i read amish romance and now i’m a god fearing woman 😇🙏🏻 

The impact of the patreon - Sara subjecting herself to boring books bc we think it sounds funny

What's weird about the first book glorifying being Amish is...the author isn't Amish. If it's so great why hasn't she converted, you know?

My understanding of the amish romance genre is that it's generally written by christians who want Exotic and Different Romance... but not TOO Exotic and Different.

I used to live near an Amish community that was pretty relaxed, and it was always hilarious seeing the Amish drive their horse and buggy through the Panera drive-thru

“I dont really like adult twins, you should grow out of that” LMAOOO

oh! one of my college writing classes had a unit on amish romance. basically they’re as big as they are bc they’re romances with a guarantee of no smut. they’re for the women who like romance but would never touch fifty shades, essentially. I’m sure there are lots of non-amish clean romances lmao, it’s just that the amish ones have kind of cornered the market

Maddie Sue's therapy bills are gonna be VERY HIGH when she grows up

I find the romanticizing of the Amish interesting. We have a sizable Amish community where I live and they hate us English lol. And they are consistently busted for running full puppy mills. Make great jam though.

13:17. The reason the adults treat the girls like children even though they're 21 is because in those hyper religious communities as a young woman if you're unmarried you're basically equivalent to a child

I should start telling people that i am "slow of the mind" (im autistic)

"Beverly Lewis is a menace to the disabled community." I died 😂😅

I work at a used bookstore in the south and we see a lot of Christian fiction (we call it ChriFi, like SciFi), there are *unending* amounts of Amish romances, it's crazy. The other big chrifi genres are "people in a wholesome small town" (very Hallmark), historical romances with questionable depictions of oppressed groups, and murder mysteries (about half take place in a Hallmark Town and feature cats and/or baked goods). I will also say, 99% of the people buying books like this are 65+ , I think the target audience is dying off 😅

Me: AuDHD and physically disabled Beverly Lewis: my #1 hater

Fun video! I learned recently that Amish people largely find Amish romances embarrassing. And they are mostly written by Evangelical Christians because it’s realistic that the characters don’t have sex and are super devout. 🐴

In the first book, of course the six year old obeys her mom and behaves when they go "back to the Amish". She's undergoing extreme trauma - she lost her home, her father, and everything she knows and was suddenly thrust into a group of strangers

The double twins romance is crazy, what do you mean he invites his girlfriend to meet his parents for the first time, with full intention of breaking up with her??? how is that a good idea???

lol got my wine (sorry... non alcoholic god approved beverage) ready for this

'go to walmart with your horse and buggy' is so funny to me; i grew up a stone's throw from one of the world's biggest amish communities, and i always described the area to people as having a horse tie section at the walmart parking lot. having a villain kidnap an amish girl is in REALLY poor taste. there was a murder-kidnapping of a lancaster amish girl in 2020-1 that devastated the local community.

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I’ll just be crying in the corner as an adult, identical twin 😭

okay but like. why am I invested in the plot of the first series. Not enough to read it, but

Drunk Literacy with Christian romance would make such a good video!

I was reading Amish romance as a kid because i read well above my grade and ran out of options in the small library at my christian school/church. It stunted my emotional maturity and understanding of relationships. Neat 🤘 I think reading spicy novels by authoes that understand consent wouldve been better.

so glad i'm not the only one creeped out by identical twins, lol

im cackling just from the title and thumbnail 💀

I need you to do a video where you read some of those super old trashy romance books that have a Fabio vibe

I went to “ollies cheap stuff” for the first time, and while looking through the books trying to find anything i had even heard of.. there was a whole isle, of JUST these amish romances… every single cover was an amish woman.. i was tempted to get one

Every time I see all these on book outlet I’m always like who is reading these? So I’m living for the tea on them.

I grew up in a conservative Christian household, I read many an Amish romance in middle school and early high school, some Beverly Lewis even. Thankfully I had other influences to show me the flaws of such a close mined way of thinking and got away from that. In my mid 20s though I was diagnosed with a degenerative muscle condition (Ehlers Danlos Syndrom) as I lost more and more mobility my mental health got worse and worse. I finally found an amazing therapist to help me through where I was. It was quite eye opening to see how the things I was taught the thought patterns and prejudices were actually what was effecting the way I thought about or dealt with this diagnosis even years after I had got away from the religious aspect. I’m in my 40s now and use a wheelchair full time, I still attend therapy to get through the emotional trauma but I’m in a much better place mentally. I feel like alot of those authors thought they could “sugar coat” it but where completely clueless as to how that could actually impact someone’s way of thinking in a harmful way making them feel “less than”. Great video as always. ❤

My grandma is an extremely avid reader of amish romances and I will say the appeal is really just the prevalence of religion in the romance aspect with nothing happening between the love interests beyond MAYBE a kiss or some hand holding. I still remember when I got in trouble with her cause she read my library book that had the precursor to sex in it with the characters deciding they werent ready yet. I got a lecture for that. I was in 8th grade.

As someone who lives somewhere with an Amish population, they don't exactly have a good reputation for how some treat animals. Ngl the only place I've seen them working has been the Amish scratch 'n dent store, though I have seen them shopping at Walmart, grocery stores, and even Dollar General

I live in Lancaster, Pennsylvania aka I'm surrounded by Amish and my grandparents are very Christian (not Amish) but they used to get me like 2-3 Amish romances every year for my birthday when I was a kid. I felt bad getting rid of them so they lived under my bed for many many years.

I just need to know what is so intriguing about these types of romances for Christian women. Because I read the plots on the back of these novels and I start laughing uncontrollably. I cannot imagine taking these novels seriously and ignoring the glaring plot holes and overall bad writing

There wasn’t a single minute of this video that went by that I didn’t want to run to the comment section to quote. But I couldn’t pause it. I was having too much fun. This might be my favorite video of yours. I loved it so much

Wait don’t identical twins share basically all of their dna? Would this make potential children of the twin couples full siblings?

As a twin ( fraternal even though my twin and i are 99.99 the same dna wise ) the twin fetish in literature is so icky. I dont know a better way to explain it. So many of these books just irck me so much, cause i know not every twin set has the same realationship with their twin like i do but they just be making these unrealistic storys and unessary drama, its just is so icky to me, again lol

Sara is the true queen for always giving us subgenres of romance... these are my fave videos of yours that i watch over and over

LOL. So there's this place in SoCal called YellowDeli. It has some of the greatest food..just oh my god. But it's run by a cult. So when you go there...They don't really pressure you but they give you pamphlets and such. I'm only sharing because I laghed so hard at the twins working at a diner. It's just a way to spread their religion. Anyways. YellowDeli slaps. If you're in SoCal you should go. The sandwiches are so insane.

If anyone wants to know what it's like reading a Beverly Lewis book, she's the V.C. Andrews of Amish fiction

SARUUUHAA you're literally crazzzyyyyy the intro? the candles??? the fit??? is this the magnum opus?? 🤣🤣🤣😭😭

Thank you. I will never read Amish romance ever. 😂

OMG this just popped up on my suggested. So I'm a Christian and I was pretty much raised on these kind of books (I've got beef with them now). But I've never seen anyone talk about these books so I'M SAT DOWN FOR THIS.

Yes, if you really want a clean "Christian romance" try A Name Unknown by Roseanna White. Other clean/closed door romances that are normal good books are: The Cheat Sheet by Sarah Adams (clean sports romance) , Practice Makes Perfect by Sarah Adams (closed door bodyguard romance), The Bodyguard by Katherine Center (bodyguard romance). Also The Authenticity Project by Clare Pooley is general fiction with a clean and sweet romantic sub plot.

I’m so excited to watch this. I actually have a huge Amish community where I live so we have a lot of Amish romances at like, Walmart and I’ve always been curious 😂

Omg this reminds me of this book series I read as a kid that was in my house, I assume my mom bought at some point, called the Angels trilogy by Lurlene Mcdaniel. It's about this woman who starts dating an Amish guy after meet-cuting him when his little sister is in the hospital?? There's a cancer-cured-by-a-literal-angel plot arc and also it gets really sad??? And from what I remember does not have a happy ending it was wild

youtube recomendations keeping me on my toes

Gotta tell my nana about these she’ll love em

that last one was all over the place 😅

Hearing my name was a JUMPSCARE

🐎🐎 "sorry if your name is maddy sue" sent me

We don´t have the same taste in books AT ALL but you are so funny, every one of your videos is even better than the next. You always make my day!

the thumbnail already got me... what a video lol!

First time viewer here! I absolutely LOVE the way you describe books and the stories involved. They entranced me so much and I appreciate the time you took to adequately convey each story ❤

i was waiting for a video like this!! i’ve been reading the occasional amish romance ever since i first discovered that they existed lolol. such a niche genre

im so sorry but im gonna need more of this! yyou actually manage to make these books sound interesting

The commitment and attention to detail for the intro 👏

i have never heard of this genre but i am HOOKED. please do a part 2, this is hilarious! 😂

Girl. This was quality content. Perfect puzzle-doing background listening. 10/10 would recommend.

The thumbnail took me out, Sara. Your dedication to us and our entertainment knows no bounds. This is amazing!

The song choices when the book reviews start. Hollering!

My grandma LOVED amish romance and always had a few from the library on deck

ive worked in libraries since 2019, since day 1 ive been seeing a high interest so much that my first dept had a section JUST for amish romance. never once did i read these, but i wanted to know soooo badly so tysm for doing the leg work on this one

I read the first book years ago bc my ex mother in law had it on her bookshelf 🤦🏻‍♀️🤣 the last book reminds me of the true crime case of the Amish guy that had his wife killed. He was wild. He was on an Amish dating site and everything.

13:18 for traditionalist christian communities it makes lots of sense. I dated a 25 (I was 26) year old guy from a very conservative evangelical family and when it didn’t work out, his parents stated that we are obviously too immature for a romantic relationship still. Worst experience ever.

oh my god. amish books are SOOO popular at my library! i can’t wrap my head around it!

your content has been on fire (in a good way) 🐴🐎🎠

Saved this to my watch later bc I knew it be a good watch

Old southern women eat these books up!! They have single handly made Beverly Lewis rich.

I just started sewing clothes and it’s so fun! I made clothes for my whole family.

One time I didn’t have any books to read but one Amish romance (its own thing of why) and tbh they don’t disappoint 😭like it’s in my top faves

It’s the no hate club shirt for me 😂😂 I love it

The way the stars had to align for me to stumble across a video made by someone with very nearly the same name as me talking about authors that I was peer pressured into reading back when my family was under the fundie influence....

that’s a lot of candles

OMG i've read the first one, i think my grandparents got it for me. I had another one (don't remember where i got it) but this Amish family's mom dies so the oldest sister kinda takes over the role and raises her like 6 siblings but her dad is never appreciative of her, flash forward her youngest brother ends up getting kidnapped (i think this guy and his wife can't have kids so he just yoinks the baby), it was wild, it's The Storekeeper's Daughter by Wanda E. Brunstetter

Just found your channel, love this video 🐴

That cover on Undercover Amish.....LMAO!

Someone needs to tell Hen that she is allowed to not wear make up if she does not want to.

Oh no seeing the covers made me brain blast remember that my grandma read these

"When I was in a Christian cult" WHAT ? THIS IS MY FIRST DAY HERE AND EVEN THO I STILL PRACTICE RELIGION UR SO VALID TO BE UNCOMFY OMG

This title made me chortle, I guess I have to watch 😂

I love little house on the prairie kind of romance books.

I was reading a pretty neat Regency romance/mystery book when the male love interest randomly started preaching about loving God and being a good Christian… turns out it was a Christian romance masquerading as only Regency! Had me fucked up lmfao

Well, the last one was action-packed, if nothing else.

que buen video ni siquiera sabia que existian este tipo de romances y aunque fue aburrido leerlos para vos, es interesante escuchar todo el plot 😅

i got really into learning about evangelical christianity from an outside or a deconstructed perspective liek from fundie fridays or jordan and mckay, and something they've noted is that evangelicals kinda have an obsession with the amish and romanticize them a lot? have to wonder if these were written in that vein of thought

I just got back into reading recently and am now discovering people discussing books online. How novel.

Mind you I was watching this video and my room blew a fuse

I read these as a teen because my mom wouldn't let me read Twilight.

Thank you for subjecting yourself to this torture for our entertainment. You are truly doing god’s work 🤭

I clicked on this because my mother in law reads these. I think they are as weird as she thinks my werewolf romance books are LOL

I love the adult twin fear as an adult twin myself 😂

idk why i fully expected this to be abt amish smut

Being a pagan, it's adorable when I get a smile from one of the local "bonnet women".

my mom has about a hundred different amish romance books. im like 95% sure she has the first two

Did you know the man who wrote I Kissed Dating Goodbye is divorced now?

Do check out The California Pioneer Series by Elaine Schulte, it’s a christian fic, not sure if it fits under romance but it was a really good read. My favourite is the first book, ‘The Journey West’, found it in this random donation pile and it was written in the 90s something, but the writing and the plot is very interesting. Loved it even though I am not a Christian 😆

I'm not American and I'm not religous (plus I think more than half of the people in my country does not have a religion) I have heard about the Amish people though and their lifestyle I guess? So this video was so fascinating to me! The idea of a religious romance is so wild and hilarious(I mean no offense to those who enjoy it) 😂 I had to pause the video several times because you made me laugh so hard lol 😆

This is a lot of what I've been trying to figure out. How magic items/artifacts, and spells can be used to replicate "modern" technology.

I LOVE Keira Andrews (the author of the gay amish book) but "A forbidden rumspringa" was her only book from her I ever DNFed 😂 too much religious trauma flashbacks for my mental health and the vibe was just weird 😅

Waiting for the comments from Maddie Sue’s