REVIEW: Clara’s Soldier: A Retelling of the Nutcracker by Brittany Fichter

A bride-to-be without answers.

A soldier who never came home.

A nutcracker that might hold one last Christmas wish…

World War II has been over for three months, but Clara can’t join in the Christmas festivities with her friends and family. The fiance she sent off to Europe three years ago never returned. But just as she’s about to give up hope, her godfather might just have one last miracle up his sleeve.

And it all begins with a nutcracker.

Dear Ms. Fichter, 

I wasn’t quite prepared for the ...