Dear Santa by Nancy Naigle

Author: Nancy Naigle
Release Date: October 30, 2018

This story has a Hallmark channel feeling to it and unfortunately, I am not a fan. Dear Santa is about a small Christmas shop owner whose losing business thanks to a new super store in town owned by Geoff and his mother. Their first unofficial meeting is in a local coffee shop and even though they did not exchange words, their smoldering looks was a great indicator of what was to come. Angela has inherited a Christmas shop located inside of an old lighthouse from her grandma and she wants to keep her grandma's memory alive through this store. Against the advice of her older sister, Angela decides to keep the store open even though it is hemorrhaging money. On the other hand, we have Geoff, a savvy business man with great success who enjoys the thrill of moving to a different city every year. This leads us to the main idea of the story which is the Dear Santa letters. Of course they are delivered via app instead of being handwritten because why not? After a persistent plea from her adorable niece, Angela decides to write a letter to Santa. Guess who personally answers those letters?...Geoff, of course, only because his mother is sick and she usually responds to the letters.

There is a game going on in this story and the main characters are trying to figure out who the players are. As I said before, this book has a great Christmas feel and lesson within it and I could appreciate it because hello, I love Christmas. Unfortunately, that is where my happiness ends. This book did not hold my attention and I barely finished it. The author did a good job of giving these characters depth and an emotional entanglement with the small town of Pleasant Sands. The first half of the story was great, but the second half dived head first into to Snoozeville. The pacing was slow and the chemistry was not strong enough for me.

Although this story was not for me, it was a really warm story and you may enjoy it if you like a clean, holiday read. I recommend it if you are into these types of stories and I would have to give it a 3. This book was really pushing it though.🙅

Rating: 3 ⭐⭐⭐

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