CW on page gun violence

Passable contemporary romance with slight hint of the holidays. I've read all of the books in this series and the series where we first meet Kel and I still had trouble remembering who is who. There are so many characters to juggle which will please many but for me made me wish the focus could be brought back to our couple.

Kel and Ivy both felt recycled, familiar as a Shalvis couple, but almost too familiar. Their chemistry is good but I didn't personally care for the suspense element involving Ivy's criminal brother.

I did enjoy the juxtaposition of Kel and Ivy's differing feelings on family, what makes a family, and yearning for family.

Also, for a "holiday romance" the holiday is real light in this one and it felt very violent, which fine, but not what people might be expecting.

If you're a fan, give it a go, but this one was real meh for me.