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A review by sophiesometimesreads
The Holiday Trap by Roan Parrish
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
This was a fun read and I enjoyed the time I spent on it.
It is marketed as a “holiday” romance, but except from a few mentions here and there of the holidays and the wintery setting in one location, it really didn’t give me big “holiday” vibes, it was more a side event that happened in the timeline of the story.
I really enjoyed Truman’s storyline and I felt like the romance in his story was a bit more fleshed out. Then again, it was very insta-love for Greta and I don’t vibe with insta-love, I cannot relate to it at all.
I felt like the flipping back and forth between timelines was a bit distracting, and I felt that the two storylines could’ve been their own books as an interconnected standalone series to really flesh out the characters and their issues and conflicts a bit better.
Overall, I did enjoy the characters, the couples and the romance, as well as the self-discovery woven into these stories and had a good time reading this.
It is marketed as a “holiday” romance, but except from a few mentions here and there of the holidays and the wintery setting in one location, it really didn’t give me big “holiday” vibes, it was more a side event that happened in the timeline of the story.
I really enjoyed Truman’s storyline and I felt like the romance in his story was a bit more fleshed out. Then again, it was very insta-love for Greta and I don’t vibe with insta-love, I cannot relate to it at all.
I felt like the flipping back and forth between timelines was a bit distracting, and I felt that the two storylines could’ve been their own books as an interconnected standalone series to really flesh out the characters and their issues and conflicts a bit better.
Overall, I did enjoy the characters, the couples and the romance, as well as the self-discovery woven into these stories and had a good time reading this.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Dementia