Hey ForeverBookers, How are you all? I hope you’re good! I’ve just finished “The Christmas Carrolls - The Christmas Competition,” the second book in the Christmas Carrolls series by Mel Taylor-Bessent and I really LOVED it. It’s a quick, fun, middle grade adventure that follows our lead character, Holly Carroll and her family and best friend from book 1, Archer as they try to make Christmas a fun time for everyone. In this second book in the series, the Carrols are pitted against the Klauses to try to win a Christmas time holiday to New York City to perform in a Christmas parade. It’s set in the UK, which was nice as that’s where I’m from. The rivalry between the two families takes the Carrolls’ characters to new extremes of Christmas loving, and they were very strong before! Also there is some animosity towards Christmas from our lead character, Holly as she wants to experience other festivities, such as Halloween, which her ever-loving Christmas parents want her to avoid ...
Hey ForeverBookers, How are you all? I hope you’re well. I’ve just finished reading “The Christmas Lights” by Karen Swan and I enjoyed it. It’s a psychological mystery/romance novel. I’d say the mystery is the biggest element of the story, and the romance is very much on the back burner, however. 3 Stars! We start off following our lead characters, Bo and Zac who are wanderlusters. They literally travel around the world for likes on their Instagram feed. They’ve been doing this for a few years at the point where the novel starts. They have a photographer, Lenny, who follows them everywhere on their travels. At the beginning of the book they are in Samoa finishing up their time there. They normally spend a few months in each place they visit. The next chapter takes them to Norway, somewhere completely different to experience the snow. In Samoa before they leave, however, Zac proposes to Bo. She accepts, but is all as it seems? What secrets are lurking beneath t...