The Brightest Star

More a 3.5

I have mixed feelings about this one. The writing was good and I absolutely loved the Christmas spirit portrayed by Lauren but I think it just had too much going on. The beginning started out great and then the story went off on so many tangents I lost a bit of the initial love. The ending also felt extremely rushed.

There is a romance although it was very, very quick with no in-depth quality. They meet, briefly, then all of a sudden they are in love with no real development leading to it. I enjoy a good love-at-first-sight but this lacked so much in showcasing that.

I haven't read anything by this author before and this is a more recent book of hers. I'm definitely going to check out her older stuff as I did enjoy the writing and the setting.

I would also still recommend this one as it does have plenty of feel-good moments and makes for a good Christmas read. It just didn't wholly work for me.