There are books you read because you’re after a well written story, and there are others you read because you’re hungry for something familiar and comforting. This is definitely the latter.

As a romance novel, Snow Falling is not good. The writing is a bit stilted, the romance is lackluster, and the historical inaccuracies are stark. But as a Jane the Virgin devotee, it was fun to pick up Jane’s novel and dive back into that world for a day. It’s a shame it wasn’t a better book, but as a total marketing plot it wasn’t a total waste of my library resources.