A Wedding in December: A Novel

This book kind of drove me crazy with all the secrets everyone was keeping from each other and what happened when they started being revealed. Maggie is the mother of Rosie and Katie, she and their father Nick are keeping it a secret that they have been discussing getting a divorce and have been separated for several months. Maggie is also keeping a secret from all her family. Katie has been avoiding her family and trying not to come apart because of a traumatic event that happened to her at the hospital where she works, plus she is considering not being a doctor. Rosie has been sitting on her feelings for a long time because she does not like confrontations. It takes Rosie getting married in Colorado at Christmas in less than a month's time to shake up her family enough to start them on a path to healing, but in the process Rosie might lose the man of her dreams. I loved the ending of this book as it was full of sage advice. I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

This is a heartwarming and touching Christmas story set in the beautiful Rocky Mountains (I may be biased as I live in Colorado😊). I enjoyed that it is told from alternating POV’s of the Mother, Maggie, and two daughters, Rosie and Katie. They are each facing different major milestones in their lives and learning to be the person they really want to be. It has humor, real life family drama and of course, romance. I loved the detail of the scenery and the winter wonderland setting it had me envisioning. I highly recommend this book to put you in the Christmas Spirit. Not going to post a spoiler, but I would really love a continuation of Katie’s story in the future. I voluntarily reviewed an Advanced Reader copy of this book.

I've read several Christmas romances this year, and some have hit it out of the park while others, well, not so much. Out of all of them, I have to say that A Wedding in December is my favorite so far. This is a romance, and it takes place during the week leading up to Christmas, but it's so much more than just another Christmas romance. This is the story of a family and all that it entails. We have three women, a mother and her two grown daughters, each dealing with something and worried about stressing the other two. Of course, there were a few things that were a little over the top. This is fiction after all, but for the most part, this whole story just felt real, like something we'd hear about from a family member or experience ourselves. Maggie's marital problems certainly rang true, especially to someone who has been married for years. I know all too well how easy it is to get caught up in work, kids, life in general and get complacent in the relationship. Sometimes it takes something big to shock us out of our everyday existence, and a wedding at Christmas is one such event. In the end, we have three romances, with Maggie and Nick being prevalent, at least for me, and a family that I couldn't help but get caught up in. This one is certainly not the usual Christmas romance fluff, so there is angst, but the author wonderfully tempers that angst with wit and fun, and it all worked to be thoroughly charming. This is my first read by Sarah Morgan, and I must say that the writing style combined with characters so real they practically leap off the page drew me in from the beginning and didn't let go.