Review - The Christmas Cat

The Christmas Cat
by Melody Carlson
Publisher: Revell
Pub. Date: September 9, 2014
ISBN: 978-0800719661
Pages: 176
Buy Link: Amazon

Review:

It is almost hard to believe that another Thanksgiving is just around the corner, well, less than two weeks to be exact.  For the last few years I haven't had the Christmas spirit in me, ignoring any Christmas movie that was on television. This year I have already watched a few holiday movies on the Hallmark Channel. Plus, I have read several holiday themed books, including The Christmas Cat by Melody Carlson. I'm a cat person, so it was a no-brainer why I wanted to review this book.

The Christmas Cat centers on Garrison Brown, a young man who hasn't made much time in his busy life to visit his grandmother since he returned home from his missionary work in Uganda. His parents died when he was young and his grandmother raised him. He gets the shock of his life when he learns that his grandmother had passed away just a few weeks before Thanksgiving. He is contacted by her lawyer and is informed that there are a few specifications she left behind for him in her will.

Garrison's grandmother left behind six cats, Oreo, Spooky, Muzzy, Viola, Rusty and Harry, all of which needs new homes as Garrison is allergic to cats, well, more like a phobia. It seems his grandmother had some money he didn't know about and she had paid off all her debuts including the mortgage on the house. It states in the will that Garrison would inherit the house, but only if he finds  good homes for all the cats. The cats can only go to local families that I lived in area for a while. After a short-term trial, Garrison ha to approve if the person or families are good owners or not. If he  lets them have the cat, they receive a gift his grandmother had left behind - $10,000 for each person who takes in a cat.

While finding an owner for Viola was simple, it may take a while to find good homes for the other five felines. Garrison made a promise that he wouldn't get attached to any of them, but a raccoon-like cat is going to change his life for the better.

Like I already mentioned, I'm a huge cat lover, so naturally I loved reading The Christmas Cat, which plays out a like a Hallmark Channel movie. It is a short clean-cut novella that I read in one afternoon. My first thought was that the book was going to be romance story, but I was wrong, well kind of, as I guess you can say that is a love story between a human and a cat. Overall, The Christmas Cat is a wonderful book and I recommend it to others.

*Disclaimer - I received a complimentary copy in exchange for my honest review. All opinions are my own.


About the Author:

Melody Carlson is the award-winning author of over two hundred books with sales of more than five million. She is the author of several Christmas books, including the bestselling The Christmas Bus, The Christmas Dog, and Christmas at Harrington's, as well as The Christmas Pony and A Simple Christmas Wish. She received a Romantic Times Career Achievement Award in the inspirational market for her many books, including the Diary of a Teenage Girl series and Finding Alice. She and her husband live in central Oregon. Learn more at www.melodycarlson.com.