Waiting for a Miracle

This book was such a sweet, cozy, romantic, festive, and enjoyable read! I absolutely loved this book!! It was super cute, warmhearted, and had all the feels!! I loved the main characters, Rachel, Ben, and Ben’s 6-year-old daughter, Jessie. I really liked how relatable, likable, and personable the characters were. I really enjoyed Rachel. She is smart, caring, considerate, nurturing, and thoughtful. She is a teacher that loves her students, which is greatly reciprocated, and she always seems to go the extra mile for her students. I also liked Ben as he is charming, kind, respectful, protective, benevolent, and romantic. I really liked Rachel and Ben together! There was an instant spark between these two! The attraction between them was so strong and deeply described! Jessie is adorable! She is sweet, clever, curious, creative, social, confident, and resilient. Wilck writes her characters with depth, that have emotional baggage, are dealing with real-life struggles, and are working on over-coming personal obstacles. She writes real-life characters that face real-world problems. Which is one of the reasons I love her books, because I know when I read it, I will be able to easily connect with the characters and possibly even grow with the characters in the story. With Ben’s wife having recently passed, he was still struggling with missing her and her not being part of his daily routine. He was trying to cope with now being a single parent, balancing their schedules, possibly getting back to dating, and dealing with his meddling mom. Ben’s issues are very common to someone who recently lost their partner or even someone who is just a single parent. Rachel wanting to become a foster mom and contemplating whether she should date a student’s parent may not be as typical or as easy to connect with, but it still was an enjoyable story line. I think the author did a fantastic job on her character development as these characters were so real, raw, and personal on many levels! This book quickly took off right from the beginning and held a continuous and captive fast to steady pace as the book only had 75 pages to get its story out! Even though it was on the much shorter side, the story did not feel rushed, the character’s seemed fully developed, and the story line was satisfyingly completed. I love that this book has a Hanukkah theme since most holiday books and movies are all wrapped up in Christmas and there are so many other religions and holidays that should also be represented. I really enjoyed learning about another culture and tradition. I love books that teach you something in a fun and interesting way – and this book did just that! I like that this book touches on many topics such as love, romance, dating, friendship, family, hard life lessons, second chances, loss, change, dedication, perseverance, adoption, growth, compassion, empathy, integrity, determination, Hanukkah, culture, traditions, passion, faith, hope, forgiveness, moving on, challenges, starting over, new beginnings, fresh starts, overcoming obstacles, and so much more! Although, a short read, this book is a great introduction to a new author – Jennifer Wilck! This book provides an opportunity to just get your toes wet without the full commitment of jumping into one of Jennifer’s fabulous book series – which you will definitely want to also pick up lol. This book is not part of a book series at this time and therefore, can be read as a standalone. I would absolutely recommend this book, and this author as I was truly impressed with the quality of writing, intriguing story line, and excellent character development! I will definitely be continuing to follow this author and check out her upcoming books! **Disclaimer: I received a complimentary copy of this book and have voluntarily provided an honest, and unbiased review in accordance with FTC regulations.**