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A review by jarinpin
A Wallflower Christmas by Lisa Kleypas
3.0
A bit mediocre. There are parts that I loved and parts that I hated and in the end it because I bit blah.
Hannah is sweet but I never really feel for the heroines who stomp their feet and insist everything must be proper - though I absolutely agree with her that Rafe kissing her while courting Nathalie is wholly inappropriate.
Rafe may have a tortured past but that doesn’t really excuse him from being a royal dick. He all but forces himself on Hannah and no one seems to care or validate her feelings that that was very not okay.
I also don’t really love the authors common trope of ‘I hate him right up until the moment that I love him’. I think she is well within her rights to hate Rafe and the little soldier toy doesn’t seem like enough to suddenly seal her affections, especially while he’s going around kissing both her and Nathalie.
At the end there’s no complication they just decide they both love each other and that’s that.
I think it would have been way better if someone had caught her and Rafe in a compromising position while he was supposed to be courting Nathalie and then banished her to cover it up. Then Rafe would have to declare his intentions and go chasing after her.
I came around to Rafe by the end but I didn’t really think he did enough to make up for his actions at the start.
Hannah is sweet but I never really feel for the heroines who stomp their feet and insist everything must be proper - though I absolutely agree with her that Rafe kissing her while courting Nathalie is wholly inappropriate.
Rafe may have a tortured past but that doesn’t really excuse him from being a royal dick. He all but forces himself on Hannah and no one seems to care or validate her feelings that that was very not okay.
I also don’t really love the authors common trope of ‘I hate him right up until the moment that I love him’. I think she is well within her rights to hate Rafe and the little soldier toy doesn’t seem like enough to suddenly seal her affections, especially while he’s going around kissing both her and Nathalie.
At the end there’s no complication they just decide they both love each other and that’s that.
I think it would have been way better if someone had caught her and Rafe in a compromising position while he was supposed to be courting Nathalie and then banished her to cover it up. Then Rafe would have to declare his intentions and go chasing after her.
I came around to Rafe by the end but I didn’t really think he did enough to make up for his actions at the start.