Note: I am aromantic and do not read a lot of romance. When I do, I do not read for the romance. This is not a criticism of the book which is suppose to be romantic. It is, however, my experience with the book. 

 

Wrapped Up In You is a novella by Talia Hibbert. It is a Kobo exclusive that I picked up last year. I decided to read it this month because I wanted something festive and Christmas themed books tend to be romance. However, after reading I would not classify this as a Christmas story. I would say it is more a traditional story that happens to take place during Christmas. It is more a scene set up than anything. 

 

Genre writing can get a bad wrap (pun intended), especially romance writers. Hibbert is amazing. I learned a lot reading this book. She was able to convey so much in just three words, or a well crafted sentence. It was pretty amazing to read. If I go on to read more of her books it will be due to the writing. 

 

The plot was fine. I enjoyed the long time friendship aspect. It made the whole romance in so few pages believable. There was conflict and confusion, but not enough to question if the relationship was toxic. The book was mostly a sweet and wholesome friendship. I personally enjoyed the friendship aspect. The romance conflict I did not enjoy as much. I mean it was good for what it was suppose to be, but I missed the other aspect. There is one mildly steamy scene near the end. 

 

The characters were interesting. I especially enjoyed how a character shifted depending on the POV. This naturally should be the case, others see is differently than we see ourselves, but it was masterfully done. That being said, I didn’t like Will all that much from his perspective and I didn’t enjoy Abbie from Will’s perspective. She just seemed so stereotypically female instead of the complex being we got from her own perspective.