This is an enjoyable chaste Amish women's literature novel, but it doesn't feel authentic to Amish values. Like her other Amish books, Wiseman writes the Amish characters speaking a strange blend of Pennsylvania Dutch and English, as if the characters can't remember the words for good, yes, and wonderful and slip up every time.

More importantly, the Amish values slip up in this story. Instead of trusting God with justice, every person who hears the full story urges the FMC to call the police.

They worry that an Amish man may go to prison when they feel that counseling will do more good in the long run, so they ask the judicial system for that. They inexplicably hire a lawyer for the victim when it should have been the prosecuting attorney representing them and in spite of the fact that they're merely giving a victim impact statement. In my Englisch opinion, I just feel like most Amish would turn to their bishop instead of the police and ask for the church to discipline them and send them to counseling. At least that option should have been considered.

Cranky Martha is a delightful character. I enjoyed the scene where she was willing to pray before a meal but only if they would pray aloud for her since she doesn't have a direct connection to God.

I was surprised at the ending,

not by the fact that he proposed but that a plain man would want a fancy proposal. With the lead up in the story, it worked well, though.

I was disappointed to find out that while this seemed to be the first in the series, I had actually read it out of order since there are two intertwined series. According to the author, the order is:
Plain Perfect,
Plain Pursuit,
Plain Promise,
Plain Paradise,
Seek Me With All Your Heart,
Plain Proposal,
The Wonder of Your Love,
His Love Endures Forever,
Plain Peace.

Yet, it was a touching story with many facets about a community that eventually works together to get past issues to find companionship, healing, and godliness. I enjoy stories told with multiple POVs and this did that well, with each narrator having a distinct perspective even with similar vocabularies.