morganlmace 's review for:

A Winter Wish by Emily Stone

4.5

emotional hopeful medium-paced

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 ⭐⭐⭐⭐.✨ (4.5 stars)

Ohhhhh what a good sloooooooowwwww burn (🔥🔥🔥), enemies to lovers holiday read A Winter Wish by Emily Stone was.  Lexie is never in one place long, and loves to travel the world doing odd jobs here and there.  That is, until she gets a phone call from her mom that her father (who she doesn’t speak to and has a very complex relationship with) has passed away and left her half of his travel agency – with his business partner Theo getting the other half.  At first Lexie is very reluctant to have anything to do with the company and Theo, but as she starts to question things about her relationship with her father and half-sister she starts to come to many realizations about herself and her relationships.  

I’m a sucker for a well done slow burn, and Emily Stone really milked the slow burn out of this book – I just love when you can see two characters come together at the right time and see the relationship develop.  The animosity between Lexie and Theo was palpable and boy did they explode when the enemies finally became lovers – lots of squealing because man I’m pretty sure I have said this already but it was a slow burn.  Overall, I really liked this book.  It’s definitely not just fluff, and dealt with some bigger issues like parental abandonment and expectations, but in a way you could really see growth in both Lexie and Theo.  Also, all the “holidays” they went on throughout this book really made me want to get on an airplane and go somewhere 🛫! 

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book provided to me through NetGalley.  All thoughts and opinions are my own.  Thank you to Emily Stone and Random House Publishing Group - Ballantine | Dell for giving me the opportunity to read this book!