❝Looks like they're having fun. They're building a snowman...❞
❝No way! My mother wouldn't know how to build a snowman!❞
Gayle Mitchell has built a successful career as a consultant CEO and self-empowerment author. She's hugely accomplished and genuinely likes to help others uncover their inner potential.
But she soon finds out that recognition and admiration from the public aren't going to be of any support when life throws you a curveball.
As a result of a dangerous yet common accident, Gayle decides that she can change her life once more. The only question is: will her daughters want to try to rebuild a relationship and, hopefully, be a family again?
Samantha and Ella Mitchell haven't spoken to their practical and rational orientated mother in over 5 years. The last time they did, well...they're still hunted by the words that have been said.
Somehow, they managed to live with it and it went well: Ella married Michael, who adores her, and their 4 ¾ years old daughter, Tabitha.
Samatha owns her own travel agency, specialized in winter and Christmas holidays all around the globe; their mother has always thought Christmas was a commercial holiday so they never properly celebrated it. Needless to say, Samatha is the best Christmas travel agent but unfortunately, her career prevented her to find the ONE she'd like to spend the holidays with.
With these premises, the idea of spending time together during the upcoming Christmas holidays seems impossible....nevertheless, the three women (plus Michael and Tab) finds themselves in the Scottish Highlands, guest of Brodie McIntyre and his family, who wants to turn their mansion to one of Samatha's Christmas dreams destination.
👍👎My Thoughts
I've started reading Sarah Morgan's Christmas novels a couple of years ago and I immediately liked her stories, her writing style, and the overall Christmas atmosphere that her books inspired...unfortunately, I couldn't find it in "One More for Christmas".
The potential for it to be the perfect Christmas novel is there: the characters' backgrounds, the perfect setting in Scotland, and anything you could ask for, but I personally found it flat. There were some interesting revelations and plot twists, but I didn't felt the engagement I've felt for the author's other books.
Don't get me wrong, the story is beautiful and emotional at some points, you get to understand the characters on a deep level, it's just that the Christmas spirit isn't there to complete it.
So I wouldn't read it to get myself in the holiday mood, but I'd probably save it for the weeks after Christmas for reminiscence.
Christmas Rating: 1½/5
My vote: 6/10
Ph: goodreads.com
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