Review: 2 1/2 stars, not too exciting at all
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 11 23, 2012
All series seem to have these type of short holiday stories or reunion type books these days.  I have read the Nashville series and now the Next Generation series but was pretty bored reading this short story holiday book.First, I read in 2 hours so not worth $3.99, more like $0.99 or free, it was pretty short.Second the description says something like the family all pulling together to help each other for a crisis or tragedy but the storyline that was written there was not a crisis or a tragedy so it made this short story kinda boring.  I was expecting something more to happen but just never did.It was great catching up for the holiday dinner with the characters from the past books and reading about everyone together but it was just not interesting.  Some of the dialogue got too mushy, just too many lines of 'I love you', 'I can't live without you', 'what would I do without you', it was just too much.The best part about this book was getting a glimpse at the next story book 3 for the Next Generation with Ryan and Brianna.  After reading this I can not wait to read their story coming out next month.  I loved reading the feelings Ryan is starting to have for Brianna and can't wait to see how it plays out.If you have NOT read any of these series I would NOT read this book, it will not make any sense to you.  Its a good series, so I recommend reading along with the series, but only if they lower the price.