Review: Sex, romance and Christmas all rolled into one!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 4, 2013
This book is a wonderful read, dedicated to the spirit of Christmas and those who love it, and I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed it.The language of the story is soft and fuzzy reminiscent of those 90s movies we all watched as children i.e. everyone is beautiful, wholesome and good-natured. The descriptions of the snow and decorations, at Cindy and Trent's home in particular, are wonderful evoking images of a Victorian postcard or an Alpine village. Cindy herself is a sweet heroine, initially quite a tragic figure sitting alone in her Christmas cottage, she soon warms up and wins the readers' hearts by how game she is for an adventure - not many women would go meet a man's parents after meeting him for a whole three hours!The book is also really funny - there is a great moment when the young couple are looking for a certain absentee reindeer in the snow and Trent thinks that Cindy wants to split from him when she is really only suggesting they cover more ground to look for their missing animal friend. The sexuality of the novel is a little bizarre at times and is slightly at odds with the Christmas imagery as we swap between the two worlds of Christmas cheer and sexy passion very fast, but the scenes are well written so Scholl just about gets away with it. This story is part romance, part homage to Christmas, part sexy romp all rolled into one. An excellent way to spend an afternoon!Review by Eleanor Whalley on behalf of BestChickLit.com