Let It Snow

I just love these feel-good chick-lit Christmas stories, all set in Sherwood Forest (as Beth Moran books always are—and while  Sherwood Forest specifically isn’t nostalgic for me, England in general is, as I studied abroad there.)  

The story is quite episodic, but it’s all about relationships and how the main character, Bea, learns who she is, what she wants out of life, and what really matters to her. The romance is also just so sweet and endearing. At the same time, it’s not cheesy; this isn’t a Hallmark movie in book format, as it definitely doesn’t shy away from some… show more.

Two things had me loving this book.

The first is the empathy I felt with Bea’s reluctance to return home when she knows her family are going to tell her I-told-you-so about the breakup of her long-term relationship with her high school sweetheart. The second is her slow realization that maybe she’s been wrong about Henry, the man her family have always wanted her to marry and whom she loathes.

But when Henry comes to the rescue and drives Bea to Scotland for an interview for her dream job, she’s forced to rethink all she’d thought she knew about him.… show more.