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A review by aliciafaithreads
All I Want for Christmas by Maggie Knox
2.0
1 star for the Nashville setting
1 star for Patsy Canine, may your adorable sweaters keep you warm because this review is cold ;)
All I Want for Christmas is the second book by Maggie Knox, the pen name for writing duo Marissa Stapley and Karma Brown. On this book, we follow our main characters, Sadie and Max, as they make their way through a country singing competition. When sparks fly during a duet between them, their agents decide that they should fake a relationship in order to get further in the competition.
After reading and enjoying The Holiday Swap by this author duo last year, I was excited to see what they would come out with next and I am so disappointed. This book was such a letdown. This book primarily takes place in Nashville so, being someone who lives relatively close to the city, I was excited about it. And this book does feel like a love letter to Nashville, but not Christmas at all. I think this book could have taken place at anytime during the year and it wouldn’t have changed the story at all. Nashville is beautiful at Christmas and the characters literally visit a hotel in December that is known for going all out with its Christmas decorations but that is never mentioned. I read this to have those warm and cozy feelings I experience around the holiday season but this book failed to deliver. I think the book this author duo put out last year just worked better because it took place in a small, quaint town that just felt like a hallmark destination.
And then just the book itself was not enjoyable for me. The characters didn’t have a lot of depth and a lot of the personality traits they had were given to them just for the sake of having drama to work though. The miscommunication trope is something that is very common in romance books and though I do get annoyed by it, I can usually look past it. This book took the miscommunication trope and dialed it to 11. Every single issue in this book was caused because the main characters didn’t talk to each other. The relationship was super unbelievable. This book tries to deal with grief but it is in a way that is so absurd, I couldn’t even feel bad for the characters.
I could probably write a much longer review but I don’t want to spoil the book for those who are interested. This just wasn’t for me at all.
Thank you so much to NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read and review this book ahead of its release. All thoughts and opinions are my own
1 star for Patsy Canine, may your adorable sweaters keep you warm because this review is cold ;)
All I Want for Christmas is the second book by Maggie Knox, the pen name for writing duo Marissa Stapley and Karma Brown. On this book, we follow our main characters, Sadie and Max, as they make their way through a country singing competition. When sparks fly during a duet between them, their agents decide that they should fake a relationship in order to get further in the competition.
After reading and enjoying The Holiday Swap by this author duo last year, I was excited to see what they would come out with next and I am so disappointed. This book was such a letdown. This book primarily takes place in Nashville so, being someone who lives relatively close to the city, I was excited about it. And this book does feel like a love letter to Nashville, but not Christmas at all. I think this book could have taken place at anytime during the year and it wouldn’t have changed the story at all. Nashville is beautiful at Christmas and the characters literally visit a hotel in December that is known for going all out with its Christmas decorations but that is never mentioned. I read this to have those warm and cozy feelings I experience around the holiday season but this book failed to deliver. I think the book this author duo put out last year just worked better because it took place in a small, quaint town that just felt like a hallmark destination.
And then just the book itself was not enjoyable for me. The characters didn’t have a lot of depth and a lot of the personality traits they had were given to them just for the sake of having drama to work though. The miscommunication trope is something that is very common in romance books and though I do get annoyed by it, I can usually look past it. This book took the miscommunication trope and dialed it to 11. Every single issue in this book was caused because the main characters didn’t talk to each other. The relationship was super unbelievable. This book tries to deal with grief but it is in a way that is so absurd, I couldn’t even feel bad for the characters.
I could probably write a much longer review but I don’t want to spoil the book for those who are interested. This just wasn’t for me at all.
Thank you so much to NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read and review this book ahead of its release. All thoughts and opinions are my own