The Crow's Call is the first installment from Wanda E Brunstetter’s newest series, Amish Greenhouse Mystery. I thought it was a great read. I thought was a little bit different from the author’s previous work. It may be up there with one of my favorites I have read by her to date. I had it read in one sitting.

The Crow’s Call gets five plus stars from me. I cannot wait to read the next addition to the Amish Greenhouse Mystery series.

I received this book from the publisher, but was not required to write a review. This review is 100% my own honest opinion.

In Wanda Brunstetter's new series, The Amish Greenhouse Mystery, her first book does not disappoint, The Crow's Call is written in Wanda's usual style, but it still keeps you wondering and guessing. The story focuses on the King family, who we met in the Prayer Jars series. The Kings own a greenhouse and most of the family works together to make it successful. When Vernon, the head of the house, and his son and his son in law are all killed in an accident, the ladies are left trying to keep everything afloat, along with the help of Henry, just barely out of school. Amy tries so hard to help with everything, while her sister Sylvie mourns the loss of her husband. Her mom, Belinda, is also trying so hard to make it without Vernon and still get all the things done that they have to do in order to keep the greenhouse going., In addition, Henry is bitter and angry and acting out. To make matters worse, someone seems determined to drive them out of business, or, at the very least, hurt their business. Several acts of vandalism leave them confused and trying to piece things back together, Add a grouchy new neighbor and a homeless woman to the mix, and things really get a little messy.
Told in Wanda's signature style, her readers will be glad to see that she continuously points her characters back to the best hope we have, God the Father. I really enjoyed this book and can't wait for the next one in the series!
I received a free copy of this book from NetGalley for my honest review. All opinions are my own.

The Crow's Call is the first in Wanda Brunstetter's new series, Amish Greenhouse Mystery series. Being a fan of Brunstetter and having read the Prayer Jar series, I was happy to see the King family featured. It's ok If you haven't read the Prayer Jar series, you are able to get current quickly.
When the family is hit with not only one death in the family but three at once, it throws them into sorrow but also survival mode. Brunstetter is an expert showing the emotional side of the Amish and also touching on superstitions. Not only does the family have to deal with their loss but, also stepping into running the greenhouse. While a few strange incidents happen at the greenhouse, it really wasn't touched on very much. I am hoping the next in the series has more mystery.
This is a great Amish book that has all of what life holds, sorrow, family life, and new life.
I highly recommend this book.
I was given an ARC by NetGalley and the publisher for an honest review.

I am always happy when I can find a new title written by Wanda Brunstetter. I know I will find a well written story with characters I can care about. The Crow's Call starts a new series with a slight genre twist but is still an excellent read.
A major tragedy strikes one family, leaving the remaining family members to continue the family business while trying to reconcile their grief with their faith. Differences within a family are routine but tragedy brings out the best and the worst in everyone. Ms Brunstetter writes with compassion while still showing a realistic view of lives lived within a small community. Another great 5 star read!

Another great book by Ms Brunstetter

I enjoy Ms Brunstetter's books, and found this one up to her usual high standard. The touch of mystery adds to the plot. I liked the continuation of characters from the Prayer Jar series. This is a book that can challenge and enrich your faith while giving you a very readable story with interesting characters who have their own challenges. Very much worth reading!

I received an advanced e-copy from the publisher via Netgalley with no obligation. This review is voluntary and my own opinion.

Oh, boy are we in for a treat.....the first book in a new series by Wanda Brunstetter...."The Amish Greenhouse Mystery Series"!! How many of us get goosebumps, when a bird hits our house window?? This is the same way Amy King feels whenever that crow decides to caw, caw, caw. Amy is filled with trepidation wondering what will happen. She sees the crows call as a foreshadowing of bad things to come.....and this day it did!! A birthday celebration turns tragic, in a matter of minutes.....a family is forever changed and each one will be impacted. The family lost 3 family members....the husband/father, son/brother and the son-in-law.....gone and now life as they know it is gone however it must go on, but how?? Each person handles loss and grief in their own ways but how do they now survive together and cope with their losses. One sister becomes filled with anxiety and cannot cope with the outside world. The young brother becomes angry at his new responsibilities and the fact that he feels he has lost his chance at life before it even began. AND he has now made it his mission to make the Amy's nemesis, the crow, his pet!!! Amy deals with her grief by becoming an overachiever and deciding that she no longer has time for courting. This will be a great series and this book leaves you wanting the second book, to see where these lives will be going. Always taking on an aspect of life that we all face or will face and treating it in reality. Sit back, light your favorite candle and enjoy the beginning of a new series!!

While outside, Amy King hears the Caw Caw of a crow. Not one to be superstitious, but she feels something bad is usually on the heels of a crow's call.
The King family is having a wonderful dinner to celebrate the birthday of Belinda. When it is realized there is no ice cream to go with the cake, Vernon (Belinda's husband, their son(Abraham) and son-in-law (Toby) all volunteer to go to the store. Devastation and grief hits the family when all three men perish in an accident.
The King's own and operate a greenhouse for the family's income. Can Belinda, her daughter, Amy and her son, Henry manage it without Vernon? Their oldest son, Ezekiel has offered to move himself and his family back home to help out, but Belinda won't hear of it. He has his own business and has just became a minister in the church.
Amy is all too happy to help out wherever needed, even to the point of breaking things off with her boyfriend, who she felt would be asking for her hand in marriage soon. She feels she now has no time for buggy rides and all that goes with courting.
Henry, is fifteen and is quite angry and bitter over the loss of his family members. He grudgingly helps, but complains constantly.
Silvia, Belinda's grown daughter with a small child and a baby, moves back home and cannot seem to cope with the loss of her husband.
Everyone seems pretty put out with Henry's attitude, but very accepting and accommodating of Silvia's. The difference is that Henry is angry, while Silvia is depressed. Silvia refuses to help out in the greenhouse, while Henry isn't allowed that privilege. I imagine that adds to his bitterness and anger.
Then, to add to their stress, things begin happening on the place. Flower pots inside the greenhouse are turned over. Their sign is cut off, plants have been poisoned. Is it Henry acting out, or someone else wishing them harm?
There is the homeless woman who comes into the greenhouse on occasion. There is the new neighbors across the road. Also, there is the man (Monroe) that Belinda courted long ago, before meeting Vernon who has shown back up in the area and stops by to check on Belinda from time to time. Amy gets a bad feeling every time he shows up.
To add to the family's stress, a large greenhouse is opening up the road from them. Will people prefer to shop there than at the King's greenhouse? So much stress for the family to deal with.
As for the crow that is unsettling for Amy... well, Henry is attempting to make a pet of it!
Another lovely, well written story by Wanda E. Brunstetter! The only disappointment for me was the unfinished ending. I will, definitely, have to read the next book in this series!
I was given a complimentary copy of this to read by the publisher, Barbour and Netgalley and was under no obligation for a positive review.

5 Stars: 5/5 Star Rating
What a cliffhanger!!! This delightful book left me dying for book number two. Amy King is convinced that the crow's call signals danger or impending doom and something does always seem to happen when he is around making noise. But her brother, Henry, has made it his task to make a pet of the crow. The family suffered a great tragedy when three of the men of the family were killed in a buggy accident. Belinda and Sylvia are widowed and a brother and son are gone as well. The family is grieving while trying to keep the family business: the greenhouse thriving. Amy puts her plans to court on hold to help her mother run the family business. Life will never be the same for the King family.
We're left hanging to see who is doing all the damage to the greenhouse and why they're doing it at the conclusion of the book. So I am really anxious for book two.
I received an Advanced Reader copy of this book from netgalley and Shiloh Run Press. All opinions expressed are my own.

The Crow's Call is book one in the Amish Greenhouse Mystery series. It is about a happy family whose life drastically changes when the father of the family, his son-in-law and one of his sons are killed. The family has to learn to go on and figure out how to balance running the family's greenhouse with the plans they have for their lives.

Amy King is now faced with the loss of her father and knows her mother needs her help to run the family greenhouse. Amy's older sister, Sylvia, is struggling to cope with the loss of her husband and to raise their two children without a father present. Also, Amy's teenage brother, Henry, is helping around the house but finds he is inundated with the chores that used to be shared by his father, brother and brother-in-law. Amy decides to break off her courtship to her longtime boyfriend because she feels she cannot balance running the greenhouse with courting.

What make The Crow's Call so interesting is the actual call of a crow that seems to happen every time mischief takes place at the greenhouse. Acts of vandalism begin to happen and just when you think you know who might have done it, another character presents opportunity to be the one vandalizing the family's greenhouse.

The Crow's Call is wonderfully written and really gets you excited to read what happens in book two. I received an ARC of this book and this is my honest feedback.

A wonderful book, I give it 5+ stars, I was a little disappointed not truly knowing who was trying to sabotage them, I truly did not want to think it was the son. My thoughts was the old boyfriend or the “homeless” woman, but I was kind of left hanging there but it was still a great read and I loved it. Mrs. Brunstetter has always been one of my favorite authors, I enjoy reading her books.

The Crow’s Call by Wanda E. Brunstetter is the first novel in the Amish Greenhouse Mystery series. Michelle and Ezekiel from The Prayer Jar trilogy are in this series. I thought The Crow’s Call was well-written with steady pacing and developed, realistic characters. You could feel the character’s emotions pouring from the pages. I felt so bad for this family who suffered such a devastating loss. To lose three family members in one day is unthinkable. Each one of them is grieving and each one handles it differently. They struggle to get through each day. Their workload has increased, but they must soldier on. Unfortunately, Sylvia, the eldest daughter, is too grief stricken to do more than mind her children. Henry, the youngest child, is full of anger and bitterness which he takes out on the family. Amy is our main protagonist. Before the deaths, she was looking forward to her beau proposing. With all the added responsibilities, Amy has little time to see Jared Riehl. Ezekiel and Michelle are settled in Clymer, New York where their bee business is doing well, and Ezekiel just drew the lot for a minister. He feels he should move back home, but his mother does not want him to disrupt his new life. I enjoyed getting to know the various characters and their stories. It makes for an interesting book. As if the King family does not have enough to handle, someone starts sabotaging the greenhouse. They do not know if it is Henry acting out, the new English neighbors, the homeless woman, the owners of the new greenhouse in town or an unknown entity. The crow was an interesting addition. Amy has feared crows since a child and believes its caw foretells doom. Is the crow warning them of danger or just a coincidence? Faith plays an important part of the King family’s lives. A terrible tragedy can either draw you closer to God or pull you away. We see a combination of both in The Crow’s Call. The Crow’s Call allows us to follow the King family as they struggle with their grief and attempt to move forward with their lives. It is not an easy process. You move forward a step and then go two steps backward. This realistic novel will tug at your heartstrings. The Crow’s Call has family, friendship, community, faith and mystery. I am eager to read The Mockingbird’s Song when it is released.

I love how Wanda can maintain the thread of her previous characters and weave in new ones. The Crow's Call surrounds itself around the death of loved Father of Ezekiel, his brother and brother in law when they suddenly die. Members of his family respond to this tragedy in a variety of ways including being unable to leave the house due to anxiety, pushing through and another feeling pushed into filling the space. Ezekiel has made a new home for his family and now needs to decide if he sacrifices this and comes home to help his mother and siblings. His sister breaks her engagements and the wear and tear of grief shows through. A new neighbour, from the city, has a hiliarious incident when she finds herself locked out of her home and too anxious to ask for help from her "strange" Amish neighbours. An enjoyable read and I look forward to the next one.

Amy King is preparing for her mother’s birthday party and looking forward to the family all being together, including Ezekiel and Michelle whom we met in a previous series. She’s had an aversion to crows since she was a baby and wonders if the crows call is a foreboding of something bad happening. An accident leaves the women of the family struggling with grief and keeping their business open. Each person seems to be dealing with the grief differently and though the main women are Belinda and her daughter Amy, the other children, Henry and Sylvia are also a big part of the story. Jared, Lydia, Ezekiel, Michelle and some new neighbors and someone Belinda knew if her younger years are also part of the minor characters. Good paced story with a little mystery thrown in and a closer look at the King family we met in the “Jar” series.
A complimentary copy was provided by Barbou Publishing via Net Galley. A review was not required and all thoughts and opinions are my own.

another Great book from Wanda brunstetter. I love her writings about The amish ordinary Days. she describes their lives so good you almost feel like you are a part of their family. In this book she also manages to throw in an interesting mystery. and I liked we get to meet persons from her other series The prayer jar again. i am looking forward to The next book in The series. Thank you to netgalley for this e arc.

The Crow's Call is a mystery novel, which is ok, but different coming from Wanda E. Brunstetter based on her other many, many books. The one main mystery question doesn't get answered by the end, so I can't wait to read book 2 to out what happens next.
It was nice to catch up with a few secondary characters from the previous series, The Prayer Jars, while also getting to know the main family characters in this series, The Amish Greenhouse Mystery.

I received a free copy from NetGalley with no money exchange only an honest review. This is my honest review in my own words.

As usual Wanda is an amazing writer. The pictures that she paints are so lifelike that you feel like you're in the story with the characters

This Pennsylvania Amish story started out strongly, with the accidental deaths of 3 members of a closely-knit family. The rest of the story deals with how the remaining family members deal with the tragedies and continue to live. The problem is they don't really progress. The plot is repetitive and slow, with very little happening. Story lines are begun but never end. After spinning a long, rather boring tale, the book abruptly ends, with very little resolved, and what is resolved is rushed and illogical. I know this is supposed to be the beginning of a new series, and that is probably why so many questions are left unanswered, but this first volume is not compelling enough to encourage me to read any future volumes. Thanks to NetGalley for providing an ARC.

The Crow's Call is much-loved author Wanda Brunstetter's first book in the Amish Greenhouse Mystery series. If the rest of the books in the series are as good as this one, this reader can't wait to read the second book. I like Brunstetter's style of writing and her honest and redemptive approach to realistic struggles that her characters encounter. The characters are strong, resilient, and realistic with depth to their emotions, strengths, and foibles. Readers can easily connect with them. As noted by the title, the call of a crow is key in the story. Is it coincidental or the harbinger of danger and tragedy to come? As well as the members of the King family dealing with a horrific tragedy several subplots keep the reader's interest high--new neighbors, a homeless woman, an old boyfriend, mishaps at the greenhouse, and a romance too. When I was getting close to the end of the book, I wondered how the author was going to resolve some of the issues and relationships in the few pages I had left to read. Well, she didn't, which means there is more to come! The Crow's Call is not just another ho-hum novel about the Amish. It is one that reminds readers about the importance of family, faith, and hope amidst the aftermath of life-changing events. I received a complimentary copy of this book from Barbour Publishing and was under no obligation to post a review. The opinions are my own.

Strasburg, Pennsylvania, april.
Amy King is a young single woman, she helps the parents in the Greenhouse.
During her mom birthday an accident occured and after that her family was devasted.
Every person in the family acted in different way about the loss, in fact it is a personal matter: cry, anger, be busy,
be lazy, talk a lot, talk a few words, hiding in the house, ...
Good and hard topic, well written, good book. I recommend it.

I received an ARC copy of this book from Net Galley in exchange for my honest opinion of it. I so enjoyed the first book in this series and am looking forward to reading more. I so enjoy reading Amish books but so many of them are just too sweet and perfect. I really like how this author makes the characters real and people you can relate to who also have everyday problems to deal with at times.