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A review by labalkana
A Cliché Christmas by Nicole Deese
4.0
Georgia spends the whole year writing those Hallmark Christmas movies full of cliché. December is her only month off but her grandma makes her come back to her hometown Lenox and volunteer for the Christmas stage play at the local community theatre.
It's for a little girl with cancer, so she can't say no. Even though she's not thrilled to work at her place of humiliation with Wes, her childhood crush, who humiliated her right there.
Wes never understood why she left him after he confessed his feelings while she's still hurt by his rejection. But it's the jolly time of cliché...
Georgia is such a sweetheart. Between the memories of her lonely childhood and her last onstage performance and her demanding mother and the pressure to be worth her sacrifice she was so easy to like and root for.
Wes deserves Uncle-of-the-Year and the story of him naming little Savannah, connected to the strongest girl he ever met is just so cute.
I enjoyed the story of the underdog and the popular from years ago, as much as the main one. I like me some teenie-drama and the story of how she was made to embarass herself just fits. I didn't really get what exactly happened, like why didn't he react differently? But they were still teens and for such a short read this one already had enough going on.
These issues with her mother,being reasonable but mean, added some depth and the very happy all forgiven, especially with Sydney the enemy, end makes it Hallmark-worthy.
I didn't really like the take on the play they were working but the whole thing is christmassy and cheesy, predictable but enjoyable.
I might not remember this story to stand out from all the others I've read but it makes a cozy christmas read.
It's for a little girl with cancer, so she can't say no. Even though she's not thrilled to work at her place of humiliation with Wes, her childhood crush, who humiliated her right there.
Wes never understood why she left him after he confessed his feelings while she's still hurt by his rejection. But it's the jolly time of cliché...
Georgia is such a sweetheart. Between the memories of her lonely childhood and her last onstage performance and her demanding mother and the pressure to be worth her sacrifice she was so easy to like and root for.
Wes deserves Uncle-of-the-Year and the story of him naming little Savannah, connected to the strongest girl he ever met is just so cute.
I enjoyed the story of the underdog and the popular from years ago, as much as the main one. I like me some teenie-drama and the story of how she was made to embarass herself just fits. I didn't really get what exactly happened, like why didn't he react differently? But they were still teens and for such a short read this one already had enough going on.
These issues with her mother,being reasonable but mean, added some depth and the very happy all forgiven, especially with Sydney the enemy, end makes it Hallmark-worthy.
I didn't really like the take on the play they were working but the whole thing is christmassy and cheesy, predictable but enjoyable.
I might not remember this story to stand out from all the others I've read but it makes a cozy christmas read.