Review: Cute Story
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 23, 2012
Recently I believed I would be going with my mother to our state's capital for an appointment with her arthritis doctor (she doesn't like going alone, you see, and my father at first wasn't sure he was going to be able to go this time). Given that it sometimes can take a long time, I decided to take my Kindle and find a free Kindle book to read while waiting. Somehow, I found this and decided this would be it.I did end up not having to go but after a few days, I finished reading Bah, Humbug!Bah, Humbug! deals with the main characters of Kyler Miller, a popular mystery writer, and Lexi Anderson, a local TV celebrity who is considered to be the next Martha Stewart (minus a prison sentence, as is mentioned) living in Salt Lake City. Lexi and her two children are new in town after Lexi and her former husband divorce once he realizes he no longer wants to be married. Lexi and her kids happen to move next door to Kyle who just happens to be the author of the kids' favorite mystery series that they love having Lexi read to them before going to bed.Much like his family, Kyle doesn't particularly enjoy Christmas. Unlike his neighbhorhood, he refuses to so much as even decorate. Later in the novella, it's revealed he and his family had a horrible event to happen twenty-one years before on Christmas Eve and explains why he avoids Christmas.The plot itself deals with Kyle and Lexi encountering each other when Kyle, having writer's block, sees a snowman Lexi and her kids made and has a sudden burst of inspiration. Seeing if it would work, he destroys the snowman's head which in turns causes Lexi to get angry at him. The rest of the novel deals with the two getting past it and both frighteningly realizing they're becoming closer and closer as each helps the other.I'll agree with another reviewer that I did think Lexi's reaction over the snowman got to be a little....extreme. It was an understandable initial reaction but then she took it overboard to the point of lying to her kids and causing them to miss (or so she thought) the chance to meet Kyle at a book signing. Especially considering he tried explaining what he was doing and that it was such an easily fixable thing.Another odd thing about the story I just realized as I write this is the kids themselves. It's mentioned that Lexi was married but she and her husband divorced and he disappeared never to be seen again. I found it a little odd the kids don't even seem to have ANY acknowledgement of their father. I don't recall it being mentioned they didn't know him or remember him (such as if he took off when both were too young to remember). There was no indication he mistreated any of them while married, other than just being someone who would just disappear (which is bad enough, of course). Maybe they didn't miss him and thought he was that much of a jerk (certainly plausible) but I just thought it was odd they make zero reference to him even towards the ending which I won't spoil.It's not a big deal of course. Just something I noticed.On the pro side I thought it was a well written story. I liked all the characters and didn't feel like punching any of them (hey, it's happened to me before with other stories!) so that's definitely a great sign. It was an enjoyable and fun read.Bottom line is, did I enjoy reading this? I did. I would recommend reading it especially if you're a fan of romantic themed movies or stories.