Ellie was just looking for a normal holiday. She had planned to spend it with her family. Her mother, father and her baby boy, Casper. When Nolan showed up, things took a turn for the worst. She couldn’t believe him. Why would he return after all these years? She didn’t need him then, and she doesn’t need him now. Though, she had to admit. Casper and Nolan seemed to get along together really … well…
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I found this little Christmas story to be very warm, cozy and funny read, while just sitting around or waiting on a plane on waiting for one. Characters were interesting. I purchased this book. I am providing an honest review.
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Snow Leopard’s Christmas Surprise
Release Date: #AlreadyReleased
Author: Emilia Hartley
Reviewer: Ingrid Stephanie Jordan
Genre: #PRN #SnowLeopards
#4Stars
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This is a cute little Christmas story written by Ms. Emilia. The characters are adorable, they just matched perfectly. Definitely a Must Read Christmas Story.
Ellie is a human, single mother who bakes out of her house. She has too, her four year old son has never sat still one minute since he was born and he loved climbing on anything. The amount of babysitters she’s gone through is just ridiculous, she can’t believe it’s no one can handle her son.
It’s almost Christmas and her parents came in from Florida so when she was making the wedding cake they help a lot by watching Casper. BUT when opening the door she was shocked to see the man of all her dreams, her one night stand.
Nolan McCaffery is a Snow Leopard Shifter who has traveled all over to get away from his feelings basically. He knew he could not be with Ellie soon as he woke up that the morning of the best night of his life, he took off running and hasn’t stopped running since. Nolan decided to go visit her and see if everything he felt before is still there.
A copy of this book was provided to me with no requirements for a review. I voluntarily read this book and my comments here are my honest opinion.
I really liked the idea of this book because I’m all about big cat shifters, especially the kind that are a little more elusive in real life. And the fated mate plus a baby surprise are also tropes I enjoy. The way this came together was not exactly my favorite. There were stellar moments, like the protectiveness with the middle of the night scare, the playfulness in the snow, the discovery of the son’s first shift, the moment of declaring the claim…all of those were moments that made me have faith in the couple and their future happiness. Unfortunately, all of those moments were short and the predominant feel of the book was that of Ellie never being supported or understood or even respected. Sure at the very end Nolan did something that made her think he knew her and her goals but that was a little out of left field because his comments and actions up to this point didn’t speak to that at all. The disconnect was unfortunate.
The romance was kind of there but because I didn’t see them connecting and coming to any kind of satisfying equality or understanding of one another I din’t really believe in their romance. I felt like there was lust and a draw toward one another, but love and anything else wasn’t being built. Especially because Ellie was constantly undermining Nolan’s efforts, talking herself away from him, being prideful to the point of pig-headed and inflexible rather than just stubborn. Nolan did a lot of work to show his commitment but there’s only about a week of time passing so while I don’t actually doubt his commitment to sticking around, I do doubt their relationship and the veracity of their feelings.