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A review by bookcheshirecat
Nick and Noel's Christmas Playlist by Codi Hall
emotional
lighthearted
reflective
tense
medium-paced
2.5
“Losing the people she loved was her biggest fear. Yet, she knew at times, she pushed them away. She should have been better to Gabby. But she was too caught up in her own grief at the time.”
➽ Oh dear, this book was such a mess 🙈 I had some hopes for this series, especially as I had an Arc for the second book, but Nick & Noel's Christmas Playlist was a chore to get through. The story is about Nick who is coming back from military service and his best friend Noel, who is basically part of his family as they are so close. I was expecting a cute, festive friends-to-lovers romance, but I didn't like any of the characters or dynamics in this book!
➽ Noel gives off huge 'Not Like Other Girls' vibes and spends the entire book fighting Nick's ex. Please let us leave these tropes behind, they are SO tiring! Noel makes a point of setting herself apart from other women and how she's 'one of the guys', especially as she only has one female friend (Gabby). It was clear that she saw herself as better than Nick's ex and their immature fighting was so embarrassing for two grown women. Noel couldn't control herself (even resorting to physically attacking Nick's ex at one point) and the entire girl-on-girl (or rather woman-on-woman) hate was just because of their relationship with Nick 🙃
➽ The romance wasn't my cup of tea at all. I like friends-to-lovers romances when they are done well and this wasn't the case here! Nick and Noel didn't have any chemistry and their getting together felt so forced and sudden that I didn't get to root for them at all. Add to that the drama of Nick's ex and Noel's own dalliances and they got on my nerves.
➽ Oh dear, this book was such a mess 🙈 I had some hopes for this series, especially as I had an Arc for the second book, but Nick & Noel's Christmas Playlist was a chore to get through. The story is about Nick who is coming back from military service and his best friend Noel, who is basically part of his family as they are so close. I was expecting a cute, festive friends-to-lovers romance, but I didn't like any of the characters or dynamics in this book!
➽ Noel gives off huge 'Not Like Other Girls' vibes and spends the entire book fighting Nick's ex. Please let us leave these tropes behind, they are SO tiring! Noel makes a point of setting herself apart from other women and how she's 'one of the guys', especially as she only has one female friend (Gabby). It was clear that she saw herself as better than Nick's ex and their immature fighting was so embarrassing for two grown women. Noel couldn't control herself (even resorting to physically attacking Nick's ex at one point) and the entire girl-on-girl (or rather woman-on-woman) hate was just because of their relationship with Nick 🙃
➽ The romance wasn't my cup of tea at all. I like friends-to-lovers romances when they are done well and this wasn't the case here! Nick and Noel didn't have any chemistry and their getting together felt so forced and sudden that I didn't get to root for them at all. Add to that the drama of Nick's ex and Noel's own dalliances and they got on my nerves.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, and Misogyny