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j_bookaholic's review against another edition
4.0
This story really got me in the Christmas mood, so much so that I even put on carols.
A delightful story with some really sweet moments. Nothing overly serious, nothing flashy, just a good Christmas story.
A delightful story with some really sweet moments. Nothing overly serious, nothing flashy, just a good Christmas story.
blessedwannab's review against another edition
3.0
When I picked up Let it Snow I set out to read something I thought would make me feel good, something that was happy and light, and I got it. Let it Snow was exactly what I was looking for.
Having read Winter Wonderland, the third book in this series, I was already familiar with these three grumpy lumberjacks. I even knew who they ended up with, but it was so much fun going back to read Frankie and Marcus first falling in love. Actually, there was something really amazing about Marcus in particular. It was all in how Frankie was insecure in himself, looked down on himself for having some ‘swish’ as he would call it. I loved how Marcus worked to build him up. Every time Marcus reminded Frankie he was a man, no matter how he spoke or carried himself, I felt my heart warm just a little bit more.
I also loved watching Frankie pull down Marcus’s walls. He was so nervous, having been burned before. It was really hard for Marcus to believe Frankie wouldn’t do the same. It was so beautiful, watching Frankie prove him wrong. Maybe they aren’t my favorite Minnesota Christmas couple, but they are definitely adorable.
On top of that, it was crazy seeing Paul and Arthur in this book. It was quite a departure from where they are in Winter Wonderland. It almost felt wrong to read, but only because I know they’re not right together. There’s better coming along for these men.
That’s not to say that I didn’t enjoy seeing them in the beginning. I particularly liked seeing how the friendship between the three lumberjacks started, prior to any love interests. It was well worth it.
I honestly can’t wait to move right onto the next one. Arthur and the librarian. That should be very interesting! (And yes, I will be rereading Winter Wonderland too!)
Originally posted on Birdie Bookworm.
Having read Winter Wonderland, the third book in this series, I was already familiar with these three grumpy lumberjacks. I even knew who they ended up with, but it was so much fun going back to read Frankie and Marcus first falling in love. Actually, there was something really amazing about Marcus in particular. It was all in how Frankie was insecure in himself, looked down on himself for having some ‘swish’ as he would call it. I loved how Marcus worked to build him up. Every time Marcus reminded Frankie he was a man, no matter how he spoke or carried himself, I felt my heart warm just a little bit more.
I also loved watching Frankie pull down Marcus’s walls. He was so nervous, having been burned before. It was really hard for Marcus to believe Frankie wouldn’t do the same. It was so beautiful, watching Frankie prove him wrong. Maybe they aren’t my favorite Minnesota Christmas couple, but they are definitely adorable.
On top of that, it was crazy seeing Paul and Arthur in this book. It was quite a departure from where they are in Winter Wonderland. It almost felt wrong to read, but only because I know they’re not right together. There’s better coming along for these men.
That’s not to say that I didn’t enjoy seeing them in the beginning. I particularly liked seeing how the friendship between the three lumberjacks started, prior to any love interests. It was well worth it.
I honestly can’t wait to move right onto the next one. Arthur and the librarian. That should be very interesting! (And yes, I will be rereading Winter Wonderland too!)
Originally posted on Birdie Bookworm.
geeknb's review against another edition
5.0
Damn Samhain and their habit of finishing books at 89%. I thought I had at least a few more pages with Goldilocks and his Papa bear.
vepowell's review against another edition
1.0
I feel like this book was a mess of stereotypes of various groups, sprinkled with racism and classism.
bitchie's review against another edition
4.0
Cute, but I wanted an epilogue.
full review on booklikes:
http://bitchie.booklikes.com/post/716730/post
full review on booklikes:
http://bitchie.booklikes.com/post/716730/post
a_reader_obsessed's review against another edition
3.0
An easy, overall feel good story of opposites attract and how they find love and happiness.
A fortuitous (?) snowstorm to rival all snowstorms hits, and poor Frankie is stuck in the outskirts of a small town, car wrecked with danger looming ever closer and closer. Luckily he finds his way to a cabin where he can wait out the weather, but there’s one caveat. There's a particular grump living there that he can’t resist despite all signals telling him to back off.
Both Frankie and Marcus have issues aplenty which makes starting something between them the worst idea ever. Frankie has never been in a long term relationship, and though he likes a tougher, bigger fellow, his past dredges up some awful memories. Marcus on the other hand has been burned badly by an ex, and really has no interest in getting entangled with someone new despite his loneliness. Somehow though, they eventually get over their fears and hangups, as being forced to sequester for several days allows them to get to know each other in more ways than one. *wink wink*
These two hedge a lot. There’s plenty of doubt, insecurity, and fear of starting something with the other, but they work it out. Fans of the tamer Cullinan won’t be disappointed. This had plenty of angst lite feels, hot interludes to keep the reader nice and toasty, and of course, a happy ending.
bhookjunkhie's review against another edition
4.0
4.5 STARS...Ms. Cullinan can do no wrong!...LOVED!
whitneykelley's review against another edition
5.0
I enjoyed this, but it wasn’t perfect. Homophobia is very present and one of the main characters is attacked for being gay. The characters were sweet and likable, but the author doesn’t make any attempts to write a world where it’s easy to be LGBTQ.
mikibooks's review against another edition
1.0
Mi pregunta es:
¿Nadie, pero NADIE, notó los enormes y gigantescos prejuicios que tiene este libro con determinados temas sociales, llenándose por otra parte la boca hablando de aquellos sostenidos contra la comunidad gay?
¿Nadie notó cómo la autora tiene algunos pre-conceptos graves con los inmigrantes?
¿Y con las personas que viven en barrios pobres?
Las únicas conclusiones que me quedaron son:
a) Ser inmigrante se traduce a vivir en un gueto apartado y, por ende, tener cierta genética para atacar a una persona gay y/o afeminada, asaltar, robar, etc.
("There are places I have to be careful, sure, and some of the immigrant communities are downright dangerous because they brought their prejudices with them"...¿de verdad a nadie le hace ruido esto?)
b) Si sos pobre, vivís en un barrio también marginado, probablemente derruido, al que todos le tienen miedo y lanzan advertencias como si se tratara del mismísimo fin del mundo.
c) No se puede confiar en una persona pobre (si ademas es inmigrante, peor), porque seguro te maltrate, te diga "faggot", te eche de su casa y te robe.
(Frankie yendo con toda su amabilidad y raza aria a ayudar a una mujer embaraza pobre, y por ende cruel, más allá de las miles de advertencias sobre la peligrosidad del lugar, siendo asaltado ahí mismo, y encontrando solo consuelo y calma...cuando va a cortarle el pelo a la mujer del "Mayor")
Además, la historia resulta poco verosímil, todo sucede con demasiado apuro, con muchos pozos argumentales, a los que aparentemente decidió llenar de prejuicios. No se puede hacer agradable a un personaje, volviendo desagradable todo lo demás. Sólo termina dejando en claro su profunda ignorancia.
Soy argentina, y como todos mis compatriotas latinoamericanos, víctima por décadas del maltrato, la denigración, la violencia, los prejuicios de las sociedades avanzadas que buscan imponernos su cultura y borrarnos del mapa. Una vergüenza.
English translation: (sorry for the mistakes)
My question is:
Nobody noticed the enormous and gigantic prejudices that this book has with certain social issues, moreover boasting off about those held against the gay community?
Nobody noticed that the author has some serious pre-concepts against immigrants?
And with people living in "slums"?
The only conclusions that i had after finishing the book were:
a) Being an immigrant can be translated to live in a separate ghetto and therefore have some basic genetics to attack a gay and/or effeminate person, assault, theft, etc.
(Quote: "There are places I have to be careful, sure, and some of the immigrant communities are downright dangerous because they brought their prejudices with them"... Really this sounds ok to you?)
b) If you're poor, you obviously live in a slum, that is also probably demolished, to which all are scared and throw warnings as if it were the very end of the world. And, as you are poor, you are inevitably a delinquent.
c) You can not trust someone poor (if is also an immigrant, even worse), because he/she will surely mistreat you, will insult you, and steal from you.
(Frankie going with all his kindness and Aryan race to help a pregnant woman -poor and, thus cruel-, despite the thousands of warnings about the dangers of the place, being assaulted there, and finding only solace and calm ... in the peacefull house of the Major and his white wife)
Moreover, the plot is not really plausible, everything happens too fast, with many plot holes, which apparently she decided to filled with prejudice. You can not make nice with a character, becoming unpleasant everything else. It just makes more clear her profound ignorance.
I am from Argentina, and like all my Latin American compatriots, victim of decades of abuse, denigration, violence, and the prejudice of the "advanced societies", that seek to impose their culture and wipe us out. Disgraceful
¿Nadie, pero NADIE, notó los enormes y gigantescos prejuicios que tiene este libro con determinados temas sociales, llenándose por otra parte la boca hablando de aquellos sostenidos contra la comunidad gay?
¿Nadie notó cómo la autora tiene algunos pre-conceptos graves con los inmigrantes?
¿Y con las personas que viven en barrios pobres?
Las únicas conclusiones que me quedaron son:
a) Ser inmigrante se traduce a vivir en un gueto apartado y, por ende, tener cierta genética para atacar a una persona gay y/o afeminada, asaltar, robar, etc.
("There are places I have to be careful, sure, and some of the immigrant communities are downright dangerous because they brought their prejudices with them"...¿de verdad a nadie le hace ruido esto?)
b) Si sos pobre, vivís en un barrio también marginado, probablemente derruido, al que todos le tienen miedo y lanzan advertencias como si se tratara del mismísimo fin del mundo.
c) No se puede confiar en una persona pobre (si ademas es inmigrante, peor), porque seguro te maltrate, te diga "faggot", te eche de su casa y te robe.
(Frankie yendo con toda su amabilidad y raza aria a ayudar a una mujer embaraza pobre, y por ende cruel, más allá de las miles de advertencias sobre la peligrosidad del lugar, siendo asaltado ahí mismo, y encontrando solo consuelo y calma...cuando va a cortarle el pelo a la mujer del "Mayor")
Además, la historia resulta poco verosímil, todo sucede con demasiado apuro, con muchos pozos argumentales, a los que aparentemente decidió llenar de prejuicios. No se puede hacer agradable a un personaje, volviendo desagradable todo lo demás. Sólo termina dejando en claro su profunda ignorancia.
Soy argentina, y como todos mis compatriotas latinoamericanos, víctima por décadas del maltrato, la denigración, la violencia, los prejuicios de las sociedades avanzadas que buscan imponernos su cultura y borrarnos del mapa. Una vergüenza.
English translation: (sorry for the mistakes)
My question is:
Nobody noticed the enormous and gigantic prejudices that this book has with certain social issues, moreover boasting off about those held against the gay community?
Nobody noticed that the author has some serious pre-concepts against immigrants?
And with people living in "slums"?
The only conclusions that i had after finishing the book were:
a) Being an immigrant can be translated to live in a separate ghetto and therefore have some basic genetics to attack a gay and/or effeminate person, assault, theft, etc.
(Quote: "There are places I have to be careful, sure, and some of the immigrant communities are downright dangerous because they brought their prejudices with them"... Really this sounds ok to you?)
b) If you're poor, you obviously live in a slum, that is also probably demolished, to which all are scared and throw warnings as if it were the very end of the world. And, as you are poor, you are inevitably a delinquent.
c) You can not trust someone poor (if is also an immigrant, even worse), because he/she will surely mistreat you, will insult you, and steal from you.
(Frankie going with all his kindness and Aryan race to help a pregnant woman -poor and, thus cruel-, despite the thousands of warnings about the dangers of the place, being assaulted there, and finding only solace and calm ... in the peacefull house of the Major and his white wife)
Moreover, the plot is not really plausible, everything happens too fast, with many plot holes, which apparently she decided to filled with prejudice. You can not make nice with a character, becoming unpleasant everything else. It just makes more clear her profound ignorance.
I am from Argentina, and like all my Latin American compatriots, victim of decades of abuse, denigration, violence, and the prejudice of the "advanced societies", that seek to impose their culture and wipe us out. Disgraceful