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A review by m_yinger
The Holiday Trap by Roan Parrish
emotional
funny
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
This book is EXQUISITE if you are just reading Truman’s parts. He’s a fleshed out character who is flawed in a genuine way and is surrounded by flawed but lovable characters. It’s also very clear the author was much more comfortable writing a MLM romance and from a man’s perspective.
Greta’s parts of the book felt stale and I REALLY wanted to like her parts. But the romance was just too perfect with her love interest having very little flaws and seeming to always have the perfect therapeutic answer to everything. It just felt out of character. Also the love interest is written like a mature manic pixie dream girl. The spicy scenes were not written with the same attention or care as Truman’s and overall it felt lacking.
That being said. I did enjoy Greta’s arc when it came to the other non-romance characters and her family. Those were the whole point of reading her arc in my opinion, which seems counterintuitive for a romance book
Greta’s parts of the book felt stale and I REALLY wanted to like her parts. But the romance was just too perfect with her love interest having very little flaws and seeming to always have the perfect therapeutic answer to everything. It just felt out of character. Also the love interest is written like a mature manic pixie dream girl. The spicy scenes were not written with the same attention or care as Truman’s and overall it felt lacking.
That being said. I did enjoy Greta’s arc when it came to the other non-romance characters and her family. Those were the whole point of reading her arc in my opinion, which seems counterintuitive for a romance book
Content Warnings
Graphic: Emotional abuse