When Meg’s father dies, she puts her fashion world dreams on hold and returns home to Chicago to manage her father’s apartment building. Unfortunately, the building is practically falling apart and there’s no money to pay for any repairs. Meanwhile, Meg becomes friends with one of the residents, Ellie, who gifts Meg a vintage dress that magically fits her. The magically fitting dress inspires Meg to enter a fashion contest to hopefully win the money to save the crumbling building.
This is a lovely holiday read. It is charming and heartwarming and full of interesting characters.
I loved the relationships that Meg forms with all the residents. Whether she’s trying to win over grumpy Sylvie, having heart-to-heart talks with Ellie, or flirting with handyman Logan, I enjoyed seeing her interact with everyone. There were a couple of times where I got some of the residents mixed up and couldn’t figure out who was who, but it didn’t really have any impact on the story.
This is another book that I could see as a Hallmark movie. It has just that right touch of Christmas and magic as well as a bit of drama to keep the story interesting. There is also some romance and, although it’s a bit predictable, everything gets wrapped up neatly at the end.
There’s not much more that I can say about this book other than there was a part of the book, towards the end, that I did find to be a bit frustrating. It has to do with Meg’s reaction to something. However, that storyline is wrapped up fairly quickly so it didn’t bother me too much.
This is a cute holiday read, full of Christmas spirit.
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