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A review by readingwitherin
Love in Winter Wonderland by Abiola Bello
4.5
My rating: 4.5 stars
I absolutely loved this book! It is such a sweet and heartfelt read that will make you smile. Trey and Ariel are two characters that are just wanting what’s best for their families, while also trying to figure out life. With Trey you have his family owning a black owned book shop and them potentially having to close due to financial issues. Then with Ariel her dad died a year ago and her family has been struggling since then, she is an artist like he was and wants to go to university for it, but isn’t sure how she is going to be able to do that. Ariel ends up getting a job at Trey’s family bookstore and together these two come up with ideas to help raise money for the store to be able to stay open and to have more customers. This book is filled with so many ups and downs as they go through life and have school, dreams, and friend and family drama. It’s a lot but is told so well.
Overall I highly recommend this book if you want a nice Christmas read that has community building, family bonding, figuring out who you are, friendships, and advocating for yourself, friends, and community.
The audio narrator did a fairly good job, with all the different characters and having slightly different voices for them. There were only a few that I struggled with at first, but by the end of the book I knew which character was talking all the time.
I absolutely loved this book! It is such a sweet and heartfelt read that will make you smile. Trey and Ariel are two characters that are just wanting what’s best for their families, while also trying to figure out life. With Trey you have his family owning a black owned book shop and them potentially having to close due to financial issues. Then with Ariel her dad died a year ago and her family has been struggling since then, she is an artist like he was and wants to go to university for it, but isn’t sure how she is going to be able to do that. Ariel ends up getting a job at Trey’s family bookstore and together these two come up with ideas to help raise money for the store to be able to stay open and to have more customers. This book is filled with so many ups and downs as they go through life and have school, dreams, and friend and family drama. It’s a lot but is told so well.
Overall I highly recommend this book if you want a nice Christmas read that has community building, family bonding, figuring out who you are, friendships, and advocating for yourself, friends, and community.
The audio narrator did a fairly good job, with all the different characters and having slightly different voices for them. There were only a few that I struggled with at first, but by the end of the book I knew which character was talking all the time.