sarahsbookstack's Reviews (2.55k)

WOW, this was a great conclusion to an amazing family series! I am so impressed with Daniel in this one. He still has a strange way of going about certain things, but I felt he redeemed himself in my eyes. 
Hugh is still a big problem of a person and this book just takes him deeper into nastiness.

Hazel and Charles may be my favorite "couple" in this book. There is a rocky start in this book as Hazel exposes a big secret Charles has hid throughout their marriage but I love what comes about of their relationship. 

I thought this was a nice wrap up to this family drama series and I'm so glad I got to read about them!

As much as I love these Bromance dudes, I think Gretchen is what really made the book for me! She is such an amazing person and I can't believe she came from a family of snobby and narcissistic, rich people (except a bit to Uncle Jack). I love that she helps those that want to stay in the country even when it seems that her doing so seems hopeless.

Now Colton was such a sweetie and I love that he's a country star to boot! He loves Gretchen unconditionally and really uses his actions to show her that she's worthy of love and acceptance even when her own family doesn't see her for her greatness. 

Now I know that I said Gretchen makes the book for me, but I still do appreciate the dudes and their wives/girlfriends. They way they come together and are inclusive to all they come across. 

This was a super fun concept of a book! With each chapter having a date for Kate on a Twelve Dates of Christmas. There was some potential with some dates (and each of was so different and interesting that it kept me entertained), a great friend out of one, and all to lead to the one she really has been in love with for so long!

I love the small town setting, I loved to watch and see when the two you know will get together would get together and under what circumstances.
A great cute holiday read that just got more fun as the story went along.

This was a fun book to break up the strictly Christmas ones I've been reading for December. I like that it takes place between Diwali and Christmas but more leans towards Diwali celebrations and other Indian celebrations like weddings.

Sam and Niki are instantly attracted to each other. Their flirty banter is so cute and fun. I loved that Niki took a chance to attend her best friend's wedding in India and was able to meet Sam. I love how they keep getting interrupted when they try to kiss. Sam's mom is a hoot and I liked her (not so) subtle attempts to encourage them both.

I like how Niki stood up for herself in the face of some prejudices from within her own community. I like that she realized that it was ok to be comfortable with how she was raised by her Punjabi parents. 

I really like learning about other cultures and the India culture and atmosphere is so festive and lively.

This was an absolutely cute read. I love the idea that they grow into friendship and then more through mostly plane ride interactions. I love the banter of these two. I really like the adventure that they both went on on their 10th plane ride together and how it's so much different than anything that they experienced before.

It was cute getting to see them with each of their families and how they each celebrate in different ways for Christmas . 

I really wanted to like this a lot more but I could not stand Sam at all. He just ruined the whole story for me and I just felt my skimmed through most of his perspective. If he wasn't such a jerk most of the time I probably would have liked him more.

I did love the tradition that Tom had for Cassie of doing a treasure hunt for each Christmas. That was such a great sibling love thing to do!

Honestly the only redeeming part of it was how much Tom loved Cassie and wanted to give her the missing childhood that she missed out on with her parents having been killed and her aunt being there for them but not really in their lives.

This was cute. Stella owns a tree farm and it sounds fun and magical. She enters a contest for social media but says that she runs it with her boyfriend Luka.... So she asks her best friend in the world Luka to be her pretend boyfriend for a week.

I really love fake dating stories especially when the two both love each other but as they are best friends they don't want to perhaps ruin it by pushing for more. But I love when everyone in the town could see that they love each other and should be together and it just takes them a while.

I would have liked to have more in the social media contest aspect. It just felt kind of meh to me. I really like the supporting cast of characters that were kind of slowly pushing Luka and Stella to make their feelings known to each other. I'm really excited to read Beckett's story!

This was a sweet, YA enemies to lovers book on a charming little town called Christmas.

When Finley comes home for Christmas break from her fancy boarding school, the last person she expected to see was Arthur on the front porch of her Grandma's inn. But he's here to "experience the real American Christmas" with his Auntie that Finley put on her town's website. The problem? She fabricated most of it. But now she's determined to not let Arthur see this as a failure so she makes up activities.

I love the way these two interacted! Arthur was mostly (and unbearably sometimes) so very British and rigid that it was nice to see him relaxing a bit with Finley. I could see from a mile away Arthur's real feelings though it took Finley a long time to catch up 🤣. 

I also really liked Finley's Grandma. She had to be my favorite character! 

Cute Christmas story that I really enjoyed!

I fell in like with Jen's character in book 1 even though she wasn't the main focus so I'm so glad that book 2 was her story!   

Being a single mother is hard but Jen does such a great job. She falls hard for Jason, a mysterious stranger that comes to Brandywood on a mission. He wants to prevent the private investigator hired by his late grandfather's company finding the nephew Jason knew nothing about. An inheritance is on the line....

I didn't think that Jason always had the best intentions, though he swore what he was doing was for the people that could potentially lose jobs. He wasn't trustworthy and very untruthful but when he falls fast for Jen, I could easily see his struggle with his original plans. I appreciated the fact that he was able to change by the end of the book. It was a struggle for him after being told so long that he wasn't worth anything by his grandfather. This town everyone warmed up to him and helped him to see that he was worth it. 

I totally love the direction that Jen's dreams and dedication took her to and she deserves so much everything she got in the end!

This was a very great book of found families and helping those in need (this book deals a lot with domestic abuse and homophobia).

Vega lived life on the road with her mom Renee who helped battered women escape. The book starts with Vega leaving her abusive boyfriend with their son and running to a small town called Crystal that her mom spent some time in. There she meets a cast of people that want to look out for her without even knowing really why...Eve, Betty and Carl, Heff.

I figured out a lot of what was happening in this story, but it never stopped me from loving it. I really liked Eve and her story. She died and had a NDE and her story is one of hope and eventual real love. The story ends beautifully and I was amazed at how some of the people turned their thinking away from hate and moved towards acceptance and love.