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A Princess for Christmas by Jenny Holiday

5 reviews

theverycraftyvegan's review

lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I didn’t love the relationship between Leo and Gabby. Maybe it was their large age gap but I kept picturing Leo as the father and wondering why he wasn’t doing a better job at parenting. Oops.

The chemistry between Leo and Marie was just “whomp-whomp” for me. There was no real swoon worthy parts for me. Poor Marie never had a satisfying sexual relationship before Leo so grinding on his thigh one time turned her in to a horny sex fiend. They went at it any chance they got, but the sex scenes were meh.

Side note: Leo is obsessed with Marie’s dimples! Fixated on them. Fake smile dimples and real smile dimples and dimples dimples dimples. I digress.

Marie and her father have a complicated relationship. Early on she described him as “the sad king” and that was just untrue. He might be sad but really he’s just a straight up asshole. He’s mean to Marie, Leo, and Gabby the entire time they’re at the castle. He had a few redeeming moments at the end of the book but those did not warm my heart towards him. It was too little too late. Parents can be sad and not be assholes to our children and everyone around us.

I finished this book but I don’t think I will be continuing with the series. I have many other festive books on my TBR and feel like Jenny Holiday isn’t for me.

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1.0

This book was everything I never wanted in a Christmas novel.

It was smutty as all heck. If you're a Tessa Bailey fan, you'll love this book. It's just sex and more sex and then misogyny and a bit of sexism and then more sex. Literal no substance to the plot. Hated every second of it.

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lqvekanej's review

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hopeful lighthearted fast-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

3.5

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kfmcf's review

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

Okay, this book super duper fluffy and I'm not even going to try and sidestep that. I think the author succeeded in her goal to write a Hallmark movie into a book. I'm not one for those movies, mainly because the cheesiness makes me cringe with embarrassment, but I think it worked in book form because I was able to escape it by just...skimming forward.
My only real issue with this book is something I don't quite know how to formulate. The best way I can describe it is that...the male lead POV really felt like it was written by a woman. Which is obviously something inescapable is said writer is a woman. There were just some things about him that felt a little bit too flawless or like "ooh here's the perfect guy." This may sound dumb but I don't want a perfect guy nor do o want to read about one. Flaws are so interesting and help shape the character and I really wish that Leo had more to him than "Oh no my parents died." I think the likes of Emily Henry, Helen Hoang, and Tessa Bailey really exceed at this aspect.
I do plan on reading the sequel next holiday season because why not.

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adventurous challenging emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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