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The Advent Bride is part 1 of a 12 part series of 12 Brides
of Christmas. Here
is a little about the series itself:
Christmas is the time for love. Each week
leading up to Christmas, readers will be introduced to a new bride who is on
her way to the altar, whether she knows it or not. Across the heartland of
America, readers will experience old-fashioned Christmas traditions, sweet
romance, and inspiring faith from 12 acclaimed Christian authors, including
Mary Connealy, Margaret Brownley, Pam Hillman, Maureen Lang, Michele Ule, Amy
Lillard, Miralee Ferrell, Susan Page Davis, Diana Lesire Brandmeyer, Amanda
Cabot, Davalynn Spencer, and Vickie McDonough.
My review:
I received this sweet novella and enjoyed the simplicity and
happy feelings that it brought to me.
This book takes us back in time to November of 1875. Melanie is a school “marm” in Nebraska and
finds her little cantankerous student huddled outside against the cold. This student has been a hard one for Melanie
but still seeing him outside in the cold waiting for his father who hadn’t
come, made her feel concern despite the fact that this was definitely not her
favorite student.
Simon, whose father was a widower, was a real challenge in
her life, almost as much as Mrs. Rathbone, in whose home she was staying. Her room was an unheated attic and Mrs.
Rathbone expected her on time for dinner and gave her absolute grief if all her
rules were not abided by exactly as she wanted.
She finds out that Simon’s father has a new job as the
sheriff and without a wife has no one to care for him after school. As much as she dreads the thought, she stays
with Simon daily until his father arrives to take him home. And to make matters worse, Simon’s father
seems to blame Melanie for his son’s behavior in class.
In her attic room, Melanie discovers a box. This small box gives Melanie ideas for a plan
and she asks Mrs. Rathbone if she might have the box.
This is a sweet book with a very happy Christmas Advent
tradition wrapped into Melanie’s plan. I
enjoyed how the box helped to develop the Christmas theme and how it helped to
bring about answers to Melanie’s prayers.
I think it will brighten anyone’s holiday season with its peacefulness
and simplicity.
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