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Bailed. I could not stand the way Brighton treated Charlotte. A lot of gaslighting and blame-shifting. Those behaviors are dealbreakers for me. They're not romantic and they're not how we should treat the people we love. There are other spicy FF holiday romances I recommend instead ⬇️

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A Christmas Carol retelling 🎄

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I love the Russian folktale of The Snegurochka, and that‘s what this book is about. Illustrated by the beloved Tomie dePaola, this version has a different ending. If you know anything about pagan lore and teaching, you‘ll see the similarities here to such figures as the Green Man, Oak King, Holly King, Callieach, and more. This is one of my favorite folktales and I plan on getting the Russian versions as well for their art and linguistics.

Dickens is always such a comfort read, the way he writes just transports you to a different world where you feel that you really get to know the characters as if they were old friends. This book is the Christmas spirit in itself. My edition, a beautiful replica of the first print, recommends to read it out loud, and how great Dickens sounds! It really does make a difference, it's a story that was clearly written to be told.

I read the previous one for #cbbc and wanted to continue the series. I‘m enjoying this cozy in an upstate NY town where Christmas Shops are year round. I enjoyed the mystery- it actually was not who I thought it would be and still made sense! The side characters are very lovable and the main character is fun!

Abbie thinks her 4 yr boyfriend Richard‘s going to propose. Instead, he breaks up w/ her b/c as a lawyer he says he needs someone serious. She finds his boss on a dating app, & contorts a plan for him to bring her to the Christmas party to get back at Richard. Will she begin to have feelings for him?

4.5⭐️ I was happy w/ the spice & plot. The character arcs were great. There was good comedy & romance. The writing just felt repetitive at times.

This was a carryover for #readyourebooks and was spun this month. It‘s also a #Roll100 book.
I enjoyed my first trip to Rudolph and look forward to reading more in this cozy series.

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With Christmas stories, both movies and books, my favorites will always be the ones that build on the foundation of the Holiday. Where the storyline can't just edit out a few scenes or chitchat for the story/characters to easily be transported to another season.

This wasn't festive throughout, yet it would have been weird if it had been, due to the disaster.

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A Hallmark Christmas movie in a book. Identical twins switch places and find love in each other‘s town. It was fine.