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3.87 AVERAGE
3.87 AVERAGE
My Christmas loving heart just ate this up. So cute, so festive, so fun! Also, set in a bookstore?! Checked so many boxes. I just wish it would’ve been even just a little bit longer.
This was very sweet! 100% would recommend as a holiday read
I’m obsessed. Favorite book of the year so far.
Cute, inclusive, hot and a little unhinged, all of that wrapped up in a pretty festive cover. And in the wise words of Sabrina Carpenter, that package is too big to gift wrap. The girls that get it, get it.
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Thank you to Kobo Books for the eARC via Netgalley!
♫ Let's hear those sleigh bells jingling for this lovely novella on a sleigh ride together with Chloe Liese ♫
Can you tell I love Christmas? Because I really do and I didn't know I needed to be in my Christmas romance moment until I picked this book up. Living my best life.
Anyways, as you all know, I adore this author. I love her stories and I love what she does for this genre and I just love Chloe Liese as an author. So I was of course stoked when she announced a Christmas novella. I mean my favourite holiday AND a short book, love to see it. And oh Santa, was this book a marvellous time!!!
Whilst it's not my new favourite romance couple, I do think it was an excellently done novella. It didn't feel like it was short at all, which is the best way to structure a short story. Chloe Liese adds her magical touch and it was just a snowy whirlwind of cuteness.
I loved the premise of this book. We've got enemies to lovers, secret penpals, enemies to lovers, workplace romance and a bookstore setting. What more could you wish for? Our main character, Gabriella, is autistic and demisexual, both of which are own-voices representations of these experiences and I absolutely loved that about this book. I also just really enjoyed Gabriella as a character and I think Chloe brought a particular level of comfort to this character that IO haven't seen in her characters before (if I'm wording that correctly idk if you get what I mean). The character is autistic but the story is not about her coming to terms with it, she already lives her experience, which I particularly loved.
The romance was really wonderful and I didn't actually know that this had You've Got Mail vibes until I started it, and I adore that movie. I also love Chloe Liese's writing style, it's descriptive and witty at the same time, and I aspire to bring that to my own writing <3<3<3
This book was honestly such a warm hug and I highly recommend if you're looking for a Christmasy romance to read and fly through. It's equal parts fluffy and romantic whilst also presenting characters that we can relate to in an inclusive manner. If you haven't read from this author yet, I urge you to change that fast. Hope I *motivated* you to read this one and that you find it under the *mistletoe* (ha I know I'm funny).
♫ Let's hear those sleigh bells jingling for this lovely novella on a sleigh ride together with Chloe Liese ♫
Can you tell I love Christmas? Because I really do and I didn't know I needed to be in my Christmas romance moment until I picked this book up. Living my best life.
Anyways, as you all know, I adore this author. I love her stories and I love what she does for this genre and I just love Chloe Liese as an author. So I was of course stoked when she announced a Christmas novella. I mean my favourite holiday AND a short book, love to see it. And oh Santa, was this book a marvellous time!!!
Whilst it's not my new favourite romance couple, I do think it was an excellently done novella. It didn't feel like it was short at all, which is the best way to structure a short story. Chloe Liese adds her magical touch and it was just a snowy whirlwind of cuteness.
I loved the premise of this book. We've got enemies to lovers, secret penpals, enemies to lovers, workplace romance and a bookstore setting. What more could you wish for? Our main character, Gabriella, is autistic and demisexual, both of which are own-voices representations of these experiences and I absolutely loved that about this book. I also just really enjoyed Gabriella as a character and I think Chloe brought a particular level of comfort to this character that IO haven't seen in her characters before (if I'm wording that correctly idk if you get what I mean). The character is autistic but the story is not about her coming to terms with it, she already lives her experience, which I particularly loved.
The romance was really wonderful and I didn't actually know that this had You've Got Mail vibes until I started it, and I adore that movie. I also love Chloe Liese's writing style, it's descriptive and witty at the same time, and I aspire to bring that to my own writing <3<3<3
This book was honestly such a warm hug and I highly recommend if you're looking for a Christmasy romance to read and fly through. It's equal parts fluffy and romantic whilst also presenting characters that we can relate to in an inclusive manner. If you haven't read from this author yet, I urge you to change that fast. Hope I *motivated* you to read this one and that you find it under the *mistletoe* (ha I know I'm funny).
such a cute book for a rainy, gloomy day!! this book gave me everything I wanted for a cute lil read :) 4.25 stars <3
3.5 rounded up. Cute, quick, fun. I don't love novellas, as the sort of slow burn I want simply requires more time, but this was sweet - a real holiday mash-up of The Hating Game and Chloe's most recent release, Two Wrongs Make a Right (seriously - with verryyyy similar plot points). Sort of wish the steam was steamier but this was enjoyable all the same.
December 2023 re read....How did I forget or miss the fact that Jonathan PLAYS HOCKEY(not professionally but still ?!) I still love this!
✨️rivals to lovers
✨️workplace romance
✨️hidden identity
✨️pen pals
✨️bookstore !!!
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A cute Christmas read with more rivals to lovers !
It had You've Got Mail vibes!
And the two rivals knew when to call a truce for the benefit of their bookshop. They knew when to be vulnerable with each other.
Part of the storyline was predictable but I still loved it and felt all giddy about the love interests.
✨️rivals to lovers
✨️workplace romance
✨️hidden identity
✨️pen pals
✨️bookstore !!!
**************************
A cute Christmas read with more rivals to lovers !
It had You've Got Mail vibes!
And the two rivals knew when to call a truce for the benefit of their bookshop. They knew when to be vulnerable with each other.
Part of the storyline was predictable but I still loved it and felt all giddy about the love interests.