Review: A Smile for Christmas
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 5, 2013
I don't normally read Christmas books because they don't appeal and to me it seems like a band that suddenly releases a Christmas album and you know it's just for the money.  Not that I am saying that is what was being done here, not at all, but that is my reasoning for avoiding most Christmas stories.Having said that, I loved this book!  I was immediately, completely drawn into James' world.  The story is so well balanced the humor mixed with the sadness and stress of the season, just when it is needed.  Both James and Sedgwick's loneliness, born of different experiences, made the story all the more touching.A delightful sweet read that will leave you smiling and, perhaps, as it did for me, wanting to explore more of Dickens' Christmas stories (unfortunately not The Christmas Cake).