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aprilalwayswithabook's review
3.0
Better than the Clueless one? But still not nearly as good as the first one so I was still disappointed.
chelseadenn34's review
4.0
BRIEF SYNOPSIS: Georgia Darcy is trying to get home to L.A. for her brother Will’s wedding. The bad luck begins when she gets tangled in Wyatt’s dog’s leash and cracks her phone. Then she has to sit with him on the flight to Chicago. And THEN she ends up sharing a car with him when her connecting flight gets cancelled due to snow. As the two trek across the country to get to L.A. by Christmas, misfortune and hilarity ensue.
I found myself cracking up in this book. Georgia and Wyatt just stumble on misfortune after misfortune, from rental cars falling in lakes to robberies in diners. But they also experience the kindness of strangers. This story was so cute and such a fun Christmas read. I could definitely see this being a cute holiday romcom.
4⭐️
I found myself cracking up in this book. Georgia and Wyatt just stumble on misfortune after misfortune, from rental cars falling in lakes to robberies in diners. But they also experience the kindness of strangers. This story was so cute and such a fun Christmas read. I could definitely see this being a cute holiday romcom.
4⭐️
danielasunshine16's review
2.5
Cliche, messy and predictable. I loved the idea of this book a road trip between two star crossed lovers hes a reporter she wants to get to her super star brothers wedding. However thheir relationship didnt feel genuine to me at all.
pages_on_fire's review
adventurous
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
nixbix_reads's review
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
This was a cheesy, eye-roll inducing read. It’s a very loose Pride & Prejudice retelling & focuses on Darcy’s sister as she tries to get home for Christmas and for her brother’s wedding.
I went in with low expectations & they were met. I found the characters to be bland & never felt a connection to them. While there were some good moments, mostly involving the dog, the rest of the book just fell flat.
I went in with low expectations & they were met. I found the characters to be bland & never felt a connection to them. While there were some good moments, mostly involving the dog, the rest of the book just fell flat.
onceuponalibrary's review
5.0
What a cute story! It has Christmas, road trip, a dog, and a very cute and sappy couple. How much better could it get? Its a fun quick read to really get you in the spirit for the holidays and romance.
littlecornerreads's review
1.0
Confession. I'm totally the type who will make snarky comments during a rom-com, then turn around and watch Hallmark Christmas movies back-to-back-to-back. (Okay, I'll sometimes still make a sarcastic comment or two in my head, but not as many as I could.)
Anyways, the Christmas time is truly the most wonderful time of the year in my opinion, and I'm a total stickler for only enjoying Christmas things during the Christmas season (which starts the day after Thanksgiving and ends when the clock strikes midnight on December 25th, by the way). I'm breaking my rule this time because 1) I spent the enter winter on my sickbed couch and unable to really celebrate the festivities and 2) there was no way I was going to pay for a month of Kindle Unlimited just so I could read something called Driving Miss Darcy.
I also decided to read this book because Georgiana Darcy deserves more love; unfortunately, Gigi Blume did her dirty. She's supposedly "small but mighty," but she quickly turns into a generic lovesick heroine thrown into a Hallmark movie. Seriously, the story is so unoriginal and predictable, I called the Big Reveal that would lead to the main conflict in chapter four.
This has all the elements of a cheesy Christmas movie: hate at first sight, stuck in a snowstorm, fake fiancés, a Christmas deadline, road trip with a stranger, a bad luck charm, a Christmas-obsessed small town that looks like "a Hallmark movie sound stage," adopted into a stranger's family, and, of course, an obligatory almost-kiss under the mistletoe. Unlike Hallmark movies, this doesn't come with cute shots of snow-covered homes and cups of hot cocoa but with cheesy writing and bad metaphors like "her entire face was a smile--heck--her whole body was." Huggable is the Word of the Day, and Georgia and Wyatt obsess over the weirdest things like the other person's "thick, calloused fingertips" and "squishy, doughy look." Swoon. If you're trying to cut down on your sugar intake, just read this book and you'll have no appetite for Christmas cookies.
The running joke about Wyatt being some kind of Charlie Brown magnet for (bad) luck isn't even that funny, but the story itself is pretty ridiculous. The premise is shaky at best, the obstacles between Georgia and LA become more and more absurd, and random nuns appear at one point??
The real Christmas miracle here is the 4.78 stars overall rating.
To say this was a disappointment would be an understatement, but at least it was short? Also, what's with all the Kindle product placement lately? Do authors get an Amazon discount if they plug the e-reader?
Anyways, the Christmas time is truly the most wonderful time of the year in my opinion, and I'm a total stickler for only enjoying Christmas things during the Christmas season (which starts the day after Thanksgiving and ends when the clock strikes midnight on December 25th, by the way). I'm breaking my rule this time because 1) I spent the enter winter on my sick
I also decided to read this book because Georgiana Darcy deserves more love; unfortunately, Gigi Blume did her dirty. She's supposedly "small but mighty," but she quickly turns into a generic lovesick heroine thrown into a Hallmark movie. Seriously, the story is so unoriginal and predictable, I called the Big Reveal that would lead to the main conflict in chapter four.
This has all the elements of a cheesy Christmas movie: hate at first sight, stuck in a snowstorm, fake fiancés, a Christmas deadline, road trip with a stranger, a bad luck charm, a Christmas-obsessed small town that looks like "a Hallmark movie sound stage," adopted into a stranger's family, and, of course, an obligatory almost-kiss under the mistletoe. Unlike Hallmark movies, this doesn't come with cute shots of snow-covered homes and cups of hot cocoa but with cheesy writing and bad metaphors like "her entire face was a smile--heck--her whole body was." Huggable is the Word of the Day, and Georgia and Wyatt obsess over the weirdest things like the other person's "thick, calloused fingertips" and "squishy, doughy look." Swoon. If you're trying to cut down on your sugar intake, just read this book and you'll have no appetite for Christmas cookies.
The running joke about Wyatt being some kind of Charlie Brown magnet for (bad) luck isn't even that funny, but the story itself is pretty ridiculous. The premise is shaky at best, the obstacles between Georgia and LA become more and more absurd, and random nuns appear at one point??
The real Christmas miracle here is the 4.78 stars overall rating.
To say this was a disappointment would be an understatement, but at least it was short? Also, what's with all the Kindle product placement lately? Do authors get an Amazon discount if they plug the e-reader?
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