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The Anti-Social Season by Adele Buck
I’ll admit, the title is what lured me into grabbing The Anti-Social Season by Adele Buck. I thought it sounded like it would be a cute, grinchy type holiday romance. While it wasn’t necessarily that, it was still nice to read. While this romance was really refreshing to read with the miscommunication being dealt with straight on, it did also read as extremely placating and playing it safe.
The Holiday Games by Lili Valente
I wasn’t sure what to expect when I picked up The Holiday Games by Lili Valente. It sounded cute from the synopsis: small town Christmas girl goes to the big city and meets media big shot boy. How very Hallmark! Then, throw it some mystery about their pasts being intertwined? I was sold! While it wasn’t as amazing as I thought it could’ve been, it was still a really decent and enjoyable holiday romance with just enough of everything to feel complete.
All By My Elf by Olivia Dade
All By My Elf by Olivia Dade was cute, but would’ve been cuter if it wasn’t forced into being a condensed 55 page story. This is a workplace romance with some misunderstanding thrown in, but there weren’t enough pages to make this work as well as it should.
Merry Ever After by Tessa Bailey
Merry Ever After by Tessa Bailey is my second Tessa Bailey read of the holiday season and wow. This was not it. I am not sure if it simply because she was given such a short length to work with, or who knows, but this did not hit. It was
How My Neighbor Stole Christmas by Meghan Quinn
I kept seeing How My Neighbor Stole Christmas by Meghan Quinn all over TikTok and Threads since it was released, talking about a candy cane scene. That alone was enough to have me pick this up. Then I saw the audiobook cast and knew it had to be a book to listen to over reading with my eyes. This was such a fun and sexy holiday book that I definitely think needs to be in every spicy romance reader’s holiday library, especially as an audiobook.
Cruel Winter with You by Ali Hazelwood
I was so excited to see Cruel Winter with You by Ali Hazelwood as one of the books available to those with Amazon Prime. While it definitely proved to be the best of the Under the Mistletoe Collection, it still felt a little off. If you can get it for free with prime, I say grab it. If you can’t, then you aren’t missing much by skipping.
The Christmas Tree Farm by Melody Carlson
The Christmas Tree Farm by Melody Carlson is a very quick and easy holiday read. I wanted to give his a shot because I thought the cover was cute and who doesn’t love how very Hallmark the idea of falling in love at a Christmas tree farm. That said, this did have some pacing issues and then became a bit religious toward the end which left me just feeling like this was a weird read.