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Holly Jolly July by Lindsay Maple
4.0

Holly Jolly July is a spicy and hot Christmas in July time that will leave you wanting more.  Mariah is a makeup artist working towards her goal.  Working on higher budget projects that test her makeup skills.  Ellie is a small time actress that has been around for a while and works on Christmas movies a lot.  She has only been in smaller rolls and now they are working together.  When they end up finding out that the local bartender and the cottage-rental host they have been hooking up with have been cheating they band together for revenge.
I loved this!  Not only the revenge plot to get back at the dude but it was funny!  I loved the self discovery of the characters, the growth they showed. It was a fast and fun read that I can see you easily reading in the summer or even the winter, though it takes place in July it is based around Christmas… I did like the pop culture references that were played here and there throughout the book.  It was a win in my book.  Also that dedication!  The credits in the back were the acknowledgments and it read like a movie since they are in the movie.  I thought that was also very cute and well thought out.  
The audio book was great!  Very well done with Lauren Sweet and ANgelina Rocca this was done in dual narration and I thought the producation was seamless.  I would definitely listen to it again!
Thank you to Harelequin for the complimentary copies.  All thoughts and opinions are my own!