Talk Santa to Me by Linda Urban
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Web ID: 15276228Great fun story
I saw this book at a bookstore and it was a fantastic read ! The story line was great! It had great humor and holiday spirit. I appreciate that the author didn’t feel the need ti add sweating and sex scenes to make a fun read!
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A cutesy Christmas story!
Francie helps her family with their Christmas business and all of the ups and downs that go with it. She’s trying to overcome her horrible, mistaken kiss and outlive the teasing that’s occurred ever since the boy shared the details with his friends. He told everyone it was like kissing a stick. A few people have offered ways to overcome the bad kissing problem and only one person truly helps her, and helps her without judgment, by kissing her and offering sincere and honest critiques. Once that’s over, Francie gains some confidence and is able to go after her crush. A cutesy Christmas story, 3 stars! Language Content: PG for three uses of the word dang Mature Content: PG-13 for underage drinking, kissing Violence: none Ethnicity: mixed Likes/dislikes: I liked the mixed ethnicities, the cute Christmas setting and the light humor. I didn’t like the length of time it took for the romance parts to appear in the book. I enjoy the service that the Christmas interns give by offering to buy books for a girl who only wants to finish reading Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White, since the copy she had didn’t have the ending; it was missing. That’s her request in the letter she wrote to Santa.
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Cute Christmas romance
Francie - short for Frankincense - is from a family where Christmas is serious business. They sell Christmas ornaments and run a school for Santas, to ensure that each Santa brings the proper magic. Number one rule: Santa never promises anything. When her dad gets a bloody nose ahead of the annual appearance on TV as Santa, Francie fills in at the last second as "Santa's Intern." Thanks to a marketing intern - who Francie hates - the appearance goes viral, and suddenly the store is flooded with letters addressed to Francie. Her aunt assigns her the task of answering each one to keep the Christmas magic, in between torturing her with ridiculous trial uniforms that she's forced to get customers to answer surveys about. There's a lot going on in this book, and many of the plots are given equal weight, which kept me from getting as emotionally invested as a reader. It's hard for me to say which was the main one. Francie is being made fun of at school by boys who heard she was a bad kisser after her first kiss. Meanwhile, Francie is hoping for a do-over with Hector, the boy who works at the Christmas Tree Farm next door. Her aunt is trying to convince her dad to sell the Santa School to a Hollywood Santa, while not treating Francie fairly at all. The side-plot where Francie battled her aunt was the most frustrating part of the book. Adult me kept wondering: why is no one standing up for her? Francie brings her snarky commentary to every situation, keeping this book from being too sweet. Underneath the sarcasm, however, Francie truly believes in the magic of Christmas. This is a cute Christmas read, especially for those who like sarcastic heroines who triumph in the end. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the advance review copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
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