Reviews for Sister Peters in Amsterdam

The average rating for Sister Peters in Amsterdam based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2015-06-13 00:00:00 Kurt Klemm "If you don't leave me alone, I shall plant you a facer!" Adelaide Peters, nurse and daughter of a country rector, may be slightly shy, but with her red hair, she is no one's doormat! She is invited to Holland in a work exchange program between that country and England. Professor Baron Coenraad van Essen has dark hair, blue eyes and a beaky nose; he is a paediatrician in Amsterdam; he owns an old house in the Herengracht. His father, who was also a doctor, was shot by the Nazis in 1940 for helping his Jewish patients escape. His mother was arrested and died in a concentration camp. During the arrest and search of their home, a soldier struck him in the eye with a rifle butt and he is functionally blind in that eye. (I love when actual historical events pop up in works of fiction!) Addy goes to Amsterdam and works with Professor van Essen for a year and of course, falls in love with him. Halfway through the year, Coenraad offers to drive her to her home so she can have a two-week holiday. He meets - and likes - her parents and her younger twin brothers, and they like him. Margriet Keizer has every intention of marrying Coenraad, not because she loves him, but because he is wealthy, suitable and well-known. When she begins to suspect that Coenraad has feelings for Addy, she tells Addy several half-truths and even more bald-face lies. Addy, being a minister's daughter and a nice girl, takes Margriet's word. She invents a toothache to keep from attending the ball with the Professor and makes arrangements to leave the hospital and Amsterdam immediately. Before she can escape, however, Coenraad takes her for a quiet walk, declares his love and proposes marriage. This the TGB's very first work - at least the first one published. It's a little slow, being plotted out over an entire year. We celebrate St. Nicholas, Christmas and the New Year with Addy and see the changing seasons. All the comforting, familiar elements are present. Her beautifully descriptive prose, the immaculate background details - food, fashion, and setting - are what make her otherwise formulaic books so special. Not in my top 10, but a good solid read. Reread Sept. 26-28, 2016, completed Pinterest board. Reread Sept. 8-15, 2017. What is it with September and this book??? Lol! Over the past couple of years, this very first book of TGB has impressed me more and more, until it IS in my Top 10. There are others that have better secondary characters, and more angst, but this one is just perfect in its simplicity.

Review # 2 was written on 2012-10-03 00:00:00 Rhonda Bender Wow..this was my first romance by this author, and I absolutely loved it. Such a sweet story.....so very different from the Harlequin's of today. Content is very light on passion and chemistry given this was written in 1967..but it is still a wonderful romance.