I know some people may think it is a little late to be reading a Christmas book, but I am extremely glad I didn't put A Wish for Christmas by Courtney Cole off until next Christmas! This book made my heart so happy and was exactly what I needed at this moment. The end made me cry, and I am glad I was in the seclusion of my car at night instead of out with people. 🤣 This was such a magical little book, and I loved how the story became something so beautiful and heartwarming. Even though his part is relatively 'small,' the old man was such a great part of the story and I loved how he was involved in the continued storyline.

The audiobook was done so well, and I highly recommend it if you are an audio fan. Vanessa Johansson voices Noel while Tim Paige voices Jonah, and I loved both of them equally. They were the perfect match for their characters in all the things, and I was glad they were the narrators. The dog Elliott really stole my heart and the show in A Wish for Christmas and just made the romance between Noel and Jonah even more endearing. I would love to see this made into a movie, and the way the last few sentences are written just screams TV movie to me. If you love animals, Hallmark movies, and Christmas then I would wholeheartedly recommend reading or listening to this book. 💖

This is the second Courtney Cole book I have read and I will be sure to read more of hers. This book was delightful and I think it would be a perfect Christmas movie. This book was lovely to read cuddled up by a nice warm fire.
I can't wait till Courtney Cole's next book is out! I will be sure to read it!!

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Very cute Christmas themed book. I had never read a book by Courtney Cole before, but I really enjoyed her writing style and the characters.

A Wish for Christmas is about a unhappy married couple that makes a wish an a enchanted snow globe. The book was slow for me and it could have been shorter. It was also confusing too. A Wish for Christmas was a very hallmark type of book and I sadly did not enjoy it. I would recommend this book to others if they are looking for a Christmas book with a twist. Thank you to NetGalley and publisher for this book in exchange of my honest review of this book.

This book sounded so intriguing. I couldn't wait to dive in. I love the married couple, second chances story. This book was well written and very heart warming. It had good conflict that kept me reading until the end. It was exactly the type of Christmas story I needed this holiday season. I enjoyed reading about Jonah and Noel's journey back together. Huge thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for allowing me to read and review this book.

A Wish for Christmas is a great book club choice for those wanting a holiday vibe. There would be much to discuss about the wish that separates Noel and Jonah from their dwindling marriage. Not exactly time travel, but more a do-over existence - as though they had never met. Throw in a little magic and you have an interesting story of "what if". I enjoyed this one for a holiday read and will recommend to fans of happy endings, but with a little angst thrown in for good measure.

A Wish for Christmas by Courtney Cole is a bit of an homage to It's A Wonderful Life: would life be better if the girl and the boy never met in childhood?

This has all of the warm and cozy vibes of a Hallmark movie - holiday traditions, warm beverages, sparkling snow, a picturesque small town, and enough conflict to make things interesting but nothing too serious. The heroine's work in publishing brings a bookish thread to the plot, and Elliott the dog is a great character who uses his goofy personality to bring the hero and heroine together.

My favorite aspect of the plot was the creative approach to memory care; this wasn't new to me but I've never seen it included in a novel. However, the "reverse engineering" of the couple's relationship felt too convenient and unbelievable, and the book within the book was unnecessary.

Because I really enjoyed The Christmas Dress by Courtney Cole in 2021, my expectations for this were quite high. Unfortunately, I didn't like A Wish for Christmas nearly as much, but my reading experience may have been completely different if I picked this up without any prior knowledge of the author.

Thank you to Avon Books and NetGalley for the review copy of this holiday novel. 3.5 stars rounded up.

"A Wish For Christmas" is a delightful magic-real love story that enchanted me from the start. Many people would like to change something in their lives, but who has the chance to do it like this? These are characters that everyone will fall in love with, including Elliott, the Mastiff. It's impossible to resist all this joy mixed in with a Christmas theme. I highly recommend this book for reading at any time of year!
My thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review this title.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an ARC of A Wish for Christmas.
This was the first Courtney Cole book I had read. It's a little more serious than the typical Hallmark-style holiday fluff, but still a quick read. Jonah and Noel have grown distant from each other. Their wish to be apart is actually what brings them back together.

Such a cute holiday read! I enjoyed it! A small town magical romance with great characters, Noel, Jonah, Moxie the kitten and Elliott the mastiff. Noel makes a wish on a magical snow globe that she'd never met her husband and the story is a heartwarming tale of how things work out when they meet again. It's just enough magic with sweetness and hope.

A Wish for Christmas may cause you to believe in the magic of the holiday again. When a successful but unhappily married couple in NYC make a wish on a snow globe they wake up in separate lives the next day. Noel and Jonah are now living separate lives that they wished for and had never met, yet somehow keep running into each other. Noel is a talented publisher, up for an editor-in-chief role while Jonah is a CEO of an investment firm. Fate has stepped in and they are thrown together unexpectedly, both traveling back to the same hometown for the holidays-yet they don't remember growing up together. Noel is editing a book by an unpublished writer as a favor for a popular author and is drawn to the story of Norah and Jack. Is there something magical at play during this Christmas season? Pick up Courtney Cole's latest to find out!

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for this ARC in exchange for my honest feedback.

I received this arc from NetGalley. A Wish for Christmas begins with Noel and her husband, Jonah. They have been married for years and they are both workaholics. The only time they hang out or talk is when they take their dog out. Elliot makes a break from them one night and ends up in a small shop. The older man starts a conversation with Noel and has them make a wish on a snow globe.
The story takes off from there. They both wake up and they are living completely different lives. Their paths cross when they are both asked to come home and help their families. Jonah assists Noel with getting home, as they are going to the same place. The older man stays in the picture by asking Noel to proofread a story he is writing and giving her Elliott to take care of.
I enjoyed their story and really enjoyed watching them reconnect. They both learn a lot about themselves, and it makes you wonder what you would do if you woke up to a completely different life.
I will definitely recommend purchasing this book for my library.

I really enjoy Cole's holiday books, and A Wish for Christmas was really good! I will say, I don't know that I felt... wrapped up? For lack of a better phrase? I don't know, I wanted more out of the ending. But all in all, solid addition to my holiday TBR!

This is an interesting Christmas story where a couple that has been together since college is in a fading marriage that, after a Christmas wish, still brings them back together. It's a sweet and enjoyable read. It's heart-wrenching and creative.

Thank you Netgalley for the ARC. I love every single Christmas book that Courtney Cole writes and this one might be my favorite. It was warm and heartwarming and needs to be made into a Hallmark movie ASAP.

Loved this story!! Everything about it was just perfect. The setting, the characters, the animals. It was a great read to cozy up next to a fire with and get ready for the holiday season.

A Wish for Christmas is a warm, second chance at love novel just right for the season.
Nora and Jack are in a mediocre marriage and wondering if life could be different. Their big, uncontrollable dog Elliot runs into a store, and they all meet Padrick. The next morning the couple wake up as Noel and Jonah who are single and have their dream jobs. As their paths keep merging, they find they were meant to be.
I enjoyed A Wish for Christmas and that it was an easy read during a busy season.
I received a complimentary copy of A Wish for Christmas thanks to Net Galley and publisher, but all opinions are my own.

I loved this book. It was a sweet holiday romance with a twist. When a high-stressed, work-driven couple, Nora and Jack, look for their missing dog, Elliott, they stumble upon a strange old man in New York City who gives them a snow globe. Nora makes a wish that her life could be different. The chapters then alternate between a woman (Noel) and a man (Jonah). Noel is an editor who has been approached by a man (Pad) who is writing a romance. Jonah is a workaholic in New York who has been avoiding visiting his father in a small Wyoming town where he grew up because he hasn't gotten over the tragic death of his mother on Christmas Eve. As it turns out, Jonah's father hates Christmas for the same reason and, as mayor of the town, has forbidden any holiday celebrations. Noel's father, on the other hand, wants to bring Christmas back to Winter Falls. The two men engage in a PR battle. A series of events throw Noel and Jonah together including the author's dog, Elliott, who he asks Noel to keep while he works on his book. Without giving away the twists in the story, which I believe are obvious, the ending is happy for Noel, Jonah, Elliott, and Winter Village.

It's not the first time I've read a book where a wish on a snow globe sends the main character along an alternate timeline, but there was something extra special about this one. Perhaps it's because to the secondary storyline with Padraig and his book or the lovable characters of Elliot and Moxie, but I found this story impossible to put down.

The story starts with a husband and wife who have hit a rough patch. They're stuck and don't know how to bring life back into their marriage. The clock is ticking and if they're ever going to have a family, the time is now; but they're not on the same page about what they want.

A kindly stranger shares a few choice words with them and presents them with a snowglobe as a gift, and the next morning, the couple each awake living separate lives, not knowing one another at all, and being drawn back to their hometown where they fall in love with each other all over again.

The whole story is so sweet and romantic that I didn't want it to end, and yet I couldn't read it quickly enough too.

Thank you to Courtney Cole, Avon and Harper Voyager, and NetGalley for an advance review copy. This story made my day!

I received an ARC of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This is a really lovely, heartwarming, Christmas novel. I had a great time reading it!