Customer Reviews

Lakeshore Christmas (The Lakeshore Chronicles Series)

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Prim and proper Willow Lake, New York librarian Maureen "Mo" Davenport relishes that she will lead the annual Avalon holiday pageant for the first time in her life; having been in a support role. She wants this year's gala to be one everyone will remember for years to come.

Her co-director is former child star Eddie Haven, who loathes Christmas. He had no choice but to agree to be a host because of a judge's order. Eddie and Mo battle over the celebration. Shockingly they begin to work together even as they fall in love. However, both fear taking a chance on a commitment having been burned before. It will take a Christmas miracle just like his claim to fame movie he starred in as a child.

The latest Lakeshore Chronicles (see SUMMER AT WILLOW LAKE, DOCKSIDE and FIRESIDE) is a sweet holiday romance kept from being to angelically sugary by the skeptic who scorned Christmas, Eddie. He brings a special flavor with his "shut up and sing the blues" attitude although he has met his match in Mo. Fans of the series will enjoy the spending the Yuletide season with the Willow Lake crowd complemented by cynical disbeliever Eddie and a kind but strange individual Jabaz.

Harriet Klausner

I have truly enjoyed the Lakeshore series and especially loved The Christmas book. Now I know I want there to be more books in the series. We can't just be left hanging so Susan please write another book in the Lakeshore Chronicles.

How can readers feel anything but delight at being given yet another heartwarming, humorous romance by Susan Wiggs? I loved the interplay between the hero and heroine in Lakeshore Christmas--a former child star and a librarian. So different and so right for each other! The Willow Lake setting and cast of characters couldn't be more charming. For me, personally, any story that adds in a funny theatrical plotline is a bonus, and the author did a marvelous job with this element. For readers who adore Christmastime love stories, this novel tops my 2009 list!

Yet another wonderful Wiggs book, just excellent. Continues with the Lakeshore series locales. I love the references to characters in past books and what they are doing, very subtley woven into the story. Wiggs fans will not be disappointed!

I LOVED this book and did not want it to end. Susan Wiggs is one of my favorite authors and I am so sad when I finish reading her books!! I want them to go on and on. Especially this one!

I have loved almost all of the books in the series until this one. It feels forced. There are two good parts to the book and those have to do with Daisy. The male character wasn't well developed, and the female just wasn't a good match for him. The main characters spent a huge amout of time looking backward at their depressing pasts. It was like, get over it already. One other comment that goes for all of her modern books - please quit referring to homeschooling in a negative light, such as "he was homeschooled - he grew up in a commune." I have seen this in a few of her books, and it just isn't with the times. A lot of people are homeschooled these days. That doesn't mean they are strange or that they are with some sort of strange cult - it just means that they school at home - end of story.

This was my least favorite of the Lakeshore Chronicles so far. I had a really tough time relating to Maureen and saw absolutely no chemistry between her and Eddie besides what the author said was there.

When the description lists Maureen as a prim librarian, it isn't kidding. At one point she actually debates with herself about whether or not it would be prudent to go 2-3 miles over the speed limit in order to get somewhere quicker. (She decides that it wouldn't be. Speed limits are in place for a reason, etc.) And while I'm certainly no stranger to the bad boy/hot librarian fantasies, I just can't see these 2 getting together in a HEA fashion. They had absolutely nothing in common. Nothing. She cringes or gasps or pales or frowns every time he opens his mouth (usually to take the Lord's name in vain or say a mild curse) and spends the entire book going on and on about the magic of Christmas, while he flashes his long hair and blue eyes at her and comments on her ass. I just saw absolutely no reason for these 2 to fall in love, other than Wiggs stated that it was happening.

The sub-plots about the library and the pageant were apparently there just to be filler, and they read that way. The other subplot, regarding Jabez, the strange boy who magically showed up right at Christmas time, seems like something that might be revisited in future books. Maybe??? That whole character was a little vague.

And of course, there was the requisite Daisy/Charlie/Logan/Julian subplot, but it seemed less intrusive than usual this time. I have to assume that Daisy will be getting her own book at some point, but I'm not sure why we need 10 books of build-up to get there.

I'll keep reading the series. It's harmless, light fun that usually kills a rainy weekend afternoon for me, but I certainly wouldn't go back to this one.

If you've read any of the books in this series then this is another you should read. It's as caring, funny, griping as the others in the series. The book is over before you want it to be, just like the others.

My copy of this book must have had a chapter missing b/c Daisy's story was never summed up... she was never again mentioned after the cliff-hanger of Chapter 20. If you're looking for depth of character & plot this is not the book for you. If you're looking for an easy, predictable, light-hearted Christmas book, then you might like it. But can anyone tell me what happened to Daisy?

This was the perfect book for this time of year, with very interesting characters we've never met before in the main storyline. I can't wait to see what comes next in the Lakeshore Chronicles. I would love to see how the story with Daisy, Logan and Julian plays out. The hints given in a small part of this book left us hanging and I'm holding my breath waiting to see the outcome.