About this book:
“Mele
Kalikimaka might be the thing to say on a bright Hawaiian Christmas Day, but
Olive Galloway is feeling less than festive.
After all, this is the first year she's celebrated the holiday without
her mom. Even the ringing of silver bells sounds a little blue. When an attempt
to make the season bright ends in hurt feelings and a shattered heirloom,
Olive's hopes for a happy holiday are dashed. A surprise visit from a
less-than-jolly fellow in red only adds to the turmoil. Olive is convinced that
nothing can possibly bring peace to her corner of the earth. As presents pile
up beneath the tree and Christmas Day draws near, Olive realizes it will take a
Christmas miracle to help her family rediscover the true magic of the
holiday season.”
Series: Considered to be Book #2.5 in the “Tradewinds” series. (Best to
read between Book #2 and Book #3.) Reviews of the Book
#1, Here! and Book #2, Here!
Spiritual Content- Prayers & Blessings over food; Set during Christmas time
& many mentions of the true reason of Christmas; Talks about God, Jesus,
& Christmas; ‘H’s are capitalized when referring to God; Mentions of God &
Jesus; Mentions of churches, church going, church events, a Christmas Eve
service; Sunday school classes, a church nursery; a support group, & worship;
Mentions of Christian Christmas carols; Mentions of blessings & blessing
others; A few mentions of prayers, praying, & blessings over food; A few
mentions of Heaven; A few mentions of nativity sets & the star of Bethlehem;
A couple mentions of the Christian music industry; A mention of miracles; A mention
of Olive’s father being raised Catholic;
*Note: Mentions of Santa &
Mrs. Claus (Macie gets told at school that Santa is a lie and is very sad over
it, but Olive tries to smooth it over).
Negative Content- Minor cussing including: a ‘shut up’, a ‘suck up’, two ‘dumb’s,
and two ‘rats’; Some eye rolling; Olive is struggling & missing her mom
around her favorite holiday; Olive
and her dad argue (both are hurting) and Olive says things that while might be true, realizes they weren’t her place to say; Mentions of a mother being in rehab for an alcohol
addiction, sobering up, & alcohol; A mention of lies; A mention of gossip;
*Note: Mentions of Christmas songs
& classic singers; A couple mentions of a car brand (Porsche); A mention of
Pride and Prejudice.
Sexual Content- An embrace/touch
(not-detailed); A tiny bit of Noticing; Mentions of a boyfriend (a misunderstanding),
dating, dates, & not-dates; A couple mentions of a father thinking that his
daughter & a boy are getting physical (hugging, but the teens in question
have never hugged more than a millisecond).
-Olive Galloway
1st
person P.O.V. of Olive
100 pages
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My
personal Rating- 
This series know how to pull on
my heartstrings and make me nearly cry at different moments of the story. This
novella was truly so sweet and heartwarming, but it also was about the first
Christmas without a loved one and it was done so well. Another excellent
book from this dear author!
See y’all on Friday with a new
review!
*BFCG may (Read the review to see) recommend this book by this
author. It does not mean I recommend all the books by this author.
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