Reviews

Season of Love by Helena Greer

slicciardi's review

3.0

I liked this but it felt like the “deep” issues were kind of surface level? Like they were objectively bad but didn’t cut that deep emotionally while reading those parts

rainbowbookworm's review

2.0

I'm not going to lie, it took me a while to get into this one because the romance stalled for a long while, but I ended up liking it.

wintermomof4's review

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

vick11's review

hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

groundsatpemberley's review

2.0

Thank you NetGalley for the ARC!

So I really wanted to love this book--a butch holiday romance with Jewish traditions, yes please! Unfortunately, for me, this just didn't hit the mark on what I believe was meant to be a Hallmark-but-queer romance. Yes, it had the staples like the fiancé back home that isn't right for our lead, the local business in need of saving and the red pickup truck (of course). What I didn't feel it did was maintain the light-hearted charm one looks for in a holiday romance. There is a lot going on in this book between the romcom tropes, Jewish/Christmas crossover, secondary romances, reconciliations, etc. There is also A LOT of trauma. Now I'm not advocating for a romance with no emotional complexity, but there was just so much going on that it didn't feel like we got to go very deep with anything.

While I didn't love this book, I am hoping this might be a series of some sort. I was never very invested in this couple, but the peripheral romance had me intrigued and the side characters were adorable. I will certainly try more from this author in the future--this just didn't really work for me.

mangorya's review against another edition

medium-paced

4.0

souris13's review

emotional lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

itsambarnotamber's review

3.0

It was just okay. They built all this tension between the characters and talked about sex but skipped over every sex scene. I enjoyed how progressive the characters mentality was in the book but sometimes their speech came off like I was reading an essay versus actual dialogue. They used a lot of terms and words that people do not use in every day conversation even when they are talking about important subjects such as sexuality and gender. Also the romance felt forced halfway through. Again their was a lot of sexual tension and then suddenly their dating and together and you’re told about their relationship but it doesn’t feel like you’re actually viewing it or as if it’s developing much further. The moment the characters start dating the chemistry dies and so does the tension that was building. The Christmas spirit of the book is what truly saved this story.

linda638's review

emotional funny inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

emmerroo's review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing sad medium-paced

4.0