I am a huge fan of A Christmas Carol though and read it every single year. I also watch the Alister Simm version whenever it is on TV. It is one of my favorite Christmas traditions.
When I heard there was a teen romance novel with the center being a flipped Scrooge story, I bought in. I am glad I did as I got an enjoyable read which was just right for this season even if it was a teen romance.
We know the story of Scrooge- three ghosts visit a cranky, money grubbing old man who learns his life was shaped by misfortune which turned him into the person he now is. Christmas Day he wakes up repentant and transforms his life.
What if Scrooge though was a 17 year old girl and she stays a horrible person even after the ghosts? This was Holly Chase. She was a mean girl Scrooge and she failed to repent, so now she has been working as the Ghost of Christmas Past for the last 6 years (this happens in the first chapter) for a company called Project Scrooge.
Their job is to pick a Scrooge annually and get the person to repent of his/her old ways through research and finding all the right characters to fit the Scrooge narrative. Every year it has been an old man or woman and Holly is finding herself bored.
In her 6th year, after learning she has an intern, the new Scrooge- a 17 year old boy and he is cute! Holly’s life is about to change, but the question is- can she change this boy’s life in the midst of it?
There is a lot within this book not to like- it is pretty predictable and you will see the end coming a mile away, it is a tad too long, and it is a teen romance *wink*, but in December right before Christmas this is exactly what I was looking for!
I wound up having a lot of fun with this book. I really enjoyed the idea of the unrepentant Scrooge and getting a look at the life of the Ghosts. It was a bit of fun. What I wanted a bit more of is her life before the boy. It would have been nice to see how she interacted with the life in her first year, for example.
The only major problem is I did not see a lot of problems with the boy. He was rich and alone due to some life choices, but he is never really particularly Scrooge like. It was also a very quick romance- he sees her and is instantly wants to date her.
I am not sure how I would have taken this book out of the Christmas season, but it was just right for this time. I gave it 3 stars.
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