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Kindle Customer
December 20, 2021
A really solid holiday novel that breaks the mold a bit
The ending felt a little rushed and anticlimactic, but I'm not sure how I'd fix that as an editor. Overall I liked this book quite a bit, and getting to see Quinn and Sawyer again was fun, and well done in that it doesn't give away their story if you haven't read that book yet.
For this story, I liked that it was seasonal and holiday themed, but didn't have that typical Christmas novel timeline of meet cute around Thanksgiving and 100% resolution by Christmas. I liked that the story unfolded in a more believable amount of time, breaking the Christmas romance mold; it allowed for the relationship between the two main characters to grow in a really sweet and meaningful way. Not much angst here, although we do touch on the subject of grief, but it doesn't quite qualify as a main theme imo.
I did like the side characters, and felt the character development was well done all around.
The humor was well placed, I laughed out loud a few times, which is saying something because I'm usually a nod-and-smirk at funny parts type of person.
If your looking for a book to cozy up with some hot winter beverage to read, this is a decent pick.