Snowball’s Christmas

Author: Kristen McKanagh

Publish Date: September 29, 2020 by Kensington Publishing Corp.

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐.75

Book Review:

Emily Diemer works in a Victorian B&B named Weber Haus owned by Matilda Weber also known as Aunt Tilly or Ms. Tilly who is nearly 80 years old. Emily cooks for the guests and has a dream to own her own bakery someday. She is excited about the holidays but not excited about someone who is visiting Ms. Tilly, her nephew Lukas Weber.

Emily thinks Lukas is an ignorant person who doesn’t want to take care of his aging aunt, who is his only family and is solely focused on his photography career and jetting from one place to another across the world.

Snowball is a pet kitten with white fur and blue eyes who doesn’t agree with Emily and thinks she and Lukas are perfect for each other and starts playing a matchmaker.

As soon as Lukas arrives he starts getting involved with jobs like taking care and fixing the property, helping Emily in the kitchen, and getting mixed up in Snowball’s antics. With him so involved, Emily starts to soften up a little and finds that there is more to him.

Lukas is going to sell Weber Haus so that Miss Tilly can retire but the little kitten believes that this B&B, and these people, are her forever home.

What I loved about this book:
1. The setting of this book is so cozy and perfect. There is snow, lit fires, Christmas round the corner.
2. Lovely and perfect characters. They will always do the right thing. I loved Aunt Tilly.
3. Snowball a little fluffball is so cute. It was interesting to watch a kitten play a matchmaker and all the mischief that follows along.

What could have been better:
1. Emily and Lukas had an instant attraction, they understood each other and were always there to help each other. I think their chemistry could have been stronger. I would have loved some more scenes where Lukas and Emily could spend alone time talking and knowing each other more.

Synopsis:

Snowball—an aptly named bundle of feline fluff—is thankful to be spending her first Christmas in the comfort of Weber Haus, the Victorian B&B run by Miss Tilly. Emily Diemer, who cooks for the guests, dotes on Snowball, but she’s not thrilled about another new arrival at the B&B: Miss Tilly’s nephew, Lukas. Which is odd, because Snowball’s animal instincts tell her that Lukas and Emily should definitely be friends.

Everything Emily needs is in this quaint community—including, she hopes, the chance to open her own bakery one day. She doesn’t think much of Lukas for leaving his aging aunt to struggle while he jets around the world taking photographs. But now that he’s here, helping to spruce up the property and getting mixed up in Snowball’s antics, she begins to soften a little. Until she learns what he has planned . . .

Lukas is going to sell Weber Haus so that Miss Tilly can retire. But Snowball is certain that this B&B, and these people, are supposed to be her forever home. Somehow she has to get these stubborn humans to see things through the wisdom of a cat’s eye and a kitten’s loyal, loving heart . . .

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