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I believe in easy reads, even for adults. Sometimes, you just need a break. Something fun and light and not too hard to digest, coming pre-packaged in a beautiful story. This is one of Chautona’s Christmas books for this year, and although I think I enjoyed 31 Kisses better, I still really enjoyed a lot of elements in 12 Dates of Christmas.

The romance—well, not so unusual if you think of all the plotlines out there. However, I really appreciated the thoughts about how we view others’ actions, and how important it is to keep a clean slate, even when things are meant to hurt us. A good portion of this book was about the main character learning to forgive someone else for things he’d unintentionally hurt her with, and for me, that drove home the fact that if we want to live a truly fulfilling life, we must lay down these weights and grievances that hover from our past.

Overall, this was a fun story. Not my most favorite from Chautona ever, but I really enjoyed the lighter aspects of this one, and the little spots of humor sprinkled throughout. A good Christmas read.

I requested a free review copy of this book, and this is my honest opinion of it.