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A review by jessiesreadingcorner
How the Grump Saved Christmas by Claire Kingsley
4.0
As seen on my blog (Jessie's Reading Corner):
If you have not read this story already and are looking for a holiday romance story to read this season, I strongly consider you add this to your TBR!
Isabelle Cook and Elias Stoneheart were childhood sweethearts until they weren’t. Now Elias is back in Tilikum to try and get Isabelle and her family to sell their farm to his company so he can secure a long-awaited promotion. Will Isabelle and the town of Tilikum be able to convince him that there’s more to life than just work?
I really loved Isabelle and Elias’s story! It was a very cute and heartwarming holiday story! I also loved the additional love story we sort of got with Alice and Cole, and Alice’s daughter Maddie, and I loved how Claire used these characters (and more) to help guide Elias in his journey to discovering what the true spirit of Christmas is.
I really enjoyed listening to Samantha Brentmoor and Stephen Dexter narrate this story! I absolutely loved Stephen though, especially when he would take on the voice of Maddie (be still my heart!) If you have are looking for a great holiday story to listen to, I highly recommend this one!
If you’ve read Claire’s Bailey Brothers series then you may have seen parts of this story play out in Levi and Annika’s book in Rewriting the Stars as Isabelle is one of Annika’s best friends. No, you don’t need to read that book in order to understand this book as they are separate stories, but some of the events that happen in Rewriting the Stars overlap in this one. I will say, if you have never read the Bailey Brothers series, I highly recommend you read it because it is phenomenal! You can expect: sizzling love stories, a hilarious but sometimes contentious family feud between the Baileys and Havens that usually revolve around pranks, ornery squirrels that can be trained to cause mayhem, and a small town that you will fall in love with and want to move to!
If you have not read this story already and are looking for a holiday romance story to read this season, I strongly consider you add this to your TBR!
Isabelle Cook and Elias Stoneheart were childhood sweethearts until they weren’t. Now Elias is back in Tilikum to try and get Isabelle and her family to sell their farm to his company so he can secure a long-awaited promotion. Will Isabelle and the town of Tilikum be able to convince him that there’s more to life than just work?
I really loved Isabelle and Elias’s story! It was a very cute and heartwarming holiday story! I also loved the additional love story we sort of got with Alice and Cole, and Alice’s daughter Maddie, and I loved how Claire used these characters (and more) to help guide Elias in his journey to discovering what the true spirit of Christmas is.
I really enjoyed listening to Samantha Brentmoor and Stephen Dexter narrate this story! I absolutely loved Stephen though, especially when he would take on the voice of Maddie (be still my heart!) If you have are looking for a great holiday story to listen to, I highly recommend this one!
If you’ve read Claire’s Bailey Brothers series then you may have seen parts of this story play out in Levi and Annika’s book in Rewriting the Stars as Isabelle is one of Annika’s best friends. No, you don’t need to read that book in order to understand this book as they are separate stories, but some of the events that happen in Rewriting the Stars overlap in this one. I will say, if you have never read the Bailey Brothers series, I highly recommend you read it because it is phenomenal! You can expect: sizzling love stories, a hilarious but sometimes contentious family feud between the Baileys and Havens that usually revolve around pranks, ornery squirrels that can be trained to cause mayhem, and a small town that you will fall in love with and want to move to!