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A review by littleprairielibrary
A Cliché Christmas by Nicole Deese
3.0
I thought this was a cute story! I liked the characters, the setting, and the plot. Yes, it was obvious by chapter 2 how the story would end, but it was still an enjoyable ride. Deese excels at descriptions - I felt like I could see the scenes perfectly. I also loved how absolutely naturally the faith of the characters came across. The thing that turned me off of the story was how focused the main character was on how physically attracted she was to the love interest. Yeah, we get it, they're two young, sexy things in love. Can we please move on to how you emotionally and mentally connect? And totally unrelated, the main character sure did swallow a lot. I am definitely not aware of every time I swallow, but she sure was! Other than that, it was a quick, cute Christmas read.
*Reread December 2018* I didn't enjoy this as much as I did the first time. That could have been partly because of the audiobook narrator, she had completely the wrong voice for the character. She sounded way too low and breathy, like she should have been narrating a hardened bounty hunter in a post-apocalyptic world. I also didn't love the connection between the main character and the love interest, it felt very superficial even though they were supposed to have this long history between them. But this was a cute book to read at Christmas.
*Reread December 2018* I didn't enjoy this as much as I did the first time. That could have been partly because of the audiobook narrator, she had completely the wrong voice for the character. She sounded way too low and breathy, like she should have been narrating a hardened bounty hunter in a post-apocalyptic world. I also didn't love the connection between the main character and the love interest, it felt very superficial even though they were supposed to have this long history between them. But this was a cute book to read at Christmas.