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rakhya's review
4.0
Not just the sweet holiday romance I was expecting.
Kudos to Cameron for penning a cute, fun, but thought provoking romance with diverse queer rep.
Definitely my favourite Cameron book so far.
Kudos to Cameron for penning a cute, fun, but thought provoking romance with diverse queer rep.
Definitely my favourite Cameron book so far.
00leah00's review against another edition
4.0
‘Christmas Inn Maine’ was a good surprise for me. I went in with low expectations and was very pleasantly surprised.
It’s a rivals-to-lovers Christmas novella about Colden, who is a non-binary/demigirl. She is also a hilarious sarcastic grump. Colden is wanting to enjoy her two-week Christmas vacation when she finds out the cottage she rented doesn’t exist. She’s then forced to stop at an inn for an overnight stay and happens to run into her annoying co-worker, Laura.
Laura’s family owns the inn and they convince her to stay for a while and she does so reluctantly. Laura and Colden don’t like each other and their forced proximity doesn’t help with that very much. Laura’s family, the Sterlings, are really into Christmas and have different activities set up every night. Colden very reluctantly lets herself become involved with said activities and different family members she meets.
I really loved the change Colden goes through. She’s a loner and has always kept to herself so she takes a while to warm up to the holiday season and those around her. I’m not sure I would have done half as well around that much Christmas cheer and that much family myself. And I’m not as much of a grump or as much of a loner as Colden is.
The romance is really sweet between Laura and Colden. They seem to really have a dislike for each other. Over time they realize they made a lot of assumptions about each other and as they get to know each other, their annoyance turns into attraction.
Just a warning – anyone who doesn’t want some sex with your Christmas story, this may not be for you.
This is a different kind of Christmas story, it isn’t over the top cheerful and happy, even with all of the Christmas shenanigans. It made for a good change of pace that still left me smiling at the end of the story.
It’s a rivals-to-lovers Christmas novella about Colden, who is a non-binary/demigirl. She is also a hilarious sarcastic grump. Colden is wanting to enjoy her two-week Christmas vacation when she finds out the cottage she rented doesn’t exist. She’s then forced to stop at an inn for an overnight stay and happens to run into her annoying co-worker, Laura.
Laura’s family owns the inn and they convince her to stay for a while and she does so reluctantly. Laura and Colden don’t like each other and their forced proximity doesn’t help with that very much. Laura’s family, the Sterlings, are really into Christmas and have different activities set up every night. Colden very reluctantly lets herself become involved with said activities and different family members she meets.
I really loved the change Colden goes through. She’s a loner and has always kept to herself so she takes a while to warm up to the holiday season and those around her. I’m not sure I would have done half as well around that much Christmas cheer and that much family myself. And I’m not as much of a grump or as much of a loner as Colden is.
The romance is really sweet between Laura and Colden. They seem to really have a dislike for each other. Over time they realize they made a lot of assumptions about each other and as they get to know each other, their annoyance turns into attraction.
Just a warning – anyone who doesn’t want some sex with your Christmas story, this may not be for you.
This is a different kind of Christmas story, it isn’t over the top cheerful and happy, even with all of the Christmas shenanigans. It made for a good change of pace that still left me smiling at the end of the story.
tranzkafka's review
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
3.75
really nice to read a book with a nonbinary main character :)))) overall a nice fun festive read
jmontg18's review against another edition
emotional
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
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
3.75
josb's review
5.0
An own voices demi-girl romance that is on the low angst side. It was such a perfect pre-holiday book to get me in Christmas mood. The main was incredibly relatable with their mild cynicism and obliviousness. There were lots of open and healthy conversations about sex and feelings. In addition, the romance had great chemisty with a gentle rivals to lovers vibe that fit perfectly with the length of the novel.
rickosborne's review against another edition
slow-paced
3.75
Colden is extremely fearful-avoidant, with the extremely low self-image that comes with it, and is an absolute ass to everyone for most of the story. If you can relate to a character who has more emotional baggage than an airport luggage carousel, and snaps at everyone who tries to be nice, then you may enjoy this story far more than I did.
Sex:two R-rated scenes
Tags: #AttachmentDisorder #EnemiesToLovers #FamilyIssues #FirstPersonPOV #ForcedProximity #JoinMyFamily #NonbinaryMC #SinglePOV #SmallTown
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Tags: #AttachmentDisorder #EnemiesToLovers #FamilyIssues #FirstPersonPOV #ForcedProximity #JoinMyFamily #NonbinaryMC #SinglePOV #SmallTown
rheah's review against another edition
3.5
Colden (she/they: ask or see the pronoun pin) loves spending the holidays alone and hates Christmas after losing her family. When the cottage she rented turned out not to be real she finds like magic an inn where she gets stuck for the night because of the weather. Turns out that it's owned by the family of her work enemy Laura. Laura's family is eccentric and too good to be true, paying everything for Colden so she can have a good Christmas.
Laura and Colden is one of misunderstanding the other's initial feelings (as the reader obviously guesses given how Laura's family act) but quickly turns into sex and then romance (why do they say I love you do fast omg you know that's my pet peeve).
The Sterling are the perfect rich family with like one flaw of not wanting to let their daughter leave. Other than that they're absolutely perfect all the time and this feels unrealistic but I guess true to the Christmas romcom genre.
Laura and Colden is one of misunderstanding the other's initial feelings (as the reader obviously guesses given how Laura's family act) but quickly turns into sex and then romance (why do they say I love you do fast omg you know that's my pet peeve).
The Sterling are the perfect rich family with like one flaw of not wanting to let their daughter leave. Other than that they're absolutely perfect all the time and this feels unrealistic but I guess true to the Christmas romcom genre.
haileybartolomeu's review against another edition
4.0
Cozy, wintery, Christmassy, lesbians (with no one dying), enemies-to-lovers. All things I appreciate. I definitely do NOT recommend the audible recording though because it was genuinely the worst, most distracting audiobook recording I've ever heard.