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The Christmas Swap

Talia Samuels

3.36 AVERAGE

hopeful lighthearted 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

Such a cute Christmas story! Kinda felt fast

This book. I knew what I was getting into when I bought it last Christmas on sale. A quick cheesy romance with secrets and evolving relationships. A pinch of heart, a dash of toxicity. This book hit the nail on the head. Everyone gets their happy ending. The pace of these relationships seem so unrealistic -- the only one that seems to be believable is Ben and Roberta. This scratched my itch for a Christmas story but fell flat on the connection with the characters. 3 Stars.
lighthearted slow-paced
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DID NOT FINISH: 59%

She realizes her siblings are people too… I mean come on man
lighthearted medium-paced

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
funny relaxing medium-paced
lighthearted medium-paced

Fake dating is my least favorite trope. This one had a  LGBT twist and was okay. I didn't enjoy the characters and thought they were kind of whiney and annoying. Read if you like messy Christmas romances.

I mean it's a cheesy holiday romance and it does that pretty nicely.
I like that the characters are actually aware of their flaws and try to work through miscommunications.

Probably didn't need certain subplots and the language was a bit clicheed at points, so much food melting in mouths and flavours balancing each other out like this is not a recipe blog.