Love Finds You in North Pole, Alaska by Loree Lough Review

Good Morning Everyone :)

I pray today finds you all doing well, and I want to thank you all for joining me for another book review here on The Preppy Book Princess.

I've really been reflecting the past few days on the insane amount of evil that has to exist in our world. I've been spending a lot of time in prayer over the situations in Nashville and Mississippi, and my heart breaks for everyone who has been affected by these horrible tragedies.

I'm also honestly sadly lamenting that winter is coming to an end. I'm personally not as a big of a fan of spring and summer because they always seem to bring about craziness at work, and grumpiness in so many people. However, there is something to love about each season, and I want to focus on finding that this year instead of only focusing on the negative.

Are you looking forward to spring and summer? Or like me do you prefer the coziness of fall?

Anyways, long winded into aside, I'm here today to share a book review with you all that has been on my tbr list since 2015!

I figured it was high past time to actually read it, and today I'm here to share with you all what I ended up thinking about this highly anticipated read.

Keep reading below for my full review.

Love Finds You in North Pole, Alaska by Loree Lough:

Source: Library

Publisher: Summerside Press

Publication Date: January 1st, 2009

Genre: Christian Fiction/Contemporary

Series: Love Finds You

Synopsis:

A former marine is no match for the spunky Sam Sinclair. Bryce Stone has returned to his hometown of North Pole, Alaska, and he's not very happy about it. The Town Where Its Christmas All Year Long does not appeal to the self-admitted Scrooge. What's worse, Bryce must postpone his dream of opening a furniture shop when his aunt Olive retires and leaves him to manage the family's cluttered Christmas boutique. When Bryce underestimates Sam, the inexperienced young woman he hires to run the store, it becomes a battle of wills, and the two soon find that they're fighting for more than just the shop.

(synopsis from goodreads)

My Review:

Love Finds You in North Pole, Alaska was a sweet and tenderhearted read that reminded me heavily of a made for TV movie plot. I was actually surprised when this book turned out to actually not be set during Christmas time, as both the cover and the title seemed to imply it would be. Once I got past my surprise with this, I really did end up enjoying this one, even though the book goes in a sad direction that I hadn't been expecting when I chose to pick it up.

I personally loved the setting, and found it fascinating reading about North Pole, Alaska. It sounded like a fun and quirky community, and I enjoyed reading about how the town makes their living off of Christmas 24/7, and how some of the residents, like the male protagonist Bryce, find the commercializing of this frustrating. Sam's character was one I really enjoyed right from the start, and I loved her warm and loving personality, and how she's determined to accomplish everything she sets her mind too.

The romance was sweet, and not as rushed as I was expecting, and I loved the various secondary characters that play a part in Sam and Bryce's story.

Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed this lovely clean romance, and my only complaints were that I wasn't expecting it to have such a sad plot point at the end, and I wished the reader had gotten more of a faith element from Bryce's character. I felt there was such a great set up for his character to have a true faith journey, and I felt it really missed the mark by leaving that out.

Final Rating: 4/5.

Not my personal favorite from the Love Finds You series, but still a lovely and enjoyable read, and I would definitely still recommend this one to fans of clean romance.

Thanks so much for reading guys! Have a great rest of your day :)

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