Review: A Real Review
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 08 22, 2013
I'm giving this story 2 stars. 1 star simply because the story was cute and innocent as a Christmas story should be. And I give it another star because it was free (as it should have been).The story is short and simple. The characters are basic; the male lead is a semi-famous author and the female lead is domestic goddess with her own t.v. show. In the beginning the story has a smooth flow but it quickly turns and it's at this point that the story becomes unrealistic. The male lead is nearly a recluse with deep issue regarding his mother's death. She has issues as well do to her parents dying in a tragic car accident and getting married young only to have her husband leave her with 2 kids to raise. He turns away from the idea of  family and she runs to it.In two and a half days, she convinces him to reconcile his childhood loses and regrets by talking him into the joy of Christmas and family. Her issues aren't the focus so she has managed to heal her sorrows by just thinking happy thoughts. After two days the man is in love with the woman and her two children and proposes marriage on Christmas day.All this is happening within a week of her moving to town.  This would have been better had the story been longer and the characters had been given the chance to really get to know one another.  They never had a real or solid conversation. All they talked about was snowmen, Christmas and their work.  They were virtually strangers.Because the characters didn't really develop on a solid foundation, all their conversations ended up being playful and sarcastic. They never went on a date, they never spent any time alone so their "love" was based on surface factors..."oh she can decorate and cook"  . ..  "Oh he's good looking and needs a woman who can help him with his family issues"...."my family likes her"....."my children love his mystery novels".I also thought that some of the interactions between the woman and her children were inappropriate. I don't think children should talkabout who they think their parents should date. It was weird...but didn't happen a whole lot.