All I Want for Christmas (ePub)

Ich war ganz begeistert von den ersten drei Büchern, die ich von der Autorin gelesen hatte (The List, Relight my Fire, I followed the Rules), und auch dieses hat mir ganz gut gefallen.

Natürlich sind solche Lovestorys vorhersehbar, aber das ist bei Rom-Coms eigentlich immer so und tut der Sache keinen Abbruch.

Ein klitzekleines Bisschen seltsam fand ich bei diesem Buch nur die männliche Perspektive, aus der es geschrieben ist. Die Denkweise der männlichen Hauptfigur, ihre Kommentare und Beobachtungen kamen mir doch oft sehr weiblich und eher etwas ungewöhnlich für einen Mann vor.

Nichtsdestotrotz eine schöne, witzige Liebesgeschichte.

A wonderful book that proves chick-lit can be funny and original (at least to some extent) and cute and all that without being corny at all! Yes, it starts with a bit of a cliché (a kid wishes for his mommy to be happy again, and a nice guy is trying to make this come true), but then it gets suprisingly fresh & funny.

Joanna Bolouri writes solely from a male perspective (no unnecessary switching between his/her side), which I liked very much. Plus, she does so quite convincingly, that's amazing really. Nick doesn't behave like the typical macho-man (something lots of authors believe they must incorporate in their leading characters in romances) but like a regular nice guy who does not need to have sexual images run through his head as soon as he sees a girl he likes. I really really cherished the fact that the reader is spared constant references to what the guy would like to do with "her". We get it that he is slowly falling in love with her all the same.

Slight problem: she is the girlfriend of his best friend, who is not even a bad guy so that he (and the reader) would have no qualms about simply stealing her. I was really anxious to learn how this problem would be solved.

Although a lot of the story is not taking place around Christmas, it still has a great Christmassy feel about it!