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4.11 AVERAGE
4.11 AVERAGE
This was the PERFECT lighthearted Christmas romance I needed in my life. This book is heavily spice, with proper amounts of romance and feelings sprinkled in, topped with the perfect happily ever after. I have zero criticisms, I loved this book SO MUCH!!!
DNF: too smutty and unrealistic. When I got to the part about her having a wet dream while he snaps photos next to her on the couch (supposedly of his own face), I noped outta there.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This book is my new comfort read. This romance features an elementary school teacher attempting to escape her life and terrible dating history in Colorado on a holiday trip to Florida. On her way, she meets a veteran who disarms her in everyway. This book is filled with delicious banter and steam, all with backdrop of a Christmas and New Years spent in Florida.
Karissa Kinword does an excellent job of delivering this lighthearted, sexy, and beautiful story of two hurt people finding love where they least expect it. I can't wait to read more by this author!
The narrators, Jaclyn Kelso (a personal favorite of mine) and Blake Locheart did an excellent job on the audiobook. I really felt apart of Frankie and Ophelia's story with their voice work.
10/10 would recommend this holiday story!
Karissa Kinword does an excellent job of delivering this lighthearted, sexy, and beautiful story of two hurt people finding love where they least expect it. I can't wait to read more by this author!
The narrators, Jaclyn Kelso (a personal favorite of mine) and Blake Locheart did an excellent job on the audiobook. I really felt apart of Frankie and Ophelia's story with their voice work.
10/10 would recommend this holiday story!
emotional
funny
hopeful
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:
No
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Yes
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Lots of military themes
This one sounded good but I honestly struggled to stay too interested. A slow burn, dual POV, vacation/holiday fake dating romance that turns real pretty quickly. I liked the characters but found this one longer than it needed to be. Karissa Kinsord was a new to me author and I would still read more in this series but it was more just an okay read than a super memorable one. Good on audio too if you decide to listen/read it that way.
3.5 ⭐️, but rounding up as it’s a holiday read (though could read any time of year, IMO).
The banter was fun and the book had some hot spice, but the plot left a lot to be desired. It read like it was originally about two different characters that morphed into the ones we meet, with backstories and character traits (35 is hardly THAT OLD) that are inconsistent and/or introduced super late in the book.
My biggest pet peeve about otherwise pretty decent writing was the “creative” use of words and grammar throughout (ex. consistently using fragments instead of sentences, phrases that just aren’t phrases: “like wick to flame” and “like flame to a wick” for example, normal phrases turned upside down: “a primal flip had switched,” and then words completely misused: “tampered a smile”). It read a lot like someone had a thesaurus, but not a grasp of the nuances to the words.
The banter was fun and the book had some hot spice, but the plot left a lot to be desired. It read like it was originally about two different characters that morphed into the ones we meet, with backstories and character traits (35 is hardly THAT OLD) that are inconsistent and/or introduced super late in the book.
My biggest pet peeve about otherwise pretty decent writing was the “creative” use of words and grammar throughout (ex. consistently using fragments instead of sentences, phrases that just aren’t phrases: “like wick to flame” and “like flame to a wick” for example, normal phrases turned upside down: “a primal flip had switched,” and then words completely misused: “tampered a smile”). It read a lot like someone had a thesaurus, but not a grasp of the nuances to the words.
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
The books wasn’t bad. I just started reading it AFTER Christmas which I think just means I wasn’t in the mood for this kind of theme and couldn’t bring myself to finish it. Maybe I’ll try again next Christmas