Resting Scrooge Face by Meghan Quinn

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After a bad breakup, Nola wants nothing to do with Christmas, especially in her quaint hometown. To make matters worse, Caleb, the boy who broke her heart years ago, is still living in town. Nola is given a mysterious letter. And when she finds that the writer is a fellow Scrooge, she can’t help but feel her spirit lifting. Nola writes back to her new pen pal, Caleb. Although Nola and Caleb claim they can’t stand each other, they can’t deny the simmering attraction that brought them together in the first place. Can these nameless pen pals write their own love story—or will they be too caught up with the ghosts of their Christmases past to find a future together?

“𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐈 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐈 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐰, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐲, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬.”

This is a quick and cute holiday story! I love when books are told in multiple narrations, I love to know what both characters are thinking! This could easily be made into a longer book or a Hallmark movie!

Nola and Caleb, along with Grandma Louise and Arden, stole my heart from the beginning! The letters were cute and funny with just the right amount of tenderness and sentiment, the rest of the dialogue was witty and funny.

“𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝, 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮. 𝐀𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫.”

The only downside to this entire story... was that it was a short story! I knew that going into it, yes, but I loved it SO MUCH that I didn't want it to end.

If you're looking for a cute, light read that will put a smile on your face and make you feel better about life in general, this is the one to go with!