Reviews

The 12 Brides of Christmas Collection by Michelle Ule, Amy Lillard, Mary Connealy, Miralee Ferrell, Vickie McDonough, Margaret Brownley, Amanda Cabot, Diana Lesire Brandmeyer, Susan Page Davis, Maureen Lang, Davalynn Spencer, Pam Hillman

theavidreaderandbibliophile's review

4.0

The 12 Brides of Christmas (various authors) is a delightful collection of twelve, historical Christian stories written by well-known Christian authors. All of them take place in the late 1800s and revolve around Christmas (and Christmas items like the tree, star, advent, nutcrackers). Each story is set in a different place (Lone Tree, Kansas, Oregon Trail in Wyoming). I enjoyed these heartwarming Christmas stories. They are well-written and easy to read. Once you start reading them you will not want to stop. They are not preachy or overly religious. They all just have a nice, light Christian tone (so they can be read by younger readers as well). I give The 12 Brides of Christmas 4 out of 5 stars. I will be looking for more works by the authors in this book. If you enjoy reading historical romance books, then you will like this collection.

I received a complimentary copy of The 12 Brides of Christmas from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

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meezcarrie's review

4.0

I love these collections from Barbour Books! They have introduced me to brand new authors and given me tastes of authors I knew of but hadn’t read before. But usually when you have this many different authors in one place, there are bound to be a couple of stories that I don’t like. That was not the case in The 12 Brides of Christmas. I have my favorite novellas of the group, certainly, but each story was very well-written with solidly developed & engaging characters and emotionally-satisfying plots. My only wish is that each novella had been its own full-length novel so that I could have more of the delightful characters.

I truly enjoyed this collection. Each author is extremely gifted at crafting a story. I think these would be great to read one a night on the 12 days leading up to Christmas!

(I received a copy of this book in exchange for only my honest review.)