sami_leigh 's review for:

Nick and Noel's Christmas Playlist by Codi Hall

2.75

funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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⭐️⭐️.75/5
🌶️🌶️/5

“Every time I’m with her, it’s like the world shines a little brighter.”

🎄 Friends to lovers
🎄 Slow burn
🎄 He falls first
🎄 FMC overcomes trauma surrounding death of parents 
🎄 Family Christmas Tree Farm
🎄 Some well established secondary characters 
🎄 Fake dating (briefly to make exes jealous)
🎄 Found family
🎄 Epilogue

🚩 Toxic masculinity & sexism in characters’ speech & thoughts towards each other. Writing normalises men being shamed as ‘effeminate’ & ‘enuch’, women as ‘ho’, ‘bitch’, and slut-shamed.
🚩 Little growth in characters surrounding sexist & toxic remarks
🚩 Moderate typos

⚠️ Pregnancy, moderate violence, car accident (not on page), death of parents (not on page), misogyny/sexism, toxic relationship, toxic friendship, vomit, MC returns from active duty in military.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death of parent, Toxic friendship

Minor: Vomit, Car accident, Pregnancy