I don't read too many romances and really only care for those that include a healthy dose of humor. But I felt a romance with a Christmas setting would probably be more palatable so I hunkered down with Comfort and Joy, looking for some love and Christmas spirit:. Joy Cabellero is not feeling the Christmas sprit in her home or her job as a high school librarian. She is recently divorced after finding her husband in bed with her best friend who also happens to be her sister. One night, she arrives home with a scrawny Christmas tree strapped to the top of her car only to find her sister waiting on the front step. Stacey begs forgiveness but also needs to tell Joy that she is pregnant and to invite Joy to the wedding. Losing it completely, Joy drives to the nearest airport and boards a charter flight to a place called Hope. The place crashes, but Joy walks away from the crash and finds herself at an almost defunct bed and breakfast. Here she meets 8-year-old Bobby and his father, Daniel. You guessed it, love is in the air. Up to this point, the story is well-told. The author does a great job of portraying Joy's despair and loneliness, Bobby's sorrow at the death of his mother and anger at the father he hasn't seen for four years; and Daniel's confusion and ineptitude in dealing with the son he knows so little about. Still, it is all very predictable but sweet and Christmassy. Then the story takes a huge twist which should have made it more interesting but which was so unbelievable and odd that I couldn't get past it. Like all romances, it ends happily. I just didn't like the plot twist. Rating: 2.75
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