I loved this collection!All the stories were faith filled, sweet stories. #1 Angel in the attic ~ 3 starsA so-so story. The romance was very quick and I didn't love the main girl#2 Lone star ~ 5 stars (my favorite of the collection)Loved, loved, loved this one. Yes, they kinda over did the Texan, but this story was awesome. People who actually trusted God, even when trusting him was hard.#3 Under His Wings ~ 5 starsThis was a very cute re telling of Ruth.#4 Behold the Lamb ~ 4 starsThis should have been a longer book for the story it contained, but I still liked it. A story of God's forgiveness and grace to all people. SUMMARY: A beautiful patchwork of four novellas about love and joy at Christmastime by best selling author Catherine Palmer. These four novellas were previously published in four anthologies—A Victorian Christmas Quilt, A Victorian Christmas Tea, A Victorian Christmas Cottage, and A Victorian Christmas Keepsake. Return to a time when life was uncomplicated, faith was sincere … and love was a gift to be cherished forever.REVIEW: This was a very interesting collection of novellas. The first took place in New Mexico so I wouldn't call it Victorian but the other 3 definitely were Victorian. The writing style definitely reminds me of Grace Livingston Hill's novels - simple and classic. The female characters in each were strong, independent, faith-filled women. I also liked the fact that each was loosely based on a story from the Bible: Angel in the Attic - The Good Samaritan; Lone Star - The Prodigal Son; Under His Wings - The Widow's Mite and Behold the Lamb - The Repentant Thief on the Cross. FAVORITE QUOTES: "Yet when she stumbled in her walk of faith, God never let her fall headlong. He held her hand, guided her, and brought joy in the midst of sorrow.""Rather like the Almighty..."I've learned that when nothing else makes sense, He does. He arranges events in proper order and sets our lives to right after we've put everything at sixes and sevens.""I've always thought of God as the Master Quilter,.. He takes the worn-out patches that we give Him, the mistakes, the terrible holes we've caused with our sins, the frayed edges of our lives, and He pieces them all together into something beautiful and useful. If we give him our scraps, He can make quilts."
What do You think about A Victorian Christmas (2009)?
Really enjoyed the analogys of the bible and my genera romance and spirituality.
—prettygalrox
Read the Kindle Edition Just did not care for it at all
—324b21
