Una historia con la calidez de la navidad pero con casi nada de romance
Mall I want for christmas Is you de Sara Robinson
Mí humilde opinión:
Desde una Fea Navidad hasta Santa Bebé, esta novela navideña
independiente está llena de jo, jo, oh no.
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La madre soltera Chrissy Eve, está luchando para llegar a fin de mes vendiendo pretzels en el centro comercial Yule Heights, Todo lo que esta mamá quiere es una noche silenciosa, pero cuando su hijo de siete años le pide al Papá Noel del centro comercial que le enseñe a su mamá a conducir un trineo, se encuentra con un nudo en el estómago por el hombre de rojo.
Dash Winters es la última persona que necesita tirando de sus riendas,
Tiene un hijo en el que pensar y un "romance estacional" con alguien a quien le pagan por mentirles a los niños una vez al año no va a alegrarle mucho.
Pero cuanto más conoce a Santa con un sixpack, más se da cuenta Chrissy de que no puede juzgar un libro por su portada.
. . ni a un Santa por su traje!
Para mí este librito fue un ok,
Me gustó que todo se envolviera en un ambiente festivo, hasta los nombres de los personajes tenían que ver con la navidad,
Dash y Chrissy eran personas simples y agradables, personajes realistas que puedes que conozcas,
Su historia de amor comenzó muy bien, iba disfrutando de cómo se iban viendo y conociendo pero de repente el libro a punto de terminar, se besan un beso tristemente sin emoción alguna durante un momento de angustia y se dicen Te amo sin que hubiera sucedido entre ellos nada de romance real que estuve esperando que pasara durante todo el libro, no vi un progreso en su relación amorosa.
Todo me pareció repentino y me tiró un abajo poco porque necesité la historia completa,
Rudy, el hijo era adorable, lo amé solo por pedir a Santa algo para su mamá y no para él, Nell, la hermana adoptiva de Dash era otro personaje interesante y quise saber más de ella,
Me encantó el epilogo que cuenta cómo Dash, Chrissy y Rudy lograron sus metas y fue muy linda esa parte, Me gustó que todo funcionara para ellos,
Esta fue una lectura navideña breve con toques de humor y dulzura, Pero extrañé el calor del romance
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Una historia corta, rápida de leer, para matar unos minutos en el bus, sin mucha profundidad.
Un romance sin fundamento, casi inexistente que no se entendió,
La vibra Navideña fue más dada por la inocencia y la ensoñación del niño,
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All retailers sitelinkAll Retailers Its kind of like a Hallmark Christmas commercial, Its short and sweet and so much fun, The ending kind of snuck up on me and caught me completely off guard, These were pretty great characters, and now that Ive started to get to know them, I kind of want to know even more, I should have known that a book with the title of Mall I Want for Christmas is You would land on the hokey side of holiday romances, But it wascents and the cover was cute, Plus the synopsis made me think that this was going to be one of those whirlwind Christmasy romances where two people meet up in an unlikely place and find themselves drawn to each other as they make the holiday season one to remember.
That sort of happens. Sort of.
This story falls into the trap that so many holiday novella romances fall into, . . Sarah Robinson tries to throw too much story and emotion into too few pages, Dash finds himself in the unlikely role as a mall Santa, Side note what mall with any dignity would hire a hotsomething guy to play their Santa Were there no portly elderly men looking for a seasonal job in this town Anyway, Dash runs intoyearold Rudy who thinks that he is Santa.
Rudy asks "Santa" to help his mom learn to drive a sleigh so that they can get a car and not have to rely on public transportation to get around.
It turns out that Rudy's mom, Chrissy, can drive just fine, She's just dirt poor and can't afford a car, and rather than just say that to her son, she thought telling him that she can't drive would be the better excuse.
Dash meets Chrissy and asks her out for brunch, One thing leads to another, and within two weeks Dash and Chrissy are madly in love, The end.
There is nothing in this story that warms the heart, There's a lot that I'm sure is supposed to warm our heart, but it falls flat, Dash and Chrissy are not fleshed out all that much as characters, We get a lot of info about them vomited at us, but it comes so rapid fire that it can't sink in enough for me to feel any depth of feeling about them or their lives.
And why do they feel like they can declare their love after two weeks of acquaintance Who knows It made no sense, Chrissy finally feels like she can commit to Dash again, I have no idea why and then she immediately tells him she loves him, It seems HIGHLY unlikely that a woman who has been careful about commitment since Rudy's birth would jump into a relationship with both feet so quickly, And yet she does. Maybe if this
was a full length story this would work, but in a novella it seemed very rushed and unsatisfactory,
I just have to say it, . . I know the author probably felt like she was being super cute with the names, but I think I just had to take off an extra star just because they made me cringe so much.
Dash Winters Chrissy Eve Rudy Eve Donner New baby Holley Come on, It was too much. But I'm probably feeling grumpy today, so maybe it wouldn't have bothered me on a different week, I'll give this two, It was okay. Not quite for me, and not what I hope for in a holiday romance, No puedo decir mucho de una historia de solohojas, Así que lo describiré de la manera más simple posible,
Sin sentido, veloz, cero romance pero un poco entretenido,
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Short and sweet holiday read with a mall Santa, a single mom, and an adorable kid,
Audio book source: Hoopla
Story Rating:,stars
Narrators: Joanne Joyce
Narration Rating:stars
Genre: Holiday Romance
Length:hm
I really enjoyed this short Christmas story,
When characters are named Dash Winter, Chrissy Eve and Rudy, I cant help but feel all Christmassy! It was a really sweet story but I wouldnt have mind if it was a bit longer.
If you enjoy short Christmas story, be sure to pick it up,
Book is out tomorrow decemberth,
Thank you Netgallery for the ARC, MALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS by Sarah Robinson is a contemporary, stand alone story line focusing on twenty eight year old Dash Winters, and single mother Chrissy Eve.
Told from three third person perspectives Dash, Chrissy and Rudy MALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS follows Dash Winters, and his part time gig as the local mall Santa.
Doing a favour for his mother, Dash agrees to work as the holiday Santa but the first day on the job Dash meets seven year old Rudy Eve who asks Santa to teach his mother to drive.
Trying to keep up appearances, Dash jumps between his Santa persona and that of a man trying to woo Rudys mother Chrissy, a woman who is sceptical about Dashs intentions, and is quick to judge Dash based on initial appearance.
MALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS is a quick read a short holiday story where all of the names are Christmas related, and the relationship goes from zero to sixty in the blink of an eye.
A cute story with little to no romance mostly focusing on Chrissy Eves inability to trust a man who has taken a job as a part time Santa.
I was hoping for a little more romance and character development for our leading couple,
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