makenna 's review for:

My New Crush Gave to Me by Shani Petroff

4.0

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First I want to say that I did really like this book, it was super cute, it had one of my favorite tropes (the love to hate relationship) and it really put me in the holiday mood, but while I really enjoyed it I don't think everyone will, and I think people should know what they are getting from the book before they go into it. This is not some deep, thoughtful book that will make you emotional, it is very much so like those cheesy Christmas movies you would see either on ABC Family or Hallmark. The plot is very predictable and the characters are not the most lovable, so if that is not the kind of book you would like, I would advise to skip this one. For me personally, I love binging those kind of movies during the holiday time, which made this book perfect for me. The problems I had with this book were mostly with the writing, one thing specifically was the use of exclamation marks. I don't know if this bothers anyone else, but the use of exclamation marks is one of my biggest pet peeves for books, and there were definitely more than a few used in this book (they were usually used with more than one at a time like "really?!!!!" which just made it worse. Other than that and a few things with the writing, I thoroughly enjoyed the book.

*Also I did win this Arc in a Goodreads giveaway, but all my feelings in this review are my own and not affected from it being a giveaway