The Christmas Bookshop by Jenny Colgan
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I honestly had no huge expectations about this little xmas romance other than what could be gleaned from the title. Indeed, I just wanted to have a little something under the tree, so to speak.

The results? Well, I'm reminded of recent horror books that are usually about family members being cruel to one another, about old codgers with mild reveals, annoying writers, and a really bland love interest.

But I DID enjoy getting the old bookshop profitable again!

It wasn't a bad book, and I did enjoy aspects of it. The characters, however? Most were just okay, and one or two were just annoying as hell. That's okay.



I'm continuing with my little experiment of writing synesthesia reviews -- my impression of books by way of my other senses.

It's not really a synesthesia thing since I KNOW a lot of people can smell snow. But in this case, the scent of snow, the crispness, the blanket of oneness, the small hills of uniform snow creating a derivative landscape, is rather the impression I had of this book.

The sharp clenching of my nose. It's not all that unpleasant, but as I was reading it, I kinda wanted to find some hot cocoa with marshmallows, and this just didn't have it.



Personal note:
If anyone reading my reviews might be interested in reading my own SF, I'm going to be open to DM requests. I think it's about time I get some eyes on them.

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