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A Picture Perfect Holiday (2011)

by Z.A. Maxfield(Favorite Author)

3.59 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1608204871 (ISBN13: 9781608204878)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

MLR Press, LLC

review 1: Ohhh, this is a good one. I don't know exactly why, but this one hit me just right.Maxfield is another writer who knows how to string words together, so I am predisposed to enjoy her work. In this one, she tells us about an out and proud high school senior, Caleb, who has been in love with the school's straight football star, Christian, ever since they were in 5th grade together. Caleb has been doing all his crushing from afar, but just before the Christmas break he gets to know Christian a whoooole lot better.I liked the gradual discovery of Christian's character, family pressures, and emotions here. There's a bit of a slam-bang reveal at the end, but mostly we learn about him piece by piece throughout the story. I don't quite believe that Christian could still have been ... more*that* much of a blank slate to Caleb after so many years of pining for him, but I was willing to forget about that niggling detail while I was reading. Maxfield slowly builds our empathy for and understanding of Christian throughout the story, so by the time the big reveal comes around it's a very sweet scene and we are proud of him for what he's doing. A nice story.
review 2: This was soooo adorable. Caleb has had a crush on Christian Munez the star of his high school football team FOREVER. Ever since in fifth grade Christian came to his rescue while he was being harassed by bullies. But Christian is straight, so there is not much to do but pine for him from afar.Caleb is Out and Proud, his family is supportive, he has friends. He just wishes he could have Christian...But he knows it IS a lot to ask as far as Christmas wishes go.This was heartwarming and hopeful. Full of Holiday Happy :O) less

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