A review by originalbooknerd
How My Neighbor Stole Christmas by Meghan Quinn

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

๐ป๐‘œ๐“Œ๐‘€๐“Ž๐’ฉ๐‘’๐’พ๐‘”๐’ฝ๐’ท๐‘œ๐“‡๐’ฎ๐“‰๐‘œ๐“๐‘’๐’ž๐’ฝ๐“‡๐’พ๐“ˆ๐“‰๐“‚๐’ถ๐“ˆ๐‘…๐‘’๐“‹๐’พ๐‘’๐“Œ   
 
Author: Meghan Quinn 
 
Couple: Storee Taylor & Cole Black 
 
Tropes: 
๐ŸŽ„ Christmas competition 
๐ŸŽ„ Small Town 
๐ŸŽ„ Enemies to Lovers 
๐ŸŽ„ Fake Dating 
๐ŸŽ„ Childhood Friends to Enemies to Lovers 
๐ŸŽ„ Biting 
๐ŸŽ„ Spicy use of a candy cane 
  
Review: ๐ป๐‘œ๐“Œ ๐‘€๐“Ž ๐’ฉ๐‘’๐’พ๐‘”๐’ฝ๐’ท๐‘œ๐“‡ ๐’ฎ๐“‰๐‘œ๐“๐‘’ ๐’ž๐’ฝ๐“‡๐’พ๐“ˆ๐“‰๐“‚๐’ถ๐“ˆ was 5 stars, 5 laughs and 5 layers of angst! Meghan Quinn gives us the PERFECT enemies to lovers Christmas book that puts a new spin on โ€œHow The Grinch Stole Christmasโ€! Storee and Cole here HAWT, dirty and full of the banter I love when I read Meghan Quinn and this may be my new favorite holiday romcom! From the banter to the epic push and pull these two had every time they were in proximity of each other had me yanking my hair out for them to realize their feelings as they competed against one another in the townโ€™s Christmas competition! 
 
Storee Taylor was a hot mess express and 100% the reason I cackled through this book. She was never doing what she should and from re-meeting Cole after years away, it was quickly obvious that she was not going to resist the call to him she had. Meghan was able to capture the way Storee struggled to balance HDR growing feelings for Cole with the stress her Great-Aunt and sister put her through to win the contest. The way Storee tried and failed to stay away from Cole also added a lot of angst to this book since his animosity surprised her upon her return. 
 
Cole Black was HEAVEN! I LOVED how he had the โ€œnarratorโ€ snippets in this POV and found that I could not stop laughing every time they tried to cut out his opinions! His POV though was hilarious as he struggled through trying to be sherry during the competition. Meghan was able to bring to light the struggle he had celebrating Christmas for the first time in years and getting his backstory just made me love him that much more. I also LOVED his friendship with Max! These two were PERFECTION together and I loved how they both protected one another but also encouraged poor decisions! 
 
Storee and Cole turned the heat up in this book and you are not ready for the mouth on Cole Black! This man had the filthiest mouth and made me sweat as the tension racketed up between them. The banter Meghan put into this book was level 100 and I could not get enough! ๐ป๐‘œ๐“Œ ๐‘€๐“Ž ๐’ฉ๐‘’๐’พ๐‘”๐’ฝ๐’ท๐‘œ๐“‡ ๐’ฎ๐“‰๐‘œ๐“๐‘’ ๐’ž๐’ฝ๐“‡๐’พ๐“ˆ๐“‰๐“‚๐’ถ๐“ˆ was the perfect pre-Christmas book to get you in the holiday spirit and I can only hope that more is to come inside this Holly Jolly world! 
 
Rating: 100+; A Spicy Christmas book perfect for those craving a little Grinch and a lot of SPICE! 
 
 
Thank you to Good Girls PR, Hambright PR & Meghan Quinn for sending me this eARC!