Review: My new Christmas tradition
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 5, 2011
Ihana! That's "lovely" and "sweet" in Finnish. There really are no other words that better describe this story: Lovely. Sweet. Ihana.Josh Lanyon simply makes me believe. Whether it is a hostile ocelot in a weird place or a unexpected love story unlikely to happen. He makes it up, he writes it down - and I want to believe it. When it's Lanyon's work it's guaranteed to be charming, clever, extremely well written and simply compelling. This time it is a story with two guys who turned out to be the angels to one another...James's and Sedge's story is so deliciously cooked and served that I can almost smell it and taste it! The idea of long lost Christmas story by Dickens is titillating and fascinating. Lanyon's story has all the elements of a wonderful holiday tale - and even more. After all Christmas is the time for get-togethers, laughter, peace and love, but also the time of stress, loneliness, bitterness and grief. This story was a hopeful one and it left me smirking happily for the rest of the day. It was all about faith, hope and love - those truly were the gifts wrapped in that gold and white paper with angels on it.This book just might become a Christmas tradition for me. I'll bet its magic will work every time. :)