Cozy Christmas in New York vibes, but mediocre romance

I enjoyed the main plot of siblings Kerry and Murphy Tolliver selling trees from their family Christmas tree farm at a stand in Greenwich Village, plus the sense of community they have with the surrounding small businesses and residents. But that was about it. Nothing else too exciting or captivating happens. So many of the events that move the story forward seem like pure luck and ok, fine, that’s how a lot of my favorite holiday movies are 😂 but it just doesn’t come across as endearing in books. 

Even the “romance” between Kerry and the “love” interest, Patrick, feels bland. There isn’t any chemistry or even any flirting between them, which makes it feel like a lackluster connection that could’ve easily been left out of the story. It was interesting to read a holiday fiction novel with the love story as a much smaller subplot, but the few scenes of just them are weird, off-putting, or boring (mainly because of Patrick’s behavior).

This is a quick, lighthearted read, but it might’ve been better as a holiday movie, as long as they made Patrick more romantic and less cringey 🤭