My second Christmas novel by Jenny Hale this season and I think it is more festive than the other one. Lila and her friends rented a nice cabin in the woods of Tennessee for their annual Christmas vacation. At arrival Fireside Cabins seem a bit shabby but they make the better of it an fall for the owner Eleanor. In contrast Coffee Shop owner Theo seems not so charming at the beginning. I enjoyed how the girls enjoyed themselves. There was this cozy atmosphere and the Christmas spirit was everywhere at the beginning. In the middle the story was a bit too much for my opinion but all in all I had a good time with the book.

Lila and her three friends set off to the countryside, looking forward to some cosy retreat and spending some girls time. The Fireside Cabins sound like the perfect place for that. I really enjoyed the setting in the Tennessee mountains and although the cabins aren't the most modern standard, they sound very cosy. The small village nearby the cabins makes a very distant impression in the beginning but later this is getting a lot better with all the festive happenings and events. Lila and her friends are lovely characters and I was looking forward to follow their story. I liked how they turned the little bit shabby cabin into a cosy Christmas retreat. Theo, the coffeeshop owner, doesnt't make it easy to like him in the beginning but it's getting better throughout the book. In general I really liked the story but I found it a little bit jumpy at times, scenes and situations were changing very quickly and a few times I was a bit irritated. Overall the story is a very enjoyable festive read which I can recommend for the Christmas time.