December 30th, 2013 at 09:41pm
I like how it began with her thoroughly disliking winter and what can come with it to her ultimately beginning to enjoy it through an act of kindness and thoughtfulness that Liam did. Because that's what he did with deciding to pop to her flat, give her the present and spend the time with her because of his inability to make it to his parents' house. That's what the Christmas spirit is thought to be all about - not being alone and being joyful and nice to people you don't know.
The oneshot was short and sweet which I really enjoyed and your writing was really nice as well. I really enjoyed reading that and found myself smiling by the end of it. I didn't spot any grammatical errors while reading and really like how you brought in the prompts and made them key features of the entry itself. That was actually one of the best thing about this.
Straight from the beginning, I can totally relate. I sometimes hate snow, especially when it cuts of transport links and ruins plans. It's such a horrible thing to happen and I think you've captured the essence of that from the beginning with Violet. She's a character that I think almost anyone could relate to, so she does pull you right into the story and it kind of puts you right into her shoes. I also like that slowly, Violet seems to warm up to the idea of Christmas in London when Liam comes along with his present. It isn't sudden and it doesn't seem completely unrealistic, which makes me love it even more. To add to the entire thing, you've got a lovely writing style that really comes across well. You get this real sense of Violet's character straightaway through the language you've used.
The only thing I noticed error-wise was everyone and their mothers knows it - mothers only needs to be mother. Aside from that, I saw no errors and that one isn't glaringly obvious, so good job!