Thank you rararesources For letting me be part of this tour and reviewing this book. A Christmas Caroline is a comedy genre. A Christmas Caroline is about Caroline, who is grumpy and mean and does not like Christmas. Then Christmas Eve changes everything for her. This is a lovely short story that is very festive for this time of year. It took me a couple of pages to get into it, but then I loved it. It’s a very enjoyable and entertaining read that will make you giggle from start to finish. A lovely modern take on the Christmas Carol, excellent . I did like Caroline from the start and even more at the end. A heartwarming and Christmasy read. 5 stars.
Blurb
Caroline’s got frugality down to a fine art. She can make a tin of soup stretch for days, considers
“reduced to clear” her love language, and thinks Christmas is just a daft excuse for people to throw
their money away on tinsel trimmed tat.
But Christmas Eve night takes a turn when her best mate, Marlene, drops in for a chat. Lovely, right?
Except Marlene’s been dead for seven years and she’s got a message for Caroline, she will be visited
by three spirits and if she doesn’t pay attention, her future’s looking bleaker than the contents of her
fridge freezer.
Caroline’s convinced she’s having a hallucination. Ghosts? Surely not! But as the night goes on, she
starts to wonder if she might just learn something worth more than her latest discount voucher. And
for someone who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing, this might be the wake-up
call she didn’t see coming.
Move over Ebenezer! This modern, laugh-out-loud retelling of the Dickens classic has a new Scrooge
in town. Perfect for fans of Sophie Kinsella.
Purchase Link
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Christmas-Caroline-K-L-Crear-ebook/dp/B0DHS6QXMQ
https://www.amazon.com/Christmas-Caroline-K-L-Crear-ebook/dp/B0DHS6QXMQ
Author Bio –
Karen (K.L. Crear) is an author, over-sharer, and walking cautionary tale. Think: a sweary teenager
trapped in the body of a menopausal woman who can’t sneeze without risking a wardrobe
malfunction. You’re welcome.
Once upon a time, she worked in banking, the Civil Service, and property management, or as she
likes to call it, The Beige Trilogy. She spent decades being respectable (ish), responsible
(occasionally), and quietly losing the will to live. Then one day she found herself broke, baffled, and
built entirely out of biscuit crumbs and unresolved trauma. So she did what any sensible woman
would do, she wrote it all down and flogged it in paperback.
Karen has battled cancer twice, and her coping strategy was to laugh at wildly inappropriate
moments and shout “F*ck off!” at inspirational quotes. Spoiler: it worked. Her sense of humour is
deeply questionable, but it’s kept her just about sane through grief, illness, love, lies, and the time
she gave herself food poisoning with a dodgy prawn ring from Iceland.
After years of procrastination (and one too many vinos), she finally swapped Pinot for a pen. She now
writes jaw-dropping memoirs and hilarious women’s fiction about women who’ve had enough, snapped slightly, and are thriving in spite of it all, usually with a glass in hand, some top mates, and a
solid alibi.
Her hobbies include eating anything wrapped in pastry, shouting at the Real Housewives (“She’s
definitely had something done - she’s melting!”), and threatening to adopt an axolotl because they
look so absurdly cheerful. She once turned down hugging a sloth in Mexico, it dangles upside down,
pees on itself, and honestly felt like a warning from the future.
Karen lives in a sleepy Northern town with her long-suffering husband (he’s partially deaf, which
helps) and their cat Pickle, who looks permanently disgusted with their life choices and the ongoing
Dreamies rationing.
A portion of every book sale goes to Women’s Aid, Great Ormond Street, the Epilepsy Society, and
Macmillan. because she knows what it’s like to need help. The world’s a shitshow, but we can all
make a little difference in our own way.
Social Media Links –
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Amazon Author page: https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/K-L-Crear/author/B0BTZ22HBD
Website: https://www.klcrear.com
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