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A review by edressa
A Wallflower Christmas by Lisa Kleypas
2.0
This is more of a 2.5 stars read, and I would have put it to 3... except that since I really did not care about the main couple for this book (Rafe and Hannah), it's staying at 2. The sad thing is that I think Rafe Bowman has potential as a character, but it just... stayed overall kinda meh. I didn't even mind the love triangle (love square?) or anything, except for the fact that all in all... Natalie was a much more interesting character than Hannah and I honestly would have preferred spending time with her rather than a character who's just kind of... there.
What also doesn't help is that Lillian gets a whole ass subplot, while we barely see Annabelle and Simon or Daisy and Matthew together, and Seb and Evie get one small chapter all to themselves - and thank God for that given they're my faves, and it's a pretty good scene too and probably the one single part I actually loved. To add insult to injury, Lilly's subplot is DUMB. She comes to think Marcus is cheating on her since he gets along well with another lady to whom he's also writing letters to (LOL Meg if you're reading this you're probably laughing your ass off right now), but we as readers know that clearly is not what's happening, because this is a historical romance and of course the hero of a novel in the series is not going to cheat on the heroine after their HEA. And of course, when the confrontation actually happens, I clearly get the impression this was meant to be a funny scene, but I just didn't laugh. I was yelling at Lilly for being an even bigger idiot than she was in Daisy's book or in her own frigging book.
*sigh* Anyway, this book is easily skippable imho. I appreciate the research that went into describing what a Victorian Christmas was like, but it also comes off as an effort for the author to get extra money from what is probably her most popular series - which is fine with me, like, go get that coin girl, I guess I just wished it was a little more interesting.
That Seb/Evie scene though. Hot damn.
What also doesn't help is that Lillian gets a whole ass subplot, while we barely see Annabelle and Simon or Daisy and Matthew together, and Seb and Evie get one small chapter all to themselves - and thank God for that given they're my faves, and it's a pretty good scene too and probably the one single part I actually loved. To add insult to injury, Lilly's subplot is DUMB. She comes to think Marcus is cheating on her since he gets along well with another lady to whom he's also writing letters to (LOL Meg if you're reading this you're probably laughing your ass off right now), but we as readers know that clearly is not what's happening, because this is a historical romance and of course the hero of a novel in the series is not going to cheat on the heroine after their HEA. And of course, when the confrontation actually happens, I clearly get the impression this was meant to be a funny scene, but I just didn't laugh. I was yelling at Lilly for being an even bigger idiot than she was in Daisy's book or in her own frigging book.
*sigh* Anyway, this book is easily skippable imho. I appreciate the research that went into describing what a Victorian Christmas was like, but it also comes off as an effort for the author to get extra money from what is probably her most popular series - which is fine with me, like, go get that coin girl, I guess I just wished it was a little more interesting.
That Seb/Evie scene though. Hot damn.