Review: Christmas cheer
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 8, 2014
I’m definitely a fan of Eyrnn Mangum’s novellas.  If you’ve read her other Christmas ones, you know exactly what’s going to happen here and how much you’ll enjoy it.  It’s a sweet story with a bit of teasing to keep the characters from being too saccharine.However much I loved this story I still have to say that it felt a bit sloppy.  There were a few typos and inconsistencies.  Her relationship with Liam lasted two years but she met him three years ago; they have record breaking snow (several feet apparently) but line the long driveway with luminarias without any mention of shoveling or the difficulty of trying to walk around in that much snow.  And then the bit about Joe not knowing her sister had Down syndrome?  No way.  There is no way they could have been friends for 7 years with her mentioning her sister “a million times” without this significant detail coming up.  He’s never even seen a family picture in all that time? Because he knew as soon as he looked at her.Bottom line, there were minor issues but I’m still a fan.  I’m hoping for another Christmas story next year and maybe a new novella between now and then.