Melody Carlson. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Revell, 2014. 169 pp. (Hardback).
Another year, another Melody Carlson Christmas book. Yay! Carlson has developed a knack for crafting great little Christmas stories of the kind I like: low-level drama, Christian themes and happy endings — with just enough complications to keep the reader entertained.
This book features a male main character. I’m not sure whether Carlson is trying to market to another segment or just wanted to try something new, but my two reactions to having a male protagonist are 1) it works and 2) the book still seems pretty chicklit-ish to me. Sorry, guys!
The story is a good one: a man who served as a missionary for the last nine years returns to the states just as his grandmother dies, leaving him a house and six cats — and he is allergic to cats. Her will requires him to find good homes for the cats and he can’t wait to parcel them out, sell the house and start the new job that is waiting for him.
You can probably guess how the book ends but some of the in-between may surprise you. Even if it doesn’t, it’s a nice story. Just right for the Christmas season.
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