Review: A Good Christmas Reminder
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 24, 2013
Christmas is a really hard time of year so some people and that include Carrie Jones.  She would rather hide at home than face the carols and happy people but she must work so out she is.  After tearing out of the local coffee shop due to Christmas music, she runs into her old high school crush, the boy she tutored in math, Nick Johnson.  She quickly realizes that her never voiced feelings for the man have never changed.  Nick realizes that his once study buddy had turned into one hot woman who despises Christmas.  Nick sets out to make Carrie fall in love with Christmas again and hopefully along the way fall in love with him.While this is a love story, it is also filled with realities that many people face during the Christmas season that many of us forget about.  Carrie's father had committed suicide on Christmas Eve and shortly there after her mother left town with a new man, leaving Carrie all alone.  I enjoyed that Alison Packard acknowledged and addresses a lot of the hard issues while keeping the story to a light feeling with the amazing lengths Nick takes to help Carrie regain her Christmas spirit.  It is also realistic in the ups and downs that Carrie faces along the way.A great Christmas read with a message buried down in there that touches your heart and makes you remember those in your life that might need you this Christmas Season.Received from Netgalley for honest review