Jack Furst loves South Pole, Alaska, almost as much as his sled dogs and second only to his girlfriend, Joyce. But the area has taken a down turn in recent years and he’s afraid it’ll be a ghost town before long.Joyce Nicholson enjoys her home base in South Pole and flies her single engine plane to surrounding villages with supplies daily. When her company pressures her to move to another city … another city with a better location and bigger population, Joyce fears leaving Jack behind.
There’s nothing more powerful than Christmas in Alaska and when a surprise mayoral election shocks the entire South Pole residency, the town flips upside down and holds the most unusual Christmas celebration ever. Will it be enough to save the beloved city?
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The First Backwards Christmas, by Brooke Williams, is a cute & quirky novella set in South Pole, Alaska. Jack and Joyce are a uniquely paired couple and their intricacies make this short story a joy to read. The holiday theme that is paired with this tale makes it sweet and perfect adorable in all ways. Such a quaint town experiencing issues that so many small towns face. How these characters attempt to resolve their concerns was a well paced part of the story.
“I’d wait for you all day if that’s what it took.” awwwww so sweet, right? This whole story is full of clean – swoon worthy romance.
This is the origin story of how South Pole, Alaska became the town known for “Backwards Christmas”. While this is the third book written about this town, it absolutely can be read as a stand-alone and out of order. I’m so glad this book was written because I was always curious how the town came to be known as it was and why the mistletoe was painted on the sidewalk.
This is one of those books that just made me smile the more I read. It is a classic (name of channel redacted because of copyright infringement) Christmas Channel movie that is sweet and predictable and yet so much fun to watch.
I would absolutely recommend this story to my mother’s book club and younger cousins alike.
The First Backwards Christmas
By Brooke Williams
Rated 4 stars
This is a perfect story! I have read one of the others in the series and it intrigued me. Wondering how it all got started. This book answers my questions. It is short and sweet but gives me everything I needed.
The characters in here have such spirit. I enjoy not only their names but what they bring to the story. It almost seems magical.
Very cute and enjoyable.