Christmas Review | The Christmas Light

Goodreads Synopsis:

In the small town of Grandon, five very different people discover the true meaning of Christmas. Jennifer and Ryan are both single parents, struggling with their own losses and heartache as they attempt to move forward in the present while still holding onto the memories, joy, and heartache of the past. Sixteen-year-old Kaylee is faced with a life-changing situation that has affected her whole family. Stephen and Lily are happily married and ready to start a family. All of them are facing their own struggles, and all are finding their way through the dark. When they are brought together for a rather unconventional church Nativity, they will learn that with strength, courage, and love, there is always hope. The New York Times bestselling author of the beloved The Christmas Hope series returns with this new heartwarming, inspirational story about the power of love and faith to reveal the possibilities that lay right in front of you.

Hott Review:

What I liked: The Christmas Light is was an amazing story of a mom and her daughter moving on. Moving past the past hurts and loss to the bright future they could have. It was beautiful.
What I didn’t like: I found The Christmas Light to be a bit confusing. At times I felt like I was missing pieces of the story. It’s possible that the author wrote it this way to add intrigue but it almost made me give it up.

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Author:	Donna VanLiere
Source:	St. Martin’s Press via Netgalley
Grade:	B
Ages:	16+
Steam:	None
Setting:	Grandon
Series:	Christmas Hope

The Christmas Shoes	The Christmas Blessing	The Christmas Hope	The Christmas Promise
The Christmas Secret	The Christmas Journey	The Christmas Note	The Christmas Light

Author Bio:

Donna VanLiere is a New York Times and USA Today best-selling author and gifted conference speaker. She has published ten titles including The Christmas Shoes and The Christmas Blessing, both of which were adapted into movies (starring Rob Lowe, Kimberly Williams-Perry and Neil Patrick Harris) and garnered big ratings for CBS television. LifetimeTelevision adapted The Christmas Hope (starring Madeline Stowe) and premiered it December 2009. Donna’s non-seasonal novel, The Angels of Morgan Hill, has captured the same warmth as her Christmas books and continues to please loyal and new fans alike.

Donna is the recipient of a Retailer’s Choice Award for Fiction, a Dove Award, a Silver Angel Award, an Audie Award for best inspirational fiction, a nominee for a Gold Medallion Book of the Year and was recently inducted into the Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges Hall of Excellence joining such luminaries as Coretta Scott King, Hugh Downs, Dr. Norman Vincent Peale and Senator John Glenn. Donna is an in-demand conference speaker having appeared at countless women’s and family events, including select Women of Faith conferences.

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