A review by blandrea_reads
Fast Holiday by Kerry Lockhart

hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

 

This release was perfectly timed for Southern Hemisphere winter. 

I was looking for something with Hallmark movie vibes, and this book gave me exactly what I was wanting.  Sandy is a photographer between gigs, looking for a holiday job.  He gets one working for Patrick at a family store, which is under threat from a soon to be opening mega store. 

A review of this book could easily become just a long list of tropes, but honestly, that’s the exact vibe I was looking for and what I wanted to see.  I wanted to see things work out between Grumpy and Sunshine, I wanted to see what ridiculous reason would mean there was only one bed (and no one could POSSIBLY sleep on the couch!) I wanted to see the family business get saved and I wanted to see a complicated family situations work out.  And they did, but there was also enough variation in how all of the tropes resolved that kept me feeling interested and engaged. 

If you, like me, are struggling through winter, OR if you are in the northern hemisphere and are in the middle of summer, and wish you weren’t, this might be for you!