It’s a new phenomenon that has taken over TikTok and BookTok trends: the advent book. The principle is simple. From December 1st, a chapter is discovered each day, arriving at the end of the book on December 24th, Christmas Eve.
Sophie Jomain, French author emblematic of the winter period – she is notably at the origin of the books The snowdrops wake up under the flakes, Turtles don’t celebrate Christmas in the snow or even The stars shine brighter in winter — is back with a Advent romancetitled Secret Santapublished by Auzou editions. The book follows the daily life of a young woman in the middle of December while she works in an association and must organize a Secret Santa, while discovering the mysterious Romeo.
Secret Santaparticularly awaited by the author’s readers, is already out of stock a few days before December 1st. Another book by Sophie Jomain, published a year ago, is nevertheless back in a collector’s edition with the same principle and allows you to try your hand at Advent books.
A phenomenon that does not weaken
Last year, for the month of December 2023, Sophie Jomain, in fact, released A heart for Christmashis first Advent romance based on the reconstruction of a young girl, heart transplant recipient, Avril, who returns two years later to celebrate Christmas in the Alps with her father and reunites with an old acquaintance, Augustin.
By using the genre of romance — and winter romance — while playing with the “page-turner” aspect imposed by the format, A heart for Christmas caused a sensation in bookstores and was also a victim of its own success last year. The book is back in bookstores in a collector’s edition.
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If Sophie Jomain is the depositary of the title Advent romancethe very principle of the Advent book continues to gain more and more followers, and touches several styles: novel, illustrated book, comic strip, children’s literature.
Azou editions are particularly present in this area, and the advent book, in addition to playing with the excitement and expectation of discovering a new chapter every day, involves the reader differently, by making him “responsible” for its reading, and by constructing the story thanks to this mechanism of the daily chapter. A good way to initiate reading or to find it again during this period which invites time for yourself.
