Sunday, December 22, 2024

Book Review: Christmas Bells Are Ringing

Title: Christmas Bells Are Ringing

Author: Lesley Ann McDaniel

Date: 2015

Quote: "What must it feel like to have a  husband come home bearing botha  cake pop and the perfect Christmas gift? Would she ever get to find out?"

This is a cute, sweet romantic comedy. A young man who comes into the cafe and a young woman who works there want to see each other again, but since they didn't exchange contact information in the cafe, they ask other people about each other. One of his friends tells her that the bag of bells he left in the cafe were gifts for "his ladies." (His ministerial activities include directing a bell choir of old ladies.) One of her friends mentions what "she and Gerald" might be ding. (Are young people called Gerald any more? Is this name only ever used for kittens who make noises that sound like "fitz"?) 

It will all end happily, with the characters realizing that the attraction they feel is mutual. There are other novels in the series. As minor characters in the romances of their friends this couple will presumably draw closer together. By the end they will probably be married. You see these things coming. The question is how accurately the author will portray communication patterns that draw people together and apart and together. In this book I think the author's done well. Fan support did encourage her to keep on writing Christian romantic comedies for the past nine years, at a pace that gave her a chance to give each one a reasonable investment of attention. After reading this one you're likely to go back to the front of the book to order more.

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