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Mistletoe Prayers (2010)

by Marta Perry(Favorite Author)

3.85 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0373876270 (ISBN13: 9780373876273)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Steeple Hill

review 1: This was my first "Love Inspired" book. I wanted to see what the format was and why they were so popular. I did enjoy the ease of reading. This particular book is two short books in one. The first was "The Bodine Family Christmas." I think it would have been better if I'd read previous books about the Bodine family, as this is part of a series, but it was ok as a stand-alone. The second book is "The Gingerbread Season." This was the better of the two in my opinion. It's about lost loves reunited, and who doesn't like that?
review 2: Summary from the back of the book: Allie James returns to her hometown in need of a holiday job. Never did she expect old boyfriend Jordan Walker to hire her as his secretary! Years ago, Jordan shredded her heart like wrapping paper... more. Now he must convince Allie that all he wants for Christmas is her love. My thoughts: I tried to put my ideas together in paragraph form but couldn’t get them to gel completely. So, I’m making bullet points.• I enjoyed the characters. (I’m a sucker for first loves reuniting.) Allie and Jordan were well-developed, and their actions were realistic…nothing over the top as is sometimes expected in romances.• Betsy captured the heart of a small-town well. Allie and Jordan grew up smothered in the smallness of Ginger Falls, fled the town and each other to big cities, and eventually made their way back to the town, realizing that the small town they thought was holding them back was the comfort and security they needed.• I loved the festivities in the book—cute Christmas ideas.• I hate reading books with a helpless woman being “rescued” by the man. (It’s one reason I don’t read a lot of romance novels.) I was excited that Allie was the one who was helping Jordan revive the town. Her ideas were the ones that helped put the town back on the map. • The downside: The story was short—only a little over a 100 pages. It would have been n ice to have had a longer story to see the relationship between Allie and her mother and sister develop. (This book was two stories in one, so that explains the brevity of the story.) Typical of Love Inspired books, the couple reunites in a happily ever after fashion, but with the harsh reality of today's world, sometimes you need a happy ending. Overall, this book is a heart-warming Christmas tale to enjoy over a cup of hot chocolate (even though it’s still hot as all get out here in Texas)! less

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