The Christmas Blessing by Melody Carlson

The Christmas Blessing turned out to be sweet without being cheesy. I'm not a fan of Hallmark Christmas movies, so I'm always a bit hesitant to pick up one of novellas because of that reminder, but this one was a pleasant surprise.

Sometimes her book summaries remind me of a Hallmark movie story line, only not quite as cheesy as those can be. This is definitely one of the better ones, in my opinion. *I received this from Revell in exchange for an honest review*ĭespite having several of Carlson's novellas on Kindle, I've only read two others so far. I'm looking forward to reading more by this author! Maybe moved a tad too fast to settle everything! But besides that and the occasional cliche terms, I thoroughly enjoyed this read. Not because of how everything turned out (because that was great!!), but of how they were presented. I thought the last couple chapters fell a little flat. I understand, yes, that once a baby is conceived we should love that child and that the child is never to blame, but the reasoning behind it didn't seem a problem to Amelia (the fact that James was going overseas, hence the time together). The baby being born out of wedlock seemed to be condoned.

At first I thought she would be painted in a bad light, but it was nice to see that even though she had her issues, there was a warmness about her. I really enjoyed seeing Helene's perspective throughout the story. I love any story set during World War 2, and this one was really sweet! I really sympathized with Amelia and James story, and it's the perfect Christmas story! I grabbed up a chance to read this as soon as I read the synopsis.

The Christmas Blessing by Melody Carlson