Finding Rose by Dana Becker is the second novel in the Amish Rose series. Each book can be read as a standalone, but you will get a better picture if you read Searching for Rose first. Finding Rose is not what I expected. It is a combination of dark thriller, horror, and suspense with a weird romance tossed in along with a hint of paranormal. This is not an Amish story. The cover is very misleading. Rose is not Amish, nor does she dress Amish (nor does she plan on becoming Amish). Her sister, April became Amish by marrying. The story is set on their Amish farm. Rose was held captive by a deranged cult leader who believed Rose was the reincarnation of his beloved sister. There was an incident when the nutjob was little that forever changed him and the sister. Rose was lucky she escaped the man’s clutches alive. We see how these events have affected her mind (she really needs psychiatric care in an institution). Finding Rose is a strange book. I struggled to get through it. I do not like the writing style or the characters. It is a dark tale that reminds me of horror movies (that I do not like to watch). There are descriptive details of what Rose suffered at the hands of the madman plus a terrible, bloody event. It seemed that the author did not do her research on the Amish because the proper details are missing. Peter would not have been welcomed back after his disappearance into the English world with an English wife (there would have been a long talk—or several with the bishop along with shunning plus April would have undergone religious instruction to be baptized). It does mention April learning Pennsylvania Dutch. There was no Amish community, bishop, going to church, etc. It seemed that April was not aware of the proper way to pin her dress (with straight pins). I feel that if you are going to have Amish characters, you need to get the details correct especially if you are going to have them live near Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Finding Rose is a book that I did not want to read past the first chapter. It is too dark and strange with an odd ending. While Finding Rose was not the right book for me, you should judge it for yourself by downloading a sample. Finding Rose is a dark, twisty tale with a rescued Rose, a charming carpenter, a concerned sister, a peaceful farm, a maniac madman, a missing maedel, and a curious crime. ( )