David HoCritiques

This was an interesting Christmas themed story about second chances – second chances at life and second chances to save a soul. The story mixes several different religious beliefs but that is not the central theme of the story.

The beginning of the story introduced her to us as a teenager. Then we saw her as an adult 15 years later. After a near death experience Morgan is either returned to her teen years or her mind is, but she experiences them with a twist because she can change the events. She was given a mission by the angel at her near death experience and as she attempts to carry it out a variety of twists and turns in the plot occur keeping the plot moving along quite nicely.

I liked that Morgan Stern, the protagonist had an opportunity for a huge change of character growth through the story. Morgan had grown up to be a very selfish woman, always on the lookout for herself only with no thought or sympathy for others. Throughout the story she develops a character that the reader will care about.

I thought that the plot was interesting and the story was well-written. It certainly brings back faith in what people can do to help each other if they are willing to work together.

If there’s a lesson to be learned from The Christmas Angel it would be that not everyone that lives in a homeless shelter is there because they are drunk or drug addicts. Many are there simply because of the circumstances of life.

The Christmas Angel is a lovely story of redemption. I gave this book 4 stars out of 5.

Thank you to the author for providing a copy of his book in exchange for a fair and honest review. A positive opinion was not required. All thoughts are my own.

This review is published on my blog Shelf Full of Books http://kathrynsshelffullofbooks.blogspot.com/2014/12/book-review-beautiful-angel...