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Additionally, I didn't like that Joseph hid his true identity until their wedding day and somehow, in my point of view, coerced Merry Anna to continue with the wedding ceremony even after the revelation.

Review: Honestly, I don't like stories wherein the best friend or a brother marries the female principal character even if the original lover was already dead. Not only it was like a toy being handed down, but it seems like the death of the best friend or brother was their fortune because they get to marry the woman.

Finished reading "He Came Upon a Midnight Clear" by Sandy Raven.

Rating: 1 star

Started reading "He Came Upon a Midnight Clear" by Sandy Raven.

Finished reading "We'll have Ourselves a Merry Little Christmas" by Rose Gordon.

Rating: 4 stars

Started reading "We'll have Ourselves a Merry Little Christmas" by Rose Gordon.

Finished reading "A Winter's Tale" by Kate Pearce.

Rating: 2 stars

Started reading "A Winter's Tale" by Kate Pearce.

Finished reading "The Pirate's Yuletide Haven" by Katherine Bone.

Rating: 2 stars

Started reading "The Pirate's Yuletide Haven" by Katherine Bone.

Finished reading "A Family for Christmas" by Alanna Lucas.

Rating: 1 star

Review: I can't see the connection between Randolph's personal story and Herman's reasons to runaway. Herman wasn't running away from his problems, but from mistreatment. Plus, I find adopting Herman forced in order to fit the title.

Started reading "A Family for Christmas" by Alanna Lucas.

Finished reading "The Christmas Runaway" by Nadine Millard.

Rating: 3 stars

Started reading "The Christmas Runaway" by Nadine Millard.

Finished reading "Blame it on the Mistletoe" by Virginia Heath.

Rating: 1 star

Review: I don't like it when the female protagonist was a shameless hussy especially if it had the blessing and encouragement of her brother. It's like the brother is pimping his own sister.

Started reading "Blame it on the Mistletoe" by Virginia Heath.

Finished reading "The First Taffy Maker to the King" by Deb Marlowe.

Rating: 2 stars

Started reading "The First Taffy Maker to the King" by Deb Marlowe.

Finished reading "The Snow Maiden" by K.C. Bateman.

Rating: 3 stars

Review: My only comment - it seems that the author only know a few Russian female names. The name Elizaveta was used 3 times and on different persons. She can Google more names, ye know.

Started reading "The Snow Maiden" by K.C. Bateman.

Finished reading "How to Reform a Rake" by Tammy Andresen.

Rating: 5 stars

Review: Even if it was a cliffhanger, it caught my attention and I'm excited to read the rest of the series. I simply hope the stories of these 5 gentlemen are not a let down.

Started reading "How to Reform a Rake" by Tammy Andresen.

Finished reading "Gifts of Love" by Aileen Fish.

Rating: 1.5 stars

Review: It was hackneyed. I once read an almost the same short story. Plus, a few unnecessary reactions and conversations can be eliminated from the storytelling.

Started reading "Gifts of Love" by Aileen Fish.

Finished reading "The Ship Captain's Tale" by Elizabeth Essex.

Rating: 1.5 stars

Review: I don't understand the connection of the captain's parable with his life and what he had learned.

Started reading "The Ship Captain's Tale" by Elizabeth Essex.

Finished reading "A Christmas Kiss" by Dawn Brower.

Rating: 1 star

Review: I find it dry. Whenever they think or talk, either I shook my head or rolled my eyes and say "whatever." This story is only for children, not for logical adults.

Started reading "A Christmas Kiss" by Dawn Brower.

Finished reading "The Heartbreaker's Tale" by Susan Gee Heino.

Rating: 5 stars

Review: I already had a hunch that the older gentleman was telling his sad youth love story but I never suspected that he was actually recounting it to his unknown daughter and his lady love was still alive.