And finishing out the Christmas books for 2025, we have Mountain Laurel. It was certainly different, but a bit cheesy none the less.
I'd give this a "C" ~ it was not like the others in this series, but still A LOT happened in the 155 pages. And there were many things that were odd to me:
It was written in third person, but when the person was speaking to themselves, the author would use quotation marks around the comments.
Aunt Rose was introduced, she had a side story that didn't make sense AT ALL until the end of the book.
How can that many bad things happen to one person/family in a year or less?
In the epilogue, one family is discussed, but they were just a side side side character that seemed to not even exist in the book ...
I'm going to have to have serious thoughts about finishing the other books in this series.
When tragedy strikes, Laurel is left alone to raise her son. She wonders if the Lord she’s trusted all her life will help her as she raises her feisty boy. Jon, who has loved her for as long as she can remember, is good with her son and steadies her through each crisis that comes along. He’s a close friend, but will she ever be able to love again? (picture and description from Lesley McDaniel's website)
On to a book with hopefully some meat in it!
Bring on 2026!
Melissa
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