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A secret of mine is the Hallmark-style Christmas movies because I'm a romantic at heart and I thought Christmas Every Day was going to be a paperback version of that but damn! It was so much more than what I thought would be the whole crazy way for a boy meets girl story with lots of snow.

Jenny's life has gone seven shades of crazy, and she finds herself at her late Grandmother's ramshackle cottage in the middle of nowhere. She has absolutely nothing, struggling to afford the basics to rebuild a home that truly sounds like it needs to be brought down and rebuilt because it's been left to rot for decades. But salvation comes in the most bizarre of ways when she becomes a nanny to five hyperactive children who run her ragged but breathe light into her life along with their wonderfully supportive parents who give her salvation when she truly needs it. She needs to learn to live again, to escape the shadows of the hurt and betrayal she's experienced at the hands of her lying ex-boyfriend and ex-boss and sister who has spent their lives making Jenny feel broken. Rebuilding her home and her life has her crossing paths with her grumpy neighbour who just wants quiet - and Jenny is anything but that.

It's a perfect read for a December day, Beth Moran has created a wonderful world and fantastic characters who I would love to meet and join their book club because each and every one of them jumped from the page with a loud hello and a zest for life in their own way. There are moments you will laugh, you will cry (trust me) and when your skin will crawl - seriously the cottage is a death trap waiting to claim Jenny and never let her go.

I couldn't help but love Jenny, and I would love to see this story be brought to life (because seriously it's Hallmark worthy) so I could watch it all unfold all over again.

Wanting a Christmas read to laugh and cry over? This is for you...

saucyknits's review against another edition

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3.0

3? For some reason the volume on this audiobook seemed lower than most other books. As a result, it took me multiple attempts to get into this book in part because it was hard to hear. The narrator’s voice tended to be strident at times and I didn’t care for that, either.

I like the evolution of the MC and the side characters.

I definitely did not care for the fact that the main characters basically got to know one another and fall in love while the man was married - this was a major turnoff - as was the “solution” of making the now ex-wife (is this really a spoiler or an obvious plot point?) horrible. It did not escape me, either, that the ex was clearly highly educated and a feminist, so of course she was a B, ugh.

laurenpellatt's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

3.5

I actually enjoyed this book a lot more than I thought I would. It’s a pretty predictable romance but with a few unexpected twists and some really lovely secondary plots about friendship and family. I was hoping it would be more christmassy because that is why I picked it but I still enjoyed it anyway.

khairun_atika's review against another edition

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3.0

I am starting to enjoy reading books about young women who are at a crossroads of sorts in their lives - where life dropped a bomb on them and they have to learn to start over. Jenny is a delightfully flawed character who strives to restore an old family home, although she is still dealing with her past. Along the way, she finds a job and makes new friends, and opens herself up to others while inspiring them as well. I absolutely adored this book, and it was so refreshing to read about someone who genuinely tries her best in spite of the odds against her. A feel-good novel you would want to accompany you during your quiet night in.

leelee77's review against another edition

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4.0

Enjoyable light read

I really enjoyed this book, I did guess a couple of things correctly but it didn’t spoil my enjoyment of this book.

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