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A review by kitvaria_sarene
A Cosy Christmas at Bridget's Bicycle Bakery by Alex Brown
3.0
A Cosy Christmas at Bridget's Bicycle Bakery was a cute, short and easy read.
I am addicted to Christmas romances, and read a ton of them. and while this one was fun enough, it didn't hold up to my favourite titles. So I'll still happily give it 3 stars, as it had me well entertained, and was a quick read.
I liked that it was mostly a positive and upbeat story, despite the family in th espotlight having lost their husband/father a year ago, and having to start anew. It was the fluffy sort of book that makes you feel warm without challenging you, or your emotions at all.
And this is were it just fell a bit flat for me. The love interest was just too perfect all around, and I never got a real feel for any of the characters. Their lifes just turned around in a sort of magical way, instead of a relatable character arc, if you know what I mean. They were all nice anough, but I just didn't get enough of a connection to *really* care for any of them.
It was a warm and cozy read, one you can definitely devour after a horrid and long day at work (which I did). So even if I would have wanted a little bit more of depth to it, I do not regret having read it.
(One more little gripe for me was, 21 pages out of 223 according to my ereader where recipes, but mostly advertising and "other books you could enjoy". While I do not mind soem of that, a whopping 20 pages and so 10% of the whgole book was just a tad too much.)
I am addicted to Christmas romances, and read a ton of them. and while this one was fun enough, it didn't hold up to my favourite titles. So I'll still happily give it 3 stars, as it had me well entertained, and was a quick read.
I liked that it was mostly a positive and upbeat story, despite the family in th espotlight having lost their husband/father a year ago, and having to start anew. It was the fluffy sort of book that makes you feel warm without challenging you, or your emotions at all.
And this is were it just fell a bit flat for me. The love interest was just too perfect all around, and I never got a real feel for any of the characters. Their lifes just turned around in a sort of magical way, instead of a relatable character arc, if you know what I mean. They were all nice anough, but I just didn't get enough of a connection to *really* care for any of them.
It was a warm and cozy read, one you can definitely devour after a horrid and long day at work (which I did). So even if I would have wanted a little bit more of depth to it, I do not regret having read it.
(One more little gripe for me was, 21 pages out of 223 according to my ereader where recipes, but mostly advertising and "other books you could enjoy". While I do not mind soem of that, a whopping 20 pages and so 10% of the whgole book was just a tad too much.)