Christmas starts early in the publishing world. Who am I kidding? I’ve already seen stores with gift ideas for Christmas. So I guess publishers aren’t really starting early; they’re on trend. Isn’t this a great cover?
Piper McCaulley doesn’t know which way is up or down. Her gran, her last remaining family, died two weeks before Christmas, leaving Piper to reevaluate her life. Did she really want to stay chained to the family business just to hang on to this old house? She didn’t care that her great-great-great grandpa had built it with his own hands. How could she make huge life decisions if she’d never even been outside of Alaska?
She needs to leave the snowy wilderness that’s her backyard and see the world, and since her gran left her a battered old compass, Piper takes this a secret message from her beloved grandmother: to follow her heart.
But before she is even a foot outside the door, Piper finds herself caught in a blizzard and wakes up in 1945 in the original home that her ancestors had built—a time when her gran was just a girl Piper’s age. Once she has gotten over the shock, Piper has the joy of getting to know her grandmother in a whole new way, a way that sheds light on everything Piper had come to know and not know about her own past.
Over the course of one magical holiday season, Piper must go on a journey through time to learn the meaning of real love, home, and how a family legacy can connect one another forever. : Piper McCaulley doesn’t know which way is up or down. Her gran, her last remaining family, died two weeks before Christmas, leaving Piper to reevaluate her life. Did she really want to stay chained to the family business just to hang on to this old house? She didn’t care that her great-great-great grandpa had built it with his own hands. How could she make huge life decisions if she’d never even been outside of Alaska?
She needs to leave the snowy wilderness that’s her backyard and see the world, and since her gran left her a battered old compass, Piper takes this a secret message from her beloved grandmother: to follow her heart.
But before she is even a foot outside the door, Piper finds herself caught in a blizzard and wakes up in 1945 in the original home that her ancestors had built—a time when her gran was just a girl Piper’s age. Once she has gotten over the shock, Piper has the joy of getting to know her grandmother in a whole new way, a way that sheds light on everything Piper had come to know and not know about her own past.
Over the course of one magical holiday season, Piper must go on a journey through time to learn the meaning of real love, home, and how a family legacy can connect one another forever.
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After two pages, Home for Christmas and I almost parted ways. Piper, the main character, runs a lodge in Alaska for trophy hunters. I pondered whether I could really read a book about a trophy hunters and decided to give it a few more pages. Fortunately, it turns out that the main character and I are of similar ilk regarding trophy hunting, although she might be slightly more tolerant regarding it than I am.
Piper has just lost her beloved grandmother who has always run Great Expectations lodge. It’s been in the family for generations. Piper doesn’t have the confidence to run the lodge and is considering selling it to an individual who would carry on its traditions. However, before she can even contemplate any of that, she is part of a search party for missing hunters when she takes a fall and finds herself in 1944 where her great-grandparents run a boarding lodge and her grandmother is around her age.
The premise for Home for Christmas is certainly interesting and worth an escapist read just for that. However, as is the case with many time travel novels there are some gaps but it’s fine just as long as you don’t think too long about it.
Unfortunately there was a historical misstep considering no soldier would have gone from the Philippines to France during WWII due to the fact that the Japanese occupied the country until 1945. This too could be over-looked especially if you aren’t a student of history . . . except I just told you. Oh, well.
The writing for the most part is good except for many instances of stilted dialogue.
Christmas is dealt with peripherally so if you’re looking for a very Christmas-y novel, this might not be it.
To add a little fright to the novel is a stalking grizzly that has broken hibernation. This is countered by a cute reindeer calf called Nugget.
There’s a lot going on in this cute novel including a romance that will have the reader wondering how it will all turn out. And, how will it? I’m not going to tell you. 😉 Take a trip back to 1944 Alaska to find out.
I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
