Review: Quick, light, fun romance read for the holiday season!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 22, 2012
Her Christmas Prince is a light romance about Callie who owns a cafe in Sunnyside Keys, Florida. Her boyfriend dumps her a mere two weeks before Christmas and Callie has waiting to tell her mother hoping to avoid her mother's disappointment as long as possible. When the time does come for her to let her mother know, she's sort of rescued by Henry, a vacationer to the area. How will the holiday turn out?I liked the story overall. I thought it was a cute, short story. I'll admit, I'm used to my Christmas stories being filled with a more traditional Christmas setting such as cold and snow, but even though the story takes place in warm Florida, it was still full of the festive Christmas spirit that I'm used to reading in any stories that take place during the holiday season.Callie and Henry's story was cute, but I almost would have liked there to have been more conflict. I mean Henry is keeping a major secret from Callie and when that secret is indirectly revealed to her she doesn't get angry or upset, she kind of just goes with it. I'm not saying that she needed to brood about it for the remainder of the story, but I would have liked more of a reaction. This goes along the same lines with the fact that Callie is almost a too-good-to-be-true character. Everyone has flaws and vices. They don't have to be detrimental by any means, but Callie is presented as being a very good person who thinks of others first always. It's not just Callie, it seems to be everyone in the story, minus the awful ex-boyfriend. I think that this would have been different if the story would have been longer and we could have explored the character's traits a little more.Honestly, I would have liked to have more Brian (the ex) in the mix. I'm always interested in the stories where a relationship doesn't work out, but our main hero / heroine ends up finding someone else who is their true match. I always like the tension having the ex causes. When Brian does show up again it's far too quick of an appearance. Again, this may have been different if the story was longer.Overall, I thought this was a pretty good read. Definitely something that was light and fun. I can see myself picking this story up again when I need a pick-me-up from some of the unhappy reads out there. Also, definitely a goodread around the holidayt season. Really gets me in the mood for Christmas!*I received a copy of this book from the author in exchange for an honest review.