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A review by jazzyjan94
Christmas on Breakers Point by Chautona Havig
3.0
This review appears on my blog: https://confessionsofabookwormweb.wordpress.com/2020/07/08/book-review-christmas-on-breakers-point-the-independence-islands-0-5-by-chautona-havig/
Christmas on Breakers Point follows Mallory Barrows who has just gotten a call from her great-uncle telling her that he is dying. Before the start of the novel she had promised him that she would come and take care of him in the last few weeks of his life. She leaves everything behind and goes to care for him, and hopefully spend one last Christmas with him, but she doesn't know what to get him. He asks her to do one thing for him that he considers to be the greatest Christmas gift of all...the only problem is that it seems impossible and it would be a miracle if it came to fruition. However, Mallory sets out to do what she can to try and give her uncle one last Christmas gift, but it will be anything but easy and it will take a lot of work from the Lord to help it come to pass.
Something that surprised me about this book was how short it was, I was honestly expecting it to be over 300 pages, but it's only about 160 pages. That being said, it was still a really good book! My only complaint is that the scene changes were a little bit jarring and there were times I had difficulty figuring out what had just happened and what day it was in the timeline of this story. But other than that it was still pretty good.
Mallory was a great character, and it was interesting watching her go on this journey as she watches her great-uncle dying, but also trying to do what she can to honor his "last wishes" so to speak. I felt like in a lot of ways he put her in a hard position, but she does what she can to help make his request come true, even if it means risking friendship along the way. I also loved watching her relationship with her Uncle. I also liked how she comes up with an idea that eventually ends up setting up the rest of the series.
I also loved Mallory's uncle Bud, who is a spry old man with interesting stories and tidbits of information. And the lengths he's willing to go to make his dying wish come true is entertaining.
Overall, this was another great read from Chaotona Havig, and I am looking forward to spending more time in the Independence Islands soon and my only complaint is that this book was too short!
3.5/5 Stars
Christmas on Breakers Point follows Mallory Barrows who has just gotten a call from her great-uncle telling her that he is dying. Before the start of the novel she had promised him that she would come and take care of him in the last few weeks of his life. She leaves everything behind and goes to care for him, and hopefully spend one last Christmas with him, but she doesn't know what to get him. He asks her to do one thing for him that he considers to be the greatest Christmas gift of all...the only problem is that it seems impossible and it would be a miracle if it came to fruition. However, Mallory sets out to do what she can to try and give her uncle one last Christmas gift, but it will be anything but easy and it will take a lot of work from the Lord to help it come to pass.
Something that surprised me about this book was how short it was, I was honestly expecting it to be over 300 pages, but it's only about 160 pages. That being said, it was still a really good book! My only complaint is that the scene changes were a little bit jarring and there were times I had difficulty figuring out what had just happened and what day it was in the timeline of this story. But other than that it was still pretty good.
Mallory was a great character, and it was interesting watching her go on this journey as she watches her great-uncle dying, but also trying to do what she can to honor his "last wishes" so to speak. I felt like in a lot of ways he put her in a hard position, but she does what she can to help make his request come true, even if it means risking friendship along the way. I also loved watching her relationship with her Uncle. I also liked how she comes up with an idea that eventually ends up setting up the rest of the series.
I also loved Mallory's uncle Bud, who is a spry old man with interesting stories and tidbits of information. And the lengths he's willing to go to make his dying wish come true is entertaining.
Overall, this was another great read from Chaotona Havig, and I am looking forward to spending more time in the Independence Islands soon and my only complaint is that this book was too short!
3.5/5 Stars