A review by tessa_talks_books
The Christmas Inn by Pamela Kelley

4.0

The Christmas Inn by Pamela M. Kelley: A heartwarming holiday read that earns 4 Stars for its engaging characters and festive setting.

Five Reasons to Read The Christmas Inn:
  1. With its heartwarming story and charming characters, The Christmas Inn is a Hallmark movie waiting to be made. 
  2. The novel is overwritten, sometimes making reading tedious with too many unnecessary details.
  3. The setting is perfect! New England just has those built-in Christmas vibes.
  4. The characters are lovely and well-developed. Many of the prominent characters are struggling through grief - grief over losing a loved one, grief over losing a marriage, and grief over losing a job - which gives the story a bit of poignancy and depth.
  5. The story instills an abundance of Christmas spirit and a second-chance romance that just had to happen.

What I Liked:
One unique aspect I particularly enjoyed was the use of AI in the storyline. At the beginning of the book, Riley, the main character, loses her job because the company will rely more on AI.  This is such a new topic that I inwardly applauded its use.

Why Not Five Stars:
I didn’t give it five stars because of the overwriting.  Though the last quarter wasn’t plagued as much by it, the first three quarters would have read much easier with fewer unnecessary details.