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A review by emmalynn
The Mother of All Christmases by Milly Johnson
4.0
Milly Johnson really has a gift to create the most endearing stories. I was gonna say feel-good but, although this book gave me a lot of fuzzy feelings indeed, there's also very (VERY) sad parts (I feel like I should add a TW but the TW itself would be a spoiler so not sure what to do).
Anyway, I was super excited when I noticed Eve from Winterwonderland was one of the 3 main characters in The Mother of All Christmases but it turned out the parts about Eve are in fact much more about one of the workers at Winterwonderland, Effin and his niece Cariad. And I never really cared about either of them and would have wanted more of Eve herself.
This said the stories about Annie and especially Palma more than made up for this slight disappointment. They were so perfect and gave me ALL THE FEELS. I can't help hoping maybe there will be another book about the continuation of Palma's journey because I really would like to hear more about her and her new family.
Worth noting that all the secondary characters like Iris, Gil, Astrid, all the women from the Xmas Pudding Club were great as well and felt like real characters not just fillers.
Anyway, I was super excited when I noticed Eve from Winterwonderland was one of the 3 main characters in The Mother of All Christmases but it turned out the parts about Eve are in fact much more about one of the workers at Winterwonderland, Effin and his niece Cariad. And I never really cared about either of them and would have wanted more of Eve herself.
This said the stories about Annie and especially Palma more than made up for this slight disappointment. They were so perfect and gave me ALL THE FEELS. I can't help hoping maybe there will be another book about the continuation of Palma's journey because I really would like to hear more about her and her new family.
Worth noting that all the secondary characters like Iris, Gil, Astrid, all the women from the Xmas Pudding Club were great as well and felt like real characters not just fillers.