About this book:
“When
Jack returns home to Minnesota, he meets the town’s newcomer. She’s bubbly,
beautiful . . . and his latest adversary.
Considering that her name is Merry
Noel Blake and she was born on Christmas Eve, it’s not surprising that Frost,
Minnesota’s newest resident is crazy about the holiday. She has single-handedly
convinced the entire town to help her turn Frost into a Christmas destination;
there’s a life-sized nativity, the lutefisk dinner at church, and Merry’s own holiday
boutique.
Jack Frost might be rich and handsome,
but the weather seems to chill by a few more degrees when he walks into town.
For Jake has come back to reclaim his family’s land—despite the fact that it is
home to many of Frost’s residents. Worse, he has deep, personal reasons for
spurning holiday festivities and is determined to cut the town’s Christmas
spectacle down to size. But Merry believes that below Jack’s frosty exterior is
a warm heart—and that she is the one to thaw it.”
Series: Part of the “Love Finds You” series, but not connected to any
other book.
Spiritual Content- All about & set during Christmas; Scriptures are read, remembered,
& quoted; Bible reading; Prayers & Blessings over food; Church going; Talks
about God & celebrating Jesus’ birthday; ‘H’s are capitalized when
referring to God; Merry serves cake every day in the month of December and when
someone asks why, she shares about Christ with them; Jack only likes the church
elements of Christmas; Mentions of God, Jesus, Jesus’ birth, & the Reason
for the season; Mentions of prayers, praying, & blessings over food; Mentions
of forgiveness & peace; Mentions of nativity sets, a live nativity,
churches, church going, services, events, & a pastor; Mentions of faiths
& a future spouse having to be a Christian (Merry doesn’t date men who didn’t
have faith, she did in college and regretted the pain it caused ever since); Mentions
of blessings & miracles; A few mentions of a Christmas hymn & carols; A
mention of a God-sent person;
*Note: Mentions of Santa &
elves; A couple mentions of the ghosts/bad spirit in “A Christmas Carol”
(to which a friend tells Merry that there’s no ghosts).
Negative Content- Minor cussing including: a ‘dumb’ and four ‘stupid’s; Mentions
of a tragic accident & death of a loved one (& recalling it through a
nightmare, up to semi-detailed); Mentions of rumors & gossip; A few
mentions of nightmares; A couple mentions of a car accident & deaths (Merry’s
parents); A couple mentions of an accident & death in the military; A couple
mentions of a legend of Jack Frost killing his victims by burying them in the
snow; A couple mentions of lies; A couple mentions of hunting; A mention of man
who likes to fight; A mention of eavesdropping;
*Note: Mentions of different
Christmas songs, movies, & other animated classics; A couple mentions of car
brands; A mention of Martha Stewart.
Sexual Content- A fingers-to-lips
touch, a forehead kiss, a nose kiss, a cheek kiss, a not-detailed kiss, a barely-above-not-detailed,
& a semi-detailed kiss; Touches, Embraces, Nearness, Flutters &
Smelling (including pulling a girl into his lap, barely-above-not-detailed); Blushes;
Noticing (barely-above-not-detailed); Mentions of dates, dating,
boyfriends/girlfriends, couples, feelings, & flirtatious smiles; Mentions
of jealousy; A couple mentions of kisses; A couple mentions of blushes; A mention
of testosterone; A mention of young twin boys thinking that they could date the
same girl and if one of them liked her, they could claim her (he says that weren’t
very sophisticated at that age, so they didn’t even consider what the poor
girls might think); Love, falling in love, attraction, & the emotions;
*Note: A mention of Joseph in the
Bible who had obediently taken a pregnant teenaged wife.
-Merry Noel Blake, age 28
-Jonathan “Jack” Frost, age 35
(?)
P.O.V.
switches between them
307 pages
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My
personal Rating- 
I’ve had this book sitting on my
(physical) TBR shelf for three years and I’ve finally read it. What a
crime it was to wait this long.
This was everything I enjoy in a Christmas novel—including the slightly cheesiness and convenient plot points that I’ll only overlook if it’s set at Christmas time.
I wish the ending would have been
a touch clearer (that is, making a bit more sense to me) and I would have
probably gave it five stars, but still, it was such a cute, cute, cute read and
made me smile so much while reading it. I’m not sure what else to say…it was so
enjoyable and I loved that it wasn’t completely fluff and had great faith
content discussed and shown. This book definitely going in my list of my favorite
Christmas books! :)
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.
