Review: Looking for Christmas stories with a touch of romance?
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 4, 2013
Then A New Start is for you.There's a 2013 study that says 1 out of 5 millennials live at home. While I wasn't a part of the survey, I could understand the feel of living at or returning home/to your hometown. That's why as a twenty-something, the first story "Christmas in King's Gap" really resonated with me. Jessica's fears are real fears to me.I really liked this short read (if it were of novel length, I'd read it as well). I've read another book of the author and his descriptive writing style is present here too.Similar to the first story, in "Home for Christmas" there's a young divorcee returning home for the holidays after a long absence. And like Jessica, the protagonist Sarah is perfectly relatable too. I loved her simple self-consciousness, like worrying about body smell/bad breath or if she's acting her age - as a real person does."Christmas in King's Gap" has a tinge of the paranormal and "Home for Christmas" has a darker backstory, but the two Christmas reads are heartwarming stories of love, both familial and romantic.p.s. I might be nitpicking here, but1. There are several typos in this version of the book.2. The chapter labeling could be more consistent: either name all the chapters, or just number them (in the second story, there seems to be three epilogues because of the chapter scheme).3. I forgot to add: most of the book was G/PG, but at the end there's a graphic sex scene which came out as a surprise. The scene was logical based on the turn of events, but the language seemed out of place compared to the rest of the book's.