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3.89 AVERAGE
3.89 AVERAGE
This book is sappy & cheesy & brilliant. I appreciated that this wasn’t a romance centered love story, but more of a resounding celebration of multiple loves in multiple ways. Overall, I’m giving this a 5 star rating because it was everything I wanted in a holiday novel, and it had the ending I wanted- but most importantly, I found myself thinking of the characters and their lives even when I wasn’t reading. So, it deserves a good rating for that reason alone.
There were moments that frustrated me, but it also made for a more authentic feel. I also did not like the references to Holly being clumsy or accident prone over and over. That got a bit old and didn’t add anything to the story after the first initial meeting.
There were moments that frustrated me, but it also made for a more authentic feel. I also did not like the references to Holly being clumsy or accident prone over and over. That got a bit old and didn’t add anything to the story after the first initial meeting.
✨ARC Book Review✨
Love, Holly by Emily Stone
On her way to visit family one Christmas, Holly and her pregnant sister, Lily, stop by a cafe where she accidentally meet-cute bumps into a stranger. Unbeknownst to her, this random encounter tethers them together in ways they never could have predicted. After, Holly and her sister get into a life-changing car accident, and her whole world changes in a moment when her sister loses the baby. Now, Holly finds herself spending Christmases alone, writing letters to strangers each year as part of a lonely-hearts holiday letter-writing club. The letter she receives this year, though, inadvertently changes everything.
Another Emily Stone tear-jerker. This one is good for fans of invisible string theory, found family, slow burn romance, and multiple POV.
I think this one is a solid, entertaining tear-jerker rom-com. It didn’t totally blow me away, but it did get my feelers out. I finished it a couple days ago and am still thinking of the characters. My biggest complaint is that the story often seemed to tell rather than show because of the way it jumped around, and some plot points didn’t feel relevant at all (like Holly’s breakup). I thought the time-jumping worked well for the ending, though. I’ll still continue to check out Stone’s books.
Love, Holly by Emily Stone
On her way to visit family one Christmas, Holly and her pregnant sister, Lily, stop by a cafe where she accidentally meet-cute bumps into a stranger. Unbeknownst to her, this random encounter tethers them together in ways they never could have predicted. After, Holly and her sister get into a life-changing car accident, and her whole world changes in a moment when her sister loses the baby. Now, Holly finds herself spending Christmases alone, writing letters to strangers each year as part of a lonely-hearts holiday letter-writing club. The letter she receives this year, though, inadvertently changes everything.
Another Emily Stone tear-jerker. This one is good for fans of invisible string theory, found family, slow burn romance, and multiple POV.
I think this one is a solid, entertaining tear-jerker rom-com. It didn’t totally blow me away, but it did get my feelers out. I finished it a couple days ago and am still thinking of the characters. My biggest complaint is that the story often seemed to tell rather than show because of the way it jumped around, and some plot points didn’t feel relevant at all (like Holly’s breakup). I thought the time-jumping worked well for the ending, though. I’ll still continue to check out Stone’s books.
3.75 stars.
Felt it was 50 pages too long. There were chunks where not much was happening.
I loved her last two books especially Always in December. Felt this one was lacking a little substance.
Felt it was 50 pages too long. There were chunks where not much was happening.
I loved her last two books especially Always in December. Felt this one was lacking a little substance.
First thought: Wow. This one takes you on an emotional rollercoast over the corse of a Year, starting and ending with Christmas. It’s truely a beautiful journey that is heartwarming, fated, full of healing and hope and will leave you wanting to hug the ones you love a bit tighter.
Do you believe in fate if not maybe serendipity.
Holly on Christmas Eve walked into a coffee shop with her sister to get some caffeine before finishing their drive. She bumped into a handsome man Jack, they hit it off and he gave her his number on her coffee cup. Holly would never get the chance to use that number as she and her sister were in a car accident that would forever change her life. Holly was driving and was to blame and since then she lost her sister and all ties with her family.
Fast forward 3 years and Holly finds herself back in that same coffee shop searching for a women who wrote her an anonymous letter expressing her own grief that Holly connected deeply with. Holly finds the owner of the letter and Emma is a spunky, has no filter older lady, who is also grieving. These two form a friendship based in grief but it develops into so much more.
But wait here’s the plot twist! Emma is estranged from her family after an accident tore them apart, and her grandson is Jack. Holly wants to help reunite them but things are complicated and the only reuniting that’s happening is the beating of her heart.
Jack fell for a redhead in the coffee shop 3 years ago but she never called him, then one day that same face is looking at him in the lobby of his office. He knows he wants a chance with her but things get messy fast when he find out she knows his estranged grandmother.
This book’s characters are intertwined and as you follow the journey of grief, morning, loss you come out the other side with hope, forgiveness, healing and a beautiful story. Don’t miss this one.
Tropes you’ll find:
* Second Chances
* Fate
* Witty Banter
* Tear Jerker
* Slow Burn
* Based in England
Trigger Warning: cancer, death of parent, Grief/Loss
Do you believe in fate if not maybe serendipity.
Holly on Christmas Eve walked into a coffee shop with her sister to get some caffeine before finishing their drive. She bumped into a handsome man Jack, they hit it off and he gave her his number on her coffee cup. Holly would never get the chance to use that number as she and her sister were in a car accident that would forever change her life. Holly was driving and was to blame and since then she lost her sister and all ties with her family.
Fast forward 3 years and Holly finds herself back in that same coffee shop searching for a women who wrote her an anonymous letter expressing her own grief that Holly connected deeply with. Holly finds the owner of the letter and Emma is a spunky, has no filter older lady, who is also grieving. These two form a friendship based in grief but it develops into so much more.
But wait here’s the plot twist! Emma is estranged from her family after an accident tore them apart, and her grandson is Jack. Holly wants to help reunite them but things are complicated and the only reuniting that’s happening is the beating of her heart.
Jack fell for a redhead in the coffee shop 3 years ago but she never called him, then one day that same face is looking at him in the lobby of his office. He knows he wants a chance with her but things get messy fast when he find out she knows his estranged grandmother.
This book’s characters are intertwined and as you follow the journey of grief, morning, loss you come out the other side with hope, forgiveness, healing and a beautiful story. Don’t miss this one.
Tropes you’ll find:
* Second Chances
* Fate
* Witty Banter
* Tear Jerker
* Slow Burn
* Based in England
Trigger Warning: cancer, death of parent, Grief/Loss
Emily Stone is quickly becoming one of my favorite romance writers.
This was such a lovely story about fate, found family, heartbreak, loss, unlikely friendships and forgiveness. Less than 10% in, I knew this would be a story that pulled at my heart strings. I absolutely adore this story, and I am so looking forward to more from Emily in the future.
Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC of Love, Holly!
This was such a lovely story about fate, found family, heartbreak, loss, unlikely friendships and forgiveness. Less than 10% in, I knew this would be a story that pulled at my heart strings. I absolutely adore this story, and I am so looking forward to more from Emily in the future.
Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC of Love, Holly!