A heartwarming story set around Christmas time

Catching Christmas

By: Terri Blackstock

Rating: 5 of 5

This is the second book I have read by Terri Blackstock. As with the first (“If I Run”), I was impressed both by the authors writing and by her ability to integrate Christianity into the story without beating readers over the head with it.

I say that as a Christian. Some Christian books are overly preachy and some don’t touch much on Christianity at all. There is a fine line between the two, and Ms. Blackstock has found that point of view.

In this story, we follow a taxi driver, Finn Parrish, as he drives an elderly customer around. He’s irate that no one in her family is taking care of her. In the course of trying to correct that, he gets in touch with her granddaughter, Sydney Batson.

Sydney is a lawyer working for a firm that demands more than a pound of flesh from their employees. Sydney is put on the point of choosing her job or choosing to help her grandmother.

Miss Callie is the grandmother and she’s a delightful lady. That she loves Jesus is evident in how she acts and what she says.

It was a delightful but not always happy book to read before Christmas. It seemed real and true. That is a lot to say about any book. I will miss the characters now that I have finished it.

I was provided a digital advance reader copy of this book by the publisher via Netgalley.

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