Synopsis from Goodreads
Before beginning her dream job as sous chef in one of Seattle's hottest new restaurants, Josie Avery takes a summer position cooking at a lakeside lodge in the remote Alaskan town of Ponder. Josie falls for the rustic charms of the local community including Jack Corcoran, the crotchety keeper of Ponder's sourdough starter, and in particular the quiet and intense Palmer Saxon, a famed master swordsmith.
Josie and Palmer become close during the long Alaskan summer days, and Josie knows that come fall, she'll be returning to reality and the career she's worked so hard for. Palmer, on the other hand, would like nothing better than to make Josie his wife and to keep her in Ponder. But Josie can't imagine abandoning her mother back in Emerald City and sacrificing her career to stay in this isolated town - not even for a man she's quickly coming to love.
Fate has other plans. Josie misses the last boat out of town before winter sets in, stranding her in Ponder and putting her dream job at risk. As the holidays approach, Josie and Palmer must grapple with the complications that arise when dreams confront reality and the Christmas magic that can happen when they put their faith in love.
Thoughts After Reading
****Spoilers Below****
So I know I normally do a little thought before reading about what I think about the book and then a middle of the book check-in before I even finish this book. However, this was an audiobook that I was listening too and I went through it really fast. I didn't go through this so fast because I was in love with this book and I just couldn't stop reading it, in fact, if this book was something I was physically reading versus listening to I would've DNF it. Even though I really hated this book there were some parts I loved.
Josie was one of my favorite characters, mostly because she acted like a normal person. I think she was the only character in this book that was making rational choices. When the book starts you are already at the end of her tenure with the lodge in Alaska and she is getting ready to leave and go home. Palmer literally says that she is living and he can't let her leave and he just has to marry her. Which I think if the book started with Josie just getting to Ponder the book would have some less creepy to it because we are seeing her meet Palmer and watching that connection grow. But anyways I love how Josie misses the last boat out of Ponder because that is some crazy thing that would definitely happen to me. Then she still does everything she can to go home because of this life that she built, she doesn't just drop her whole life over a boy and stays in Ponder.
Jack was another character that I really appreciated in the book. Jack is definitely not normal, but he is the funny crazy old man that is always enjoyable in any book. But when he meets Josie's mother and had some crazy instalove thing with her really put some dings in that appreciation of Jack. But I'm glad that she didn't reciprocate his feelings and just let it die there, even though it was really not needed in this book.
The thing that really did it in for this book for me was just Palmer! He was so creepy! Literally, from the second, we meet him he is completely obsessive! Every time the book swapped to his point of view I just kept creeping out and I hated it! I just could not get past the creepy feeling I got from him. I think it wouldn't have been so bad if the book would've started with Josie and Palmer first meeting. It was just a rough time to really start reading right in the middle of the book pretty much.
It was definitely a 1 out of 5 stars book and it only got a 1 start because of Josie. I really loved her point of view and she was a great character.
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