REVIEW WEDNESDAY - Christmas Lullabies

 Good morning, readers!

Don't you just love Christmas carols? I do. Even when my husband is whistling them in June! 

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CHRISTMAS LULLABIES is Book 1 of two in the Mustang Valley series by Annabeth Avery.

BLURB:

Taylor and Sam's plans were simple: graduate from college, find good paying jobs, and eventually get married and start a family. But when Fate intervenes, things in Mustang Valley get a lot more interesting.

Not only does Taylor have to tell Sam that she's pregnant, but she also has to break the news to her parents. The same conservative parents who live in a small town and are about as Southern Baptist as they come. To say the train has derailed from the tracks would be an understatement.

Sam has wanted a family of his own for as long as he could remember. He knew in grade school that Taylor was his soul mate and would be the one he'd marry. Now, he just needs to convince her that this had always been their destiny.

Fortunately, things aren't always what they seem. Secrets come to light and faith will be tested. But with the help of a few good friends and a little holiday magic, Taylor and Sam will once again find the spirit of Christmas in Mustang Valley.

I loved this story overall, though I did hit a couple of bumps along the way. 

In the prelude, we are introduced to Sam's parents as they're trying to beat a bad Christmas eve snow storm to make it from the city back to the small town of Mustang Valley to spend Christmas with their son, Sam. I was confused as to Sam's age.  When you get into the story you'll learn Sam is five at the time of the prelude. So my question was, what were they doing in the city a couple of days before Christmas and why wasn't Sam, given his age, with them? We aren't privy to that information (unless I missed something. If I did, please come back and leave your thoughts in the comments).

Annabeth's voice was the other. Once I realized this was her voice, I was able to adjust. She has a tendency to drop a secondary character's POV between two other POVs. Keep in mind, her POV switches work great for just two people but dropping in the third in a brief paragraph took a little adjustment on my part. 

Overall, I think Annabeth has done a beautiful job of giving us a story that if it weren't for a pre-marital conception this would make a beautiful Hallmark movie. I'm giving Christmas Lullabies...

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All my best!

~ Angela