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00leah00's review against another edition
4.0
4.25 Stars
I really love Georgia Beers style, as I’ve said before, sometimes it really works for me and then sometimes it doesn’t. Luckily, this is one of those instances where it really worked for me. This is more a winter themed story rather than Christmas, but there was a nice Christmas scene…either way it’s a nice read for this time of year.
Olivia is the assistant manager at a resort and is wanting the manager’s position when it becomes available. She’s out for her morning walk when she meets a stranger, Hayley. There’s an immediate attraction and they agree on a coffee date. However, things change when Olivia gets to work and meets the new manager that corporate has sent. It’s none other than Hayley.
There’s a bit of angst and conflict that’s pretty usual and didn’t surprise me. What did surprise me was that it was dealt with very quickly and wasn’t drawn out unnecessarily. “One Walk in Winter” is the perfect fit for lovers of romance.
My only complaint is there is a bit of repetitiveness throughout the story with the inner monologues of both Olivia and Hayley. You definitely know by the middle of the book that Olivia should not be attracted to her boss and that Hayley was set up for failure by her father…it all started getting to be too much.
Overall, I really loved this one. It’s sweet. Both main characters are lovable and realistic with a few flaws and all the secondary characters add a nice touch.
Like I said, I highly recommend to all fans of romance.
I really love Georgia Beers style, as I’ve said before, sometimes it really works for me and then sometimes it doesn’t. Luckily, this is one of those instances where it really worked for me. This is more a winter themed story rather than Christmas, but there was a nice Christmas scene…either way it’s a nice read for this time of year.
Olivia is the assistant manager at a resort and is wanting the manager’s position when it becomes available. She’s out for her morning walk when she meets a stranger, Hayley. There’s an immediate attraction and they agree on a coffee date. However, things change when Olivia gets to work and meets the new manager that corporate has sent. It’s none other than Hayley.
There’s a bit of angst and conflict that’s pretty usual and didn’t surprise me. What did surprise me was that it was dealt with very quickly and wasn’t drawn out unnecessarily. “One Walk in Winter” is the perfect fit for lovers of romance.
My only complaint is there is a bit of repetitiveness throughout the story with the inner monologues of both Olivia and Hayley. You definitely know by the middle of the book that Olivia should not be attracted to her boss and that Hayley was set up for failure by her father…it all started getting to be too much.
Overall, I really loved this one. It’s sweet. Both main characters are lovable and realistic with a few flaws and all the secondary characters add a nice touch.
Like I said, I highly recommend to all fans of romance.
kjanie's review against another edition
3.0
3.5/5 stars
This was such a sweet romance in a fantastic setting. Now that it’s starting to heat up in Australia, I was very excited to read a romance set in a wintery fairytale-like small town. I am a big fan of small town settings and absolutely loved it in this book. I really fell in love with the hotel that the characters were working in, and honestly I was rooting for the success of the hotel almost as much as I was the romance. I don’t know what it was, but something about the setting really made this book feel more down-to-earth, sweet and genuine. I think that was the real winner for this story.
I really enjoy Georgia Beers’ writing, but I can’t say that this was my favourite. While I enjoyed a lot of it and liked the characters together, it just felt like something was missing. I felt their relationship growing and evolving, but I wasn’t exactly sold on the progression from just dating to in love. I would say that my favourite part of the story was the beginning and middle rather than the end. Not that the end was bad, but I think the best parts of the relationship were in the complexities at the start. They were attracted to each other, but working with each other and having difficulties at work. It was a bit angsty, but also a lot of fun. It’s like they couldn’t help but be attracted to each other.
The chemistry really was fantastic. It was also really quite sweet and heartwarming, as well as being full of chemistry. I mean as much as that kiss in the woods scene was full of heat and passion, the scenes where they we’re just talking and enjoying each other’s company was also some of my favourite.
As well as feeling like it was missing a bit of the spark towards the end, there were certain choices that Beers made that I didn’t quite understand. Like why have Hailey’s ex-girlfriend come back at the end? She was hardly mentioned throughout the book and then was quickly forgotten almost as fast as she showed up. I just didn’t understand it, it felt like artificial drama was being added to a story that had much more genuine and realistic forms of drama. Anyway, I feel like I’m complaining quite a bit for a book I actually enjoyed. This was still a sweet romance, but just wasn’t my favourite from Beers.
This was such a sweet romance in a fantastic setting. Now that it’s starting to heat up in Australia, I was very excited to read a romance set in a wintery fairytale-like small town. I am a big fan of small town settings and absolutely loved it in this book. I really fell in love with the hotel that the characters were working in, and honestly I was rooting for the success of the hotel almost as much as I was the romance. I don’t know what it was, but something about the setting really made this book feel more down-to-earth, sweet and genuine. I think that was the real winner for this story.
I really enjoy Georgia Beers’ writing, but I can’t say that this was my favourite. While I enjoyed a lot of it and liked the characters together, it just felt like something was missing. I felt their relationship growing and evolving, but I wasn’t exactly sold on the progression from just dating to in love. I would say that my favourite part of the story was the beginning and middle rather than the end. Not that the end was bad, but I think the best parts of the relationship were in the complexities at the start. They were attracted to each other, but working with each other and having difficulties at work. It was a bit angsty, but also a lot of fun. It’s like they couldn’t help but be attracted to each other.
The chemistry really was fantastic. It was also really quite sweet and heartwarming, as well as being full of chemistry. I mean as much as that kiss in the woods scene was full of heat and passion, the scenes where they we’re just talking and enjoying each other’s company was also some of my favourite.
As well as feeling like it was missing a bit of the spark towards the end, there were certain choices that Beers made that I didn’t quite understand. Like why have Hailey’s ex-girlfriend come back at the end? She was hardly mentioned throughout the book and then was quickly forgotten almost as fast as she showed up. I just didn’t understand it, it felt like artificial drama was being added to a story that had much more genuine and realistic forms of drama. Anyway, I feel like I’m complaining quite a bit for a book I actually enjoyed. This was still a sweet romance, but just wasn’t my favourite from Beers.
thisgingerlovesbooks's review against another edition
1.0
I really struggled to get to grips with this book, and just couldn’t connect with the main characters at all, I loved Walter the dog though... who wouldn’t? I just didn’t feel the instant spark and connection the author was hoping to get across and it just felt, awkward. This book really wasn’t the one for me personally but I do hope that others who read it enjoy it.
letsgolesbians's review against another edition
4.0
It’s the middle of January and LA is 70*, so reading about snow and winter was lovely. Hayley was not the Blair Waldorf I expected, and the back cover made it seem like Hayley’s inheritance was wicked important. It wasn’t at all, and I was really happy that she got a HEA.
TW for discussion of a parent death, cancer, and depression following both of those
TW for discussion of a parent death, cancer, and depression following both of those
m0thermayi's review against another edition
4.0
4 stars | cute, cozy romance :) Beers rarely disappoint
aluhealz's review against another edition
4.0
I was hooked pretty early in this book. The characters were what really drew me in and kept me reading. Both Hayley and Olivia are well written and unique. Each of the secondary characters also had personality and purpose in moving the story forward. I loved the setting as well. Evergreen Resort is a fun and well-described place throughout the story. I found myself becoming attached to it the same way Olivia did.
The romance was paced very well, neither character immediately needing to jump into bed with the other, but the instant attraction still being obvious to them both. The drama that caused the short separation at the later part of the book was as I expected, with a bit of unexpected mixed in.
My only minor issue was the fact that there were a couple of sections told from a third character's perspective. I completely understand the reasons behind it, but they took me out of the story a bit and I found myself skimming those parts a little.
The romance was paced very well, neither character immediately needing to jump into bed with the other, but the instant attraction still being obvious to them both. The drama that caused the short separation at the later part of the book was as I expected, with a bit of unexpected mixed in.
My only minor issue was the fact that there were a couple of sections told from a third character's perspective. I completely understand the reasons behind it, but they took me out of the story a bit and I found myself skimming those parts a little.
heyspaghetti's review
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.0
judeinthestars's review against another edition
5.0
I have to say, I didn’t want this book to end. You know how I’ve talked about the way I read, masking the page with my hand so my eyes won’t go faster than my brain (#dyspraxia), especially when I’m so involved in what’s happening? I had to make myself stop reading a few times to allow my eyes to reboot, so to speak.
Olivia Santini fell in love with the Evergreen Resort and Spa when she was a teenager and has basically lived and breathed Evergreen ever since. She’s worked her way up to the assistant manager position, thanks to her work ethic and her love for the place. For the last six months, she’s been acting manager and totally deserves the job. But life’s not always fair and someone else is the new manager. Hayley Boyd Markham is the youngest child and the only daughter of Benton Markham, the owner of the Evergreen resort (and many more hotels, most of them bigger and more successful). Unlike her much older half-brothers, she doesn’t really care about the family business. Her happiness comes from painting, a talent she’s inherited from her mother. Since her mother’s death two years ago, Hayley has lost her way, spending too much of her father’s money on nightclubs and parties. Her father’s way of teaching her a lesson (and of punishing her for looking and sounding so much like the love of his life) is to send her to Evergreen, asking the impossible from her.
When they first meet, Olivia and Hayley don’t know they’re going to work together, or that Hayley is reluctantly taking the job Olivia believes should be hers. The attraction is immediate, and the chemistry is obvious from the start. Georgia Beers is excellent at describing those feelings, the way they grow, the hope and the doubts. She’s also done a great job of making the setting part of the story. The walk in winter of the title is not just for show, it’s where the whole story begins.
There’s something magical about snow. There’s also something very romantic about snow and quite a few of my favorite lesfic novels have a totally sweet and sexy snow scene. [b:Kiss the Girl|27964337|Kiss the Girl (Soho Loft, #1)|Melissa Brayden|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1462116343l/27964337._SX50_.jpg|26041514] by Melissa Brayden for example has one of the best. In One Walk in Winter, the snow is almost a character in and of itself. It has its own sounds and silences, almost like feelings (I’m all for feelings, they’re why I read).
This is a sweet romance, with a little angst but not so much. Still, I was whispering « No no no » at some point (you’ll probably know when when you read it) and my sigh of relief was a huge one. And don’t even get me started on Hayley’s relationship with her dad. Both are lost in their grief since her mother died and can’t seem to be able to communicate nor understand what the other is going through. This leads to Hayley basically being all alone, without a family, another contrast to Olivia’s life and her very present, warm and loving Italian family.
This book is not perfect but my ratings are not meant to reflect perfection, they reflect how affected I have been by the book I’m rating. This one gave me all the feels so it gets 5 stars.
I received a copy from the publisher and I am voluntarily leaving a review.
Olivia Santini fell in love with the Evergreen Resort and Spa when she was a teenager and has basically lived and breathed Evergreen ever since. She’s worked her way up to the assistant manager position, thanks to her work ethic and her love for the place. For the last six months, she’s been acting manager and totally deserves the job. But life’s not always fair and someone else is the new manager. Hayley Boyd Markham is the youngest child and the only daughter of Benton Markham, the owner of the Evergreen resort (and many more hotels, most of them bigger and more successful). Unlike her much older half-brothers, she doesn’t really care about the family business. Her happiness comes from painting, a talent she’s inherited from her mother. Since her mother’s death two years ago, Hayley has lost her way, spending too much of her father’s money on nightclubs and parties. Her father’s way of teaching her a lesson (and of punishing her for looking and sounding so much like the love of his life) is to send her to Evergreen, asking the impossible from her.
When they first meet, Olivia and Hayley don’t know they’re going to work together, or that Hayley is reluctantly taking the job Olivia believes should be hers. The attraction is immediate, and the chemistry is obvious from the start. Georgia Beers is excellent at describing those feelings, the way they grow, the hope and the doubts. She’s also done a great job of making the setting part of the story. The walk in winter of the title is not just for show, it’s where the whole story begins.
There’s something magical about snow. There’s also something very romantic about snow and quite a few of my favorite lesfic novels have a totally sweet and sexy snow scene. [b:Kiss the Girl|27964337|Kiss the Girl (Soho Loft, #1)|Melissa Brayden|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1462116343l/27964337._SX50_.jpg|26041514] by Melissa Brayden for example has one of the best. In One Walk in Winter, the snow is almost a character in and of itself. It has its own sounds and silences, almost like feelings (I’m all for feelings, they’re why I read).
This is a sweet romance, with a little angst but not so much. Still, I was whispering « No no no » at some point (you’ll probably know when when you read it) and my sigh of relief was a huge one. And don’t even get me started on Hayley’s relationship with her dad. Both are lost in their grief since her mother died and can’t seem to be able to communicate nor understand what the other is going through. This leads to Hayley basically being all alone, without a family, another contrast to Olivia’s life and her very present, warm and loving Italian family.
This book is not perfect but my ratings are not meant to reflect perfection, they reflect how affected I have been by the book I’m rating. This one gave me all the feels so it gets 5 stars.
I received a copy from the publisher and I am voluntarily leaving a review.
ssejig's review against another edition
4.0
Olivia Santini has been the assistant manager of the Evergreen Resort and Spa for a long time and has been doing the work of the manager for almost as long. She knows that she is going to be named manager and she'll be able to lift the slowly failing resort back up to where it should be in the Markham chain of resorts. When she meets a gorgeous woman walking in the woods, it's just icing on the cake of her life. However, it's all about to go south when she finds out that woman, Hayley, has been made the manager instead, even though she's never worked a day in her life.
Hayley Markham has been on a bad path ever since her other died. And she knows it, but having her father put her in charge of a failing resort seems a bit extreme. Maybe the beautiful Olivia can help her through it. Or, maybe not. But Liv does eventually relent. It's not like the job was actually guaranteed (so true.)
It took awhile to get into this story but it was worth reading in the end.
Hayley Markham has been on a bad path ever since her other died. And she knows it, but having her father put her in charge of a failing resort seems a bit extreme. Maybe the beautiful Olivia can help her through it. Or, maybe not. But Liv does eventually relent. It's not like the job was actually guaranteed (so true.)
It took awhile to get into this story but it was worth reading in the end.
danaherrmann's review
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75