ellenareads's Reviews (564)

I found this book so formulaic. I read the previous book recently and this one hits the same beats as previous one but with a more Christmas theme. It introduced all characters like you never read any of the previous books. It's just so frustrating when you read them close together because the 20% I read was almost a copy-pase from the first 20% of the previous book. The character even has the exact same scene of going through town in her car where she meets characters along the way with introductions and recaps.
For now, I'll be pausing this series at least until I forget some so that I might enjoy it.

I would just like to warn people going into this that it's a cozy mystery, it's not.
This book is a small-town contemporary romance. If you like more drama and tension in your books, this one is not for you. If you are here for the fall vibes though, this book delivers it. Loved the grumpy-sunshine trope, but I did find it weird how they started saying how they started loving the other person the moment they met them by the 70% mark. It was definitely a bit on the insta-love side, but considering the length of this book it was expected.

If you were to actually think about this book a bit deeper after finishing it the whole plot would fall apart. 
It was a fun ride nonetheless. The rating is on pure enjoyment and not really on the quality of the plot and character development. The spooky scenes were good though.