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A review by endemictoearth
Christmas On Firefly Hill by Garrett Leigh
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
3.75
Overall it is a warm fuzzy story of finding comfort and love at the holidays, but there were a couple of things that bugged me.
Mainly what bothered me was that after we get some very lovely intimate moments at the halfway mark of the book that I thought showed how much they were growing to care for one another and how much attraction they felt between them, both characters undercut those scenes by having thoughts about how penetrative sex is the Ultimate Act and the Most Special. Which is something I have less and less patience with in all forms of romance. Include it or don't, but this sense that anything that isn't penetration somehow doesn't count as much feels wrong.
That being said, I did love how Remy seamlessly slipped into Logan's life and his twin boys loved him without any issue. The ex-wife was a good character, complicated and real and not just there to be compared to, with Remy being 'better'. And after I got into the swing of things, I did remember how much I can enjoy Leigh's very emotional style of writing. After the 20% mark, the rest of the book flew by.
Recommended, with a few caveats.
Mainly what bothered me was that after we get some very lovely intimate moments at the halfway mark of the book that I thought showed how much they were growing to care for one another and how much attraction they felt between them, both characters undercut those scenes by having thoughts about how penetrative sex is the Ultimate Act and the Most Special. Which is something I have less and less patience with in all forms of romance. Include it or don't, but this sense that anything that isn't penetration somehow doesn't count as much feels wrong.
That being said, I did love how Remy seamlessly slipped into Logan's life and his twin boys loved him without any issue. The ex-wife was a good character, complicated and real and not just there to be compared to, with Remy being 'better'. And after I got into the swing of things, I did remember how much I can enjoy Leigh's very emotional style of writing. After the 20% mark, the rest of the book flew by.
Recommended, with a few caveats.