I liked that the central romance in this story reversed the usual
"grumpy" trope and cast the female lead as a Grinch, while the male lead
loved Christmas and everything it represents. Hotel manager Saint Nicholsen was a swoon-worthy hero, absolutely determined to show the heroine, pastry architect Holly Jolly, all the magic of Christmas and make her every holiday dream come true. I didn't like Holly quite as much as I liked Saint, although I did empathize with her because of everything that had happened in the past to sour her on the idea of Christmas. I just wish that she had spent a little less time dwelling on the past and a little more focusing on what was right in front of her.
I enjoyed Holly and Saint's banter, and they had great chemistry even if their steamy times were kind of over the top for my tastes. (They certainly win the award for most creative use of a strand of twinkle lights!) There were some genuinely funny moments in the story as well, mostly relating to Holly's clumsiness. My favorite was her "fight" with Santa and his reindeer when she first arrived in the hotel lobby. That said, in general the story wasn't quite as playful and fun as I was expecting it to be based on the description. Holly's tendency to dwell on her past dragged the story down at times IMO.
There were several aspects of the plot that bothered me too, and as much as I tried to ignore them, I couldn't because they were such an important part of the main characters' backgrounds. For example, if Holly's parents had such an issue with her name after they learned about its connection with the song, why not start calling her by her middle name instead? Further, they were obviously not whimsical people; why would they have given her a first name that rhymed with their last name to begin with?
Overall, "I'll Be Your Santa Tonight" was a relatively cute story and I would recommend it for fans of contemporary romance and romantic comedy, but I can't say it's going to be a keeper for me. Even so, I would pick up another book by this author in the future.
*Review copy provided by the author via Wildfire Marketing Solutions. All opinions expressed are my own.
I enjoyed Holly and Saint's banter, and they had great chemistry even if their steamy times were kind of over the top for my tastes. (They certainly win the award for most creative use of a strand of twinkle lights!) There were some genuinely funny moments in the story as well, mostly relating to Holly's clumsiness. My favorite was her "fight" with Santa and his reindeer when she first arrived in the hotel lobby. That said, in general the story wasn't quite as playful and fun as I was expecting it to be based on the description. Holly's tendency to dwell on her past dragged the story down at times IMO.
There were several aspects of the plot that bothered me too, and as much as I tried to ignore them, I couldn't because they were such an important part of the main characters' backgrounds. For example, if Holly's parents had such an issue with her name after they learned about its connection with the song, why not start calling her by her middle name instead? Further, they were obviously not whimsical people; why would they have given her a first name that rhymed with their last name to begin with?
Overall, "I'll Be Your Santa Tonight" was a relatively cute story and I would recommend it for fans of contemporary romance and romantic comedy, but I can't say it's going to be a keeper for me. Even so, I would pick up another book by this author in the future.
*Review copy provided by the author via Wildfire Marketing Solutions. All opinions expressed are my own.
About "I'll Be Your Santa Tonight"
From bestselling author, Dr. Rebecca Sharp, comes a hot holiday romcom that's the perfect blend of naughty and nice...
But she canโt turn down the opportunity to create San Franciscoโs legendary, life-size gingerbread house. Surrounded by tinsled trees and merry mistletoe, Holly steps into her own nightmare before Christmas. ๐๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ด๐ฆ๐น๐บ ๐๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ต ๐๐ช๐ค๐ฌ.
Saint Nicholsen never expected his new pastry chef to hate his favorite holidayโ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ. And when one conversation makes it clear thereโs more to her story than the gorgeous grinch is letting on, Saint decides to grant her every missed Christmas wish.
Unfortunately for him, Holly doesnโt trust the holiday thatโs only proved disastrous. Sheโs already taken out Santa, overdosed on eggnog, and almost toppled the treeโ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ตโ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ.
But somewhere between presents and tree trimming, the magic of their attraction begins to melt her candy-coated confidence and open her hurt-wrapped heart.
When Christmas Eve rolls around with more than a kiss from her Christmas list, ๐๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ข ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ, ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฑ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐จ๐ช๐ค?
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