Blog Tour Book Review The Santa Hat By Rebecca L Marsh

 

Today we are here as part of Rebecca L Marsh’s Blog Tour to introduce you to her next book  
The Santa Hat. 

Rebecca has kindly given me a copy of this new book as a pre-release in return for my honest review.

In case you are not familiar with Rebecca, she is an award-winning author of women’s fiction and member of the Paulding County Writer’s Guild. She grew up in the mountains of western North Carolina, and now lives in Dallas, Georgia with her husband.

She is a Christian, a mother to a beautiful daughter, and an animal lover. When she isn’t writing, she enjoys spending time with her family (cats and dog included), reading a good book, watching a movie, or playing a game. 

Previous books by Rebecca: When the Storm Ends, The Rift Between Us, Where Hope is Found, Remember the Butterfly, Summer's Runaway, and Beyond the Broken Shore. 

 

 

 

The Santa Hat by Rebecca L Marsh

My rating ★★★★★

Goodreads 4.75

The Santa Hat is a collection of short stories based around Christmas time, due to be published on 25^th September 2025.

Synopsis

Rebecca L. Marsh’s collection of short stories will bring the joy of the Christmas season alive. As these ordinary characters, struggling through difficulties and past traumas, find healing and renewed hope, the essence of the season of miracles jumps off the pages.

The Santa Hat

Paige is skipping Christmas. Refusing to relinquish the unrealistic hope of returning to a life shared with her husband, she can’t face the holiday festivities. The only exception is a gift exchange with her best friend who gives her a Santa hat said to have a touch of magic. 

Family Tree

Ada and Hayden had a happy marriage until a tragedy tore them apart just days before Christmas. A year later, just as they are about to make their split final and go their separate ways, a mysterious phone call stops them in their tracks and offers them a newfound hope. 

Better than Diamonds

Fourteen-year-old Ruby is having a hard time finding the joy in the Christmas season now that her beloved grandmother is no longer with them. When her school break comes, her mother suggests she spend some time trying to solve the mystery of where her cat recently began disappearing to each and every day. Ruby begins an investigation. But she never expected the answer to mend her broken heart.

If you love stories that warm your heart and touch your soul, then this book is for you!

My Review

This book is different to all Rebecca's other books, The Santa hat is a collection of short stories all based around Christmas time. Not normally the sort of thing I would read, just because I find they are too short! I often struggle because as they get going, establish the character, reel me in and bam its all over and I often feel short changed, like I need to know more about the situation or characters or worse, I don’t feel the character has even been established properly. When Rebecca reached out to me, I was initially so excited to get my hands on her newbie book, I jumped at the chance, why wouldn’t I… its Rebecca L Marsh’s new book, I love her writing, get sucked into her stories and can’t put her books down, then, after I clicked send on the email a little fear started to creep in. All that was running through my mind was, its short stories, I try to avoid these normally, what if I don’t like it!   

The summer holidays were passing by quickly, September was looming, the kids would return to school and the chaos it brings would rapidly take over, Rebecca’s blog tour would soon come round and I had not started reading. I picked up the book with trepidation and thought it’s now or never.

Once I had taken the plunge, this book was so easy to read and I did not want to put it down. Being short stories made it a whole lot easier to read snippets here and there and not feel like I had to finish a chapter before putting it aside to resume life. (perfect for busy mum life) It’s a wonderful collection of stories, all based on ordinary people’s lives, struggling with what life has thrown at them, at what we all perceive should be a happy time of year. They all find light at the end of the tunnel in different ways, through the power of healing, whether that was through family, friends or just learning to trust again. The emotions of the characters shone through, reeling you in making you feel a part of their lives. My concerns over character establishment or feeling short changed soon drifted away and I was left with a beautifully written, captivating short story collection. A thoroughly enjoyable read.

Thank you, Rebecca for offering me the opportunity to be a part of your blog tour and sharing with me your fantastic book. 

 As always, I look forward to your next book.

 

To find out more about this author either visit her website 

 https://www.rebeccalmarsh.com or check out Rebecca'sAuthor interview on my blog.

Find out what I thought of some of Rebecca’s other books, Where Hope is found, Summer’s Runaway, Remember the Butterfly, Beyond The Broken Shore.