iva into this story from how things seemed to be going in the previous story, they pretty much kicked her out of the story almost completely. I honestly felt that she and Jacob were forming a small bond last book, but that was not a thing in this at all. It was odd.There is a new character in this story too. Esther. She likes working with wood, likes to travel, and takes care of pregnant girls/women. Se is certainly not a typical Amish woman at all and reminds me far too much of Rhoda with her independence.Also, why is Rhoda such a bad cook while they made a big deal of the different recipes she made that included apples in the first couple of books? Sincerely that didn't make sense to me that she was perfectly fine with baking things beautifully but can barely make scrambled eggs in this??One other problem I had with this book. Samuel and Jacob's father has always been a bit demanding and gives into rumors wholeheartedly and is against Rhoda, yet with all his issues against her he would allow one of his sons to marry her and they don't have him causing more strife when at the wedding? I mean, I get the conversation he had with Samuel about seeing the log in his own eye sort of deal, but he is a stubborn man who didn't seem really open to such things.With positive feedback, I will say that I do like the overall decisions of each family member and who they choose as mates, I just feel it was too easy.

Seasons of Tomorrow is the long awaited fourth and final book in Cindy Woodsmall's Amish Vines and Orchards series. I was fortunate to receive free review copies of the first three novels of this series, but I purchased my own copy of Seasons of Tomorrow.For the last week, I've been on an Amish Vines and Orchards reading marathon. As with each new book in the series, I started again at book one. I've thoroughly enjoyed A Season for Tending four times, A Winnowing Season three times, For Every Season twice and finally Seasons of Tomorrow. This series never gets old and has become one of my absolute favorites. DO NOT jump in at Seasons of Tomorrow. Take the time to start at A Season for Tending and read your way through. The books are all connected and you will appreciate knowing the stories that proceed this one. While I would have loved for this series to continue on and on, Seasons of Tomorrow offered a satisfying conclusion. But, I'll miss the Byler and King families.I don't want to spoil the story by saying what I liked or didn't like, but I can tell you that when I'm reading a Cindy Woodsmall novel, my tablet somehow becomes a part of me and I read while I washing dishes, making dinner, cleaning the house, while I'm brushing my teeth and when I'm supposed to be sleeping. I don't regret purchasing this novel and I highly recommend reading any of Cindy Woodsmall's books.Her first stand-alone novel, A Love Undone, is being released this fall. I can't wait!

"Through the years, love and faith would do far more than just see them through the good times and bad. It would rise to meet every challenge with joy and hope" these words echo a lesson that permeates the entire series of Cindy Woodsmall's Amish Vines and Orchards series. Though the series went through twists and turns that were sometimes well done and sometimes felt entirely too author imposed, it ended well. It still ended in a way other than hoped for and I, for one, wish I had stopped at book one. The first book was amazing; however, after reading book two and just getting through book three, book four--Seasons of Tomorrow-- was very well crafted. Having similar points of view shifts to Breaking Dawn, this books changed who was seeing the story unfold in a masterful way so as to take the reader along the trials, the joys, and the questions with the characters in a wonderful manner. Jacob returned to more of the character denied to him in book two and completely taken from him in book three, and was a very enjoyable part of this book. Woodsmall took the reader through some horribly dark times in such a way as to let the reader morn with the characters for their lives, but also for their own personal life, and then brought them into the joy in such a way as to give the reader hope that even in their own dark hours God does have a greater joy in store for them. Steady on.

I enjoyed reading the start of a new Amish community and the difficulties they encountered. Anyone who enjoys reading about the Amish way of life will enjoy this sereis.

Having read he first book in the series, I just had to download the rest. Characters beautifully portrayed, gripping storylines. Brilliant series

Could hardly wait to get to this book. Good read!

I have loved this series and have really enjoyed the characters portrayed. I think it has taken over as favourite!

Very good