Book Review: Marian's Christmas Wish - A Charming Regency Romance for the Holidays
- Oct 5, 2021
- 3 min read
Updated: 5 days ago
With witty family dynamics, heartfelt wishes, and a sweet, clean romance, this Regency by Carla Kelly is perfect for a cozy holiday read.
At-a-Glance
Tone: Charming, heartwarming, and festive
Setting: Regency England during the Christmas season
Genre: Historical romance / Regency romance
Themes: Young love, family, wishes and hopes, personal growth, finding joy
Best for readers of: Clean, character-driven Regency romances; holiday-themed love stories; sweet romances with engaging secondary characters
Book Review of Marian's Christmas Wish by Carla Kelly
Don't miss this charming Regency romance for the holiday season.
Marian Wynswich is determined to have a wonderful Christmas, because it just might be her last in the home she's always known. I delighted in this book! It did start off just a few paces slower for me, but then pulled me at about page four and I was hooked. Marian Wynswich is an intelligent and outspoken sixteen year old young lady (almost seventeen as she likes to tell us). Over Christmas pudding, she makes a Christmas wish. Though she has vowed never to fall in love or marry, her plans turn in another direction when she meets Lord Ingraham. I delighted in Lord Ingraham (Gilbert or Gil to Marian) as well. He's damaged with a few scars, but when in Marian's company, he becomes a dashing and charming man I fell a little in love with more than once during the story.
Marian isn't the only one with a Christmas wish, and Gilbert spends most of the book hoping and dreaming for his, and yet at the same time, he treads carefully—out of fear perhaps? You'll have to read it to find out.
The setting is wonderful and the secondary characters are marvelous. Alistair made me laugh on numerous occasion and the other family members added just enough to the story to make the family seem like a genuine, and delightfully fun, family.
The author did an excellent job with the main characters. Marian is written true to her age, but also has an air of maturity about her, the kind of maturity that comes from the weight of responsibility to one's family and the desire to see and experience more of life and the world. Gilbert's relationship with Marian is a charming development and my mind kept urging them onward to the only inevitable conclusion—lasting love.
I would recommend this book to anyone. It's a wonderful read and clean.
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BOOK INFO
Genre: Historical Regency Romance
Release: September 1, 2011
Publisher: Sweetwater Books (Cedar Fort, Inc.)
Pages: 304pp
Format Read: Paperback
Source: Reader's personal library
Reviewed by: MK
Content Rating: 1 Heart—Aww! This is a clean read appropriate for all audiences. May have sweet, clean kisses. Suitable for all audiences.
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About the Book
Marian's Christmas Wish by Carla Kelly
(Retailer Description)
Miss Marian Wynswich is a rather unconventional young lady. She plays chess, reads Greek, and is as educated as any young man. And she’s certain falling in love is a ridiculous endeavor and vows never to do such a thing. But everything changes when she receives a Christmas visit from someone unexpected—a young and handsome English lord.
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