Christmas on Crimson Mountain by Michelle Major Genres: Fiction, Romance
Publication date: November 22nd 2016
Publisher: Harlequin
Format: ebook, 224 pages
How I got it: From Barclay for an honest review
Buy it: Amazon
My rating: 4/5
Summary:
LOVE ON THE MOUNTAIN
Peace and quiet—that's all Connor Pierce wanted from the rented cabin on Crimson Mountain. Yet the caretaker turned out to be lovely April Sanders—a total distraction. As were the two little girls she was caring for. Connor's plan to forget his painful past soon detoured into giving the ladies a Christmas to remember.
Being named guardian of two motherless girls has upended April's world. Add to the mix a mysterious, brooding writer claiming he wanted to be left alone while going out of his way to bring a little joy to the girls, and she has quite the quandary. April had counted herself out of a happy ending. But maybe Santa still had a few surprises up his merry old sleeve…
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Review
This is my second Michelle Major book and I loved this one
more then the first one!! This book follows April who is the acting caretaker
of Crimson Mountain Inn when Connor comes to stay to complete his book. Connor’s major concern is he wants peace and
quiet to finish his book, but April just became sort of the legal guardian for
two girls who recently lost their mother.
Connor comes off as very upset when he sees the girls, but his issues
lie much deeper down.
I loved all the emotions that this book created. The author did an amazing job bringing such
tragedy to life. I could feel the
emotions that the characters where going through in the author’s writing. I felt connected to all of the characters and
wanted somehow for them to find peace during this difficult time. I also liked how not all of the tragedies
happened very recently, April has had time from her illness and divorce and
Connor has had time since his loss. As
a reader it was good to see that some time passed between these events that the
characters has time to process what happened.
April was such a complex character. First off she comes off as very put together
in her new life, but as the story continues we get to see her underlying
issues. April is a strong woman, but she
doesn’t know her true full strength in the beginning. I loved that April tried so hard to keep
everything together even if she didn’t know exactly what was going to happen in
the end. April was a very determined
character as well.
Connor on the other hand comes off as completely broken in
the beginning of the book. He had lost
his wife and only child in a car accident and doesn’t know how to act. The author made some great points with that
in times of tragedy you never know how someone is going to react or what they
need and that sometimes people don’t know what to say. I loved the Connor has strong opinions on
how he wanted people to act towards him because it showed how deep down his
wounds went.
The setting of the book was perfect for this story. The characters had a lot of time to spend
together so the relationships really were well developed. Each main character had their own personality
and issues. The author did a great job
telling the story of how people can begin to heal.
I would suggest this as a nighttime read. It was a very quick read that kept me wanting
more. I did feel like at points I
couldn’t put it down, but I wanted to know how everything was going to end
up. Also, since there was a lot of emotions
flowing it was hard to stop reading at some points because I wanted to see
where these emotions where headed.
I received a copy of this book from Barclay Publishing in
exchange for an honest review. This does
not affect my opinion of this book.
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About the Author
I haven't read this author before but love the sound of this. Great review!
ReplyDeleteThank you for stopping by!
DeleteIt sounds like the author has a great, in-depth writing style! That's wonderful that you got to see and understand the characters so well. What a great book for this time of year. :D
ReplyDeleteFantastic review!
Alyssa @ The Eater of Books!
Yes her writing style is great! Thank you for stopping by!
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