Awkward only begins to describe the events in the prologue of this book. Seeing the future heroine humiliated in an extreme way caused me to start Chapter One with a negative perspective plus some skepticism as well. Sarah Collier is a slightly overweight fifteen-year-old with braces on her teeth and dreams in her eyes when…
I read The Snow Globe in a very festive mood. The story was not exactly what I was expecting. When I get a book this length, I don’t expect Gone with the Wind style characterizations. But still, the breakneck speed of the three connected stories left me feeling disoriented, dizzy, and not very cheery. Kylie…
I tend to stick with anthologies for my holiday reading, but I noticed a fair number of full-length holiday stories on shelves this year, so I thought I’d broaden my horizons. While it has a few cheesy Hallmark Hall of Fame-style moments, Christmas at Candlebark Farm is basically a well-written and very sweet little Christmas…
It’s not uncommon for a book to have a family tree, when it’s one in a series of connected stories focusing on a particular family – and God knows there are a lot of those. It’s never a good sign, though, when a single book needs a family tree to deal with all of the…
Narrated by Tanya Eby A non-typical Kleypas for sure, there was a definite sweetness to this short yet moving first in a series. I’ll certainly be following the Friday Harbor series but not with the same anticipation I had for the more earthy Travis Series. It was my first time to hear Tanya Eby and…
I’ve read Dana Marton’s books before, and she often tells a good story. Her writing style tends to be fairly solid and indeed, The Spy Who Saved Christmas stylistically flowed well. However, the characters weren’t well-formed enough to satisfy and the story relied on far too many cliches for it to hold the reader’s interest….
I love the holidays. I especially love holiday goodies. The sugar cookie runs top of the list, with eggnog running a close second. I only pull out the homemade stuff toward the end of the season (as in Christmas Day), but I do tons of store bought “seasonal cheer” starting November 1 and straight on…
This time of year, holiday romances are my drug of choice. One might assume when picking up a book entitled A Christmas Waltz, that it would have something to do with Christmas. In this case, one would be wrong. This is a 338 page book. They start talking about a Christmas ball in passing roughly…
Are you in the mood for a short, Christmas book? If the answer is yes, then this might just fill the bill. I had my doubts in the beginning, but fortunately kept reading. After the first few pages, I found it not only enjoyable, but to have a lot more substance than I expected. Rio…
This seemed like a cute idea for a contemporary, holiday romance, set for the most part in a wonderful holiday B&B. But while there were lots of enjoyable, and even laugh out loud moments, parts of the set-up and the timeline just didn’t work for me and the resolution was just a bit too convoluted…
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