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sony08's review
3.0
Nice and easy reading for Christmas time. I was looking forward to reading the three stories but overall I was a little disappointed. All three novellas have a pretty good story line and potential but only one really delivered the Christmas romance that I was looking for and that was the third story: Christmas Every Day by Jaimie Admans. Below are mini reviews for each of the stories.
All I Want for Christmas = The story of a ditched bride Isabella who comes to teach at a school in snowy mountains. Isabella rapidly involves herself in the life of a little boy called Tyler and his gorgeous (of course) Uncle Jordan. She moves in with them and looks after Tyler and gets herself knotted up in their lives.
I thought the story required a full book rather than a quick read story. The potential was there but it was rushed and a lot of twist and turns were cramped into a short space, which made the story unrealistic so the score for this one is 3/5.
Dreaming of a White Wedding = Scarlet works as a make-up artist in London but is dreaming of working in Brighton with her twin sister Cressida. When her sister calls on her help, which involved the trick of standing in for your identical twin and pretend you are them hoping nobody notices, she agrees but only because her ex-fiancé is supposedly abroad. Of course that doesn’t work out and they meet again and sparks fly.
This was my least favourite of the three. The romance of the story was actually quite sickening. The spirit of love is overdone here right from the start until the last words and I was relieved when I finished it. Score for this story is 1/5 which might seem harsh but it really was not for me.
Christmas Every Day = Emma sees Gorgeous Dog Walker (GDW) every day and is secretly fantasizing about him. Until one day their lives are thrown together in a car crash and GDW asks Emma to look after his job, which would be easier if she knew what that was, where he lived or what his actual name was.
Now this was a story I enjoyed. Thrown in with quite a lot of Christmas magic, the story was written with humour and just the right amount of romance. The ideas behind chimney sweeping, the grumpy elf Twinkle and all the responsibilities that come with being Santa were refreshing and entertaining. Score for this story is 4.5/5 – I would love to read a full book so the author could expand on the story.
Thank you very much to Netgalley and Ten Speed Press for access to this book in exchange for an honest opinion.
My rating: 3/5
All I Want for Christmas = The story of a ditched bride Isabella who comes to teach at a school in snowy mountains. Isabella rapidly involves herself in the life of a little boy called Tyler and his gorgeous (of course) Uncle Jordan. She moves in with them and looks after Tyler and gets herself knotted up in their lives.
I thought the story required a full book rather than a quick read story. The potential was there but it was rushed and a lot of twist and turns were cramped into a short space, which made the story unrealistic so the score for this one is 3/5.
Dreaming of a White Wedding = Scarlet works as a make-up artist in London but is dreaming of working in Brighton with her twin sister Cressida. When her sister calls on her help, which involved the trick of standing in for your identical twin and pretend you are them hoping nobody notices, she agrees but only because her ex-fiancé is supposedly abroad. Of course that doesn’t work out and they meet again and sparks fly.
This was my least favourite of the three. The romance of the story was actually quite sickening. The spirit of love is overdone here right from the start until the last words and I was relieved when I finished it. Score for this story is 1/5 which might seem harsh but it really was not for me.
Christmas Every Day = Emma sees Gorgeous Dog Walker (GDW) every day and is secretly fantasizing about him. Until one day their lives are thrown together in a car crash and GDW asks Emma to look after his job, which would be easier if she knew what that was, where he lived or what his actual name was.
Now this was a story I enjoyed. Thrown in with quite a lot of Christmas magic, the story was written with humour and just the right amount of romance. The ideas behind chimney sweeping, the grumpy elf Twinkle and all the responsibilities that come with being Santa were refreshing and entertaining. Score for this story is 4.5/5 – I would love to read a full book so the author could expand on the story.
Thank you very much to Netgalley and Ten Speed Press for access to this book in exchange for an honest opinion.
My rating: 3/5
nannyf's review
3.0
My actual review, for the book as a whole, is 3.5 stars. I will also give individual star ratings for the three stories seperately.
All I Want For Christmas - 4 Stars
This is a lovely heartwarming Christmas story which I really enjoyed. The story flows well, the characters are really well written, and there are a lot of 'Awwww' moments throughout. If I had to choose a favourite of the three stories, this would be it.
Dreaming of a White Wedding - 3 Stars
Whereas the first story was my favourite, this one is my least favourite. I could see exactly what was going to happen as soon as I started reading and that unfortunately spoiled it for me. The story was okay, but not something which jumped out at me I'm afraid.
Christmas Every Day - 4 Stars
Like the previous story I guessed what was going on quite quickly. But where this story differs is that it grabbed my attention and held it right the way through. The characters are well written, the storyline is a good one, and it gave me a lovely warm Christmas feeling.
All I Want For Christmas - 4 Stars
This is a lovely heartwarming Christmas story which I really enjoyed. The story flows well, the characters are really well written, and there are a lot of 'Awwww' moments throughout. If I had to choose a favourite of the three stories, this would be it.
Dreaming of a White Wedding - 3 Stars
Whereas the first story was my favourite, this one is my least favourite. I could see exactly what was going to happen as soon as I started reading and that unfortunately spoiled it for me. The story was okay, but not something which jumped out at me I'm afraid.
Christmas Every Day - 4 Stars
Like the previous story I guessed what was going on quite quickly. But where this story differs is that it grabbed my attention and held it right the way through. The characters are well written, the storyline is a good one, and it gave me a lovely warm Christmas feeling.
leahmichelle_13's review
4.0
REVIEW FOR CHRISTMAS EVERY DAY
This was SUCH a cute novella. SO cute. Of the three books in this collection, it was by far my favourite. I enjoyed All I Want For Christmas, I couldn't get on with Dreaming Of A White Wedding, so I started Christmas Every Day with some trepidation but it was actually awesome. It sort of reminded me a teensy bit of a Cecelia Ahern novel, with the little air of magic the book conjured up. And the magical Christmassy theme seems to be the theme for this collection, at least the two I've read.
I loved Emma. She was exactly the kind of main character I can root for, working in a supermarket (because not all Chick Lit heroines have glamorous jobs, which I LOVE, being an ex-supermarket worker and current-shop-worker myself), letting the days pass her by and not really knowing how to change her life, until she accidentally almost kills Gorgeous Dog Walker Nick. It's honestly the kind of novel that made me giggle and sigh, and remember that Sandra Bullock film While You Were Sleeping all with the added bonus of being ALL ABOUT CHRISTMAS. And with a dog called Rudolph, you just can't go wrong can you (and not to forget Button as well).
Jaimie is a fabulous writer, one I definitely want to see more of in the future, hopefully with a full-length novel as she's such a great, fun writer to read. This was a wonderful book to escape in to, and it had me dreaming of visiting the North Pole, if only so I could take home my very own elf.
REVIEW FOR ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS
This was an interesting little Christmas read. Part of me wants to rip it to shreds for all that is wrong - because, I truly don't believe a school teacher would be allowed to move in with one of her students and his Uncle, even if it is in his best interests, but actually, when reading the book I didn't actually care. I didn't let the little things I would usually question bother me, because this is actually a really lovely Christmas read. I really loved getting to know Isabella, Jordan and Tyler.
There was also a really lovely magical air to the novel, something whimsical and lovely, really in the spirit of Christmas. Everything happened so quick, it was like being caught up in a whirlwind I struggled to stop. So much so that I read this book in just the one sitting, it was a wonderful Christmassy read, and I can't wait to dive in to the other two novel(la)s in this collection!
This was SUCH a cute novella. SO cute. Of the three books in this collection, it was by far my favourite. I enjoyed All I Want For Christmas, I couldn't get on with Dreaming Of A White Wedding, so I started Christmas Every Day with some trepidation but it was actually awesome. It sort of reminded me a teensy bit of a Cecelia Ahern novel, with the little air of magic the book conjured up. And the magical Christmassy theme seems to be the theme for this collection, at least the two I've read.
I loved Emma. She was exactly the kind of main character I can root for, working in a supermarket (because not all Chick Lit heroines have glamorous jobs, which I LOVE, being an ex-supermarket worker and current-shop-worker myself), letting the days pass her by and not really knowing how to change her life, until she accidentally almost kills Gorgeous Dog Walker Nick. It's honestly the kind of novel that made me giggle and sigh, and remember that Sandra Bullock film While You Were Sleeping all with the added bonus of being ALL ABOUT CHRISTMAS. And with a dog called Rudolph, you just can't go wrong can you (and not to forget Button as well).
Jaimie is a fabulous writer, one I definitely want to see more of in the future, hopefully with a full-length novel as she's such a great, fun writer to read. This was a wonderful book to escape in to, and it had me dreaming of visiting the North Pole, if only so I could take home my very own elf.
REVIEW FOR ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS
This was an interesting little Christmas read. Part of me wants to rip it to shreds for all that is wrong - because, I truly don't believe a school teacher would be allowed to move in with one of her students and his Uncle, even if it is in his best interests, but actually, when reading the book I didn't actually care. I didn't let the little things I would usually question bother me, because this is actually a really lovely Christmas read. I really loved getting to know Isabella, Jordan and Tyler.
There was also a really lovely magical air to the novel, something whimsical and lovely, really in the spirit of Christmas. Everything happened so quick, it was like being caught up in a whirlwind I struggled to stop. So much so that I read this book in just the one sitting, it was a wonderful Christmassy read, and I can't wait to dive in to the other two novel(la)s in this collection!
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