Rating: ★★★☆
Audience: Contemporary Holiday Romance
Length: 216 pages
Author: Cece Louise
Publisher: Jabberwocky Tales
Release Date: November 8th, 2022
Image & Other Reviews on: Goodreads
BOOK SUMMARY:
As if ruining my life wasn’t enough, now he’s back to ruin my Christmas.
Melissa
The only thing I hate more than Christmas is Tucker James—the guy who wrote a song about me after I turned him down in high school.
He became famous. I became infamous.
With Tucker back in town to play at the annual winter festival, this Christmas is shaping up to be one of the worst. Everyone in Halften loves the hometown country music star who put our town on the map.
Everyone except me.
Tucker
Years ago, I wrote a not-so-flattering song about the girl I had a crush on in high school.
It became my first number-one hit. And made her the laughingstock of our hometown.
Now I’m back in Halften, and it’s pretty clear the only thing Melissa Ellis wants for Christmas is me out of her life.
But in a town this small, it’s going to take a miracle for either of us to make it through this holiday season unscathed.
STARTED STRONG.
I was enjoying a lot of this for a long time. I liked the second chance dynamics and the love interest was really sweet. And I noticed some character growth from the FMC and those are all things I look for in a great read.
Enter in some miscommunication that just brought this down for me. I know that doesn’t bother everyone but to me, I get easily frustrated by this.
Otherwise, I thought this was a good holiday romance. And I’d still recommend giving it a go even if I thought a little differently because of personal preference. There’s some good forced proximity, taking care of someone when they’re sick, and cute holiday activities.
Overall audience notes:
- Contemporary Holiday Romance
- Language: none
- Romance: kisses
- Violence: low
- Trigger/Content Warnings: child abuse (physically recounted), a parent with alcoholism (off-page), loss of parents, bullying
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