A review by beckyyreadss
The Christmas Fix by Lucy Score

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I wanted to read this book because I have enjoyed Lucy Score’s previously work and I wanted to read more of her work. This book was on Kindle Unlimited, and I have just read the first book last month and this one was Christmassy, so I was so excited to want to read it. It was an adorable, spicy and an easy read.  

This book has two points of view. The first is Noah Yates and when a late season hurricane hits Merry, Connecticut and he is the city manager and a single dad and now he must inform the already devastated residents that there won’t be a Christmas Festival this year. No festival means no tourism dollars. A disaster of epic proportions for his hometown. But when home renovation expert slash smoking hot reality TV star Catalina King shows up with a camera crew and a budget big enough to put the town back together, Noah balks. Hard. The last time Cat was in town she stirred up trouble everywhere she went as in residents were still talking about the town’s first and only bar fight. Noah doesn’t need a TV diva capitalizing on his town’s tragedy or filling his daughter’s head with glitz and glam. The second point of view is Cat, and she is ready and willing to put Merry back in Christmas mode with a holiday special that will leave everyone believing in miracles and get her friends back in the home they love. But there’s one big problem standing in her way. And his name is Noah Yates. He is wrong about her, and she can’t wait to prove it. Ring those jingle bells because it’s on. 

I loved this storyline and how vulnerable our main characters get with it. I loved how Cat was like I'm going to prove him wrong and fully did, even if she went the wrong way to get permission to re-do the town. I loved that we got to learn why Noah was the way he was, and that Cat managed to figure it out by how his mother was at Thanksgiving and knew that this was why he was boring and Mr. No. I loved Cat in the first book and I loved her in this book and how she only lets people in once she can trust them so she was letting Noah believe she was this fake-reality, trauma-chasing reality star when she was in Merry, but she was there a few years ago for April, who we heard about in the first book and she wanted April to have her the best house that she had. Then she fell in love with Merry. I still enjoyed the found family aspect within the town and within the crew and how they all came together and even decided not to be paid for it to help with Cat because they knew how much this met for her. I love that everyone, but Noah and Cat knew they were together and were going to be together and it took Noah’s daughter to be like “yo everyone knows.” I loved that Lucy showed healthy co-parent relationships even if they aren’t together and how they all still spent thanksgiving and Christmas together – I just wanted to join the family. I loved the Christmas aspect to the festival, the traditions, the fact that the town was called Merry. There was also no third-act breakup which I loved. I was getting nervous towards the end because they were kind of arguing about things and I thought she was going to leave, and they talked about the issues to find a solution.  

I really enjoyed this and glad I left it to be one of my final festival reads of 2024 and I also want to go back to this series to see Drake and Henry get their happily ever after, as two separate stories or an MLM story.  
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