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2.5 stars
I originally gave this a 3-star rating, but as I wrote my review I came to understand that it’s definitely a 2.5 for me.
If I had to describe this book in one word, I think I would choose ‘saccharine’. That’s not necessarily a complaint, but if I’d realized this book was published by Hallmark I probably would’ve passed. But I needed something quick and easy that I could listen to while I did things around the house, and this was available on Overdrive.
I actually liked the premise of this book, and I could absolutely see it as a movie on the Hallmark Channel. Unfortunately, that means that what we end up with is a watered-down romance where two people spend a week together and end up engaged at the end, having shared nothing more than a single kiss about 3/4 of the way through.
The dialogue is cheesy and stilted. Perhaps reading the physical copy would’ve mitigated this, but hearing it read aloud just accentuated how unrealistic it really was.
I really like Angie’s family, specifically her abuela. The scenes with the two of them, along with Angie’s mom, poking fun at one another were probably my favorite in the book.
As far as the romance goes? I was not feeling it. It’s a relatively short book and it feels like it goes on forever. There just isn’t much substance to these characters and the conflict feels very surface level and easily avoidable if people would just use their words.
I would possibly recommend this book for someone looking for a chaste Christmas romance, but I want the R or at least PG-13 rated version...someone give me that book and I’ll eat it up.
I originally gave this a 3-star rating, but as I wrote my review I came to understand that it’s definitely a 2.5 for me.
If I had to describe this book in one word, I think I would choose ‘saccharine’. That’s not necessarily a complaint, but if I’d realized this book was published by Hallmark I probably would’ve passed. But I needed something quick and easy that I could listen to while I did things around the house, and this was available on Overdrive.
I actually liked the premise of this book, and I could absolutely see it as a movie on the Hallmark Channel. Unfortunately, that means that what we end up with is a watered-down romance where two people spend a week together and end up engaged at the end, having shared nothing more than a single kiss about 3/4 of the way through.
The dialogue is cheesy and stilted. Perhaps reading the physical copy would’ve mitigated this, but hearing it read aloud just accentuated how unrealistic it really was.
I really like Angie’s family, specifically her abuela. The scenes with the two of them, along with Angie’s mom, poking fun at one another were probably my favorite in the book.
As far as the romance goes? I was not feeling it. It’s a relatively short book and it feels like it goes on forever. There just isn’t much substance to these characters and the conflict feels very surface level and easily avoidable if people would just use their words.
I would possibly recommend this book for someone looking for a chaste Christmas romance, but I want the R or at least PG-13 rated version...someone give me that book and I’ll eat it up.