Review ‘Christmas Catch’ by Mary Shotwell

It’s the perfect pitch, but who knew Jack would be such a downright Grinch—or
so heart-stoppingly handsome?

Jack’s comfortable crab-fisherman routine is shaken when Charlee blows into
town with bells on. It’s not long before the pretty podcaster is breathing new
life into Cape Sunset, captivating everyone—including Jack, who’s feeling
things for Charlee he once thought he’d never feel again. Not that he shows it.

Despite Jack bah-humbugging her every move, the show must go on. But the closer
Charlee gets to Jack, the more growing her audience is the furthest thing from
her mind. Thankfully, Jack has a few surprises waiting under the tree…including
a love that will last a lifetime.

Publication Date:	November 19th, 2018
Series:	–
Genre:	Contemporary Romance, Christmas
Pages:	244
Formats:	eBook
Available at:	Amazon UK, Amazon US

 

My Review:

I just
love Christmas books. So when I saw the beautiful cover of  ‘Christmas Catch’ I wanted to read more.
After reading the book description I knew this was a book I wanted to read. A
Christmas book about a podcaster called Cheery Charlee? That sounds fun right?!
So I requested a copy and was excited to start reading this one for the HoHoHo Readathon.

In
‘Christmas Catch’ we meet “Cheery Charlee” Ridgeway. Charlee has been a
podcaster sending positivity around for almost five years now. And now Charlee
is close to getting her one millionth follower. She wants to do something big
to get there, but she has to find a great story first. When Charlee receives a
submission from a small fishing village, telling her that they haven’t
celebrated Christmas for four years since Jack Fortner lost his fiancé. Charlee
knows this is her story. But getting Christmas back with Jack in town will
prove to be hard.

‘Christmas
Catch’ was from the beginning an enjoyable story. The whole Cheery Charlee
thing was something I really enjoyed. What’s not to like about someone who
wants to spread positivity around? But obviously there is more to Charlee’s
story, and I enjoyed reading about her and how determined she was to get
Christmas back to Cape Sunset. Charlee’s character was easy to like and I loved
getting to know her.

Jack’s
character was also one I enjoyed. He was this hardworking guy who lost his
fiancée years ago and hasn’t been able to move on. I got why he didn’t want to
celebrate Christmas. What I didn’t really get was why the town also didn’t
celebrate. But maybe that’s because that kind of thing just wouldn’t really
happen where I come from. But since this is a story, I enjoyed reading how
Charlee slowly got Christmas back to the little village.

But most
of all I enjoyed reading about this little town and the many different
characters. It just had this charming vibe about it and I loved that. Add these
kind and interesting mix of characters like Miss. Kathy and Tabby and I
definitely had fun.

The
romance part about this book was not my favorite, it felt a little to sudden.
Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy insta-love-stories, and I definitely believe in
love-at-first-sight, but I just didn’t really feel the romance between Charlee
and Jack. There weren’t that many interactions between Charlee and Jack and I
felt like they didn’t really know each other yet. I wished I had more time with
them.

But
overall ‘Christmas Catch’ was a very enjoyable Christmas read that definitely
sends a great Christmas message.

 

 

I received this book through Netgalley, from Carina Press in exchange for my honest review.