Title: Comfort and Joy
Author: Kristin Hannah
Genre: Christmas, Contemporary Romance
Published: October 31, 2006
Pages: 240
The Carpenter Confessions Rating: ★★★★.5☆
GOODREADS SYNOPSIS:
Joy Candellaro once loved Christmas more than any other time of the year. Now, as the holiday approaches, she is at a crossroads in her life; recently divorced and alone, she can’t summon the old enthusiasm for celebrating. So without telling anyone, she buys a ticket and boards a plane bound for the beautiful Pacific Northwest. When an unexpected detour takes her deep into the woods of the Olympic rainforest, Joy makes a bold decision to leave her ordinary life behind—to just walk away—and thus begins an adventure unlike any she could have imagined.
In the small town of Rain Valley, six-year-old Bobby O’Shea is facing his first Christmas without a mother. Unable to handle the loss, Bobby has closed himself off from the world, talking only to his invisible best friend. His father Daniel is beside himself, desperate to help his son cope. Yet when the little boy meets Joy, these two unlikely souls form a deep and powerful bond. In helping Bobby and Daniel heal, Joy finds herself again.
But not everything is as it seems in quiet Rain Valley, and in an instant, Joy’s world is ripped apart, and her heart is broken. On a magical Christmas Eve, a night of impossible dreams and unexpected chances, Joy must find the courage to believe in a love—and a family—that can’t possibly exist, and go in search of what she wants . . . and the new life only she can find.
THE CARPENTER CONFESSION’S REVIEW:
Christmas is my favorite time of year. I always watch Christmas movies, drink hot coco, and all the other things you do during the Holidays. I found so many Christmas books this year that I didn’t know about and the first one I had to pick up was of course the one by Kristin Hannah. Comfort and Joy was such a great book, I read it in less than two days. It brought me the Christmas joy I needed to get December started!
I really really liked this book and it was no surprise coming from Kristin Hannah. It had a great storyline that kept me intrigued the whole time and wished the book was more than 240 pages. I fell in love with the characters and it was perfect for Christmas. It didn’t focus on Christmas a ton, which I appreciated because it was more than that. It had the sense of needing your family not only during the holidays, but all the time. Comfort and Joy brought a different sense of a book, not only the fact it was Christmas themed, but a book in general.
The only reason I didn’t give it a full five stars was because I wished there was more story, I felt it got slightly cut short. There were some things towards the end I felt needed more attention, that’s a personal preference though not something that was needed. The only other things I didn’t love about the book was how the story came together at the end. I felt it was slightly weird and not what I was expecting, it wasn’t bad enough to ruin it though. Overall a wonderful book.
WHO I’D RECOMMEND TO:
I would honestly recommend this book to anyone, it was that good! If you like Kristin Hannah books, then I’m sure you’d like this one too. If you’re looking for a good holiday read, this would be a great book to choose.
FORMAT:
Physical Book(Library Book)
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