A review by kitvaria_sarene
A Christmas Celebration by Heidi Swain
4.0
I really enjoyed being back at Wynthorpe Hall, and having another wonderful Christmas time. It was lovely to meet everyone again!
I liked the different backgrounds this time, with a main character just returned from volunteering in a refugee camp. Though even more of a draw for me was Albert, the older gentleman who is way too proud to admit he's struggling. He felt so real to me and i wish I could go visit him. He's definitely my very favourite character in the book!
Yes, things are going way easier and smoothly than they could go, yes the end is very predictable. Does this hurt the story? In my eyes no. Not at all.
While I prefer my Christmas books to have some deeper topics and problems, I still want the book to be mainly hopeful. To be full of friendship and support and a bit of Christmas magic.
The romance is more a side dish than the main course in this installment, which I thought fit the story well.
I liked the different backgrounds this time, with a main character just returned from volunteering in a refugee camp. Though even more of a draw for me was Albert, the older gentleman who is way too proud to admit he's struggling. He felt so real to me and i wish I could go visit him. He's definitely my very favourite character in the book!
Yes, things are going way easier and smoothly than they could go, yes the end is very predictable. Does this hurt the story? In my eyes no. Not at all.
While I prefer my Christmas books to have some deeper topics and problems, I still want the book to be mainly hopeful. To be full of friendship and support and a bit of Christmas magic.
The romance is more a side dish than the main course in this installment, which I thought fit the story well.