Book Title: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Author: Marie Landry
Release Date: November 5th, 2013
Publisher: Marie Landry
Genre: Contemporary Romance
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Book Link: Goodreads
Purchase Link: Amazon
Synopsis from Goodreads:
Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year, right? At least that’s what twenty-year-old Ginny Bailey’s grandmother always told her, and Ginny believed it until Grama died. She even put on a brave face the following two Christmases, carrying on Grama’s traditions and decorating her house and café with Grama’s favorite decorations.
But Ginny can’t pretend any longer. When she finds out she’s going to be alone for the holidays this year, her Christmas spirit goes out the window, along with her luck. Everything that can go wrong does, and Ginny just wants to spend the holidays hiding under the covers…until Dean Riley comes back into her life. With their shared past, old feelings begin to resurface almost immediately, and Ginny thinks Dean might just be the Christmas miracle she’s been waiting for to help her remember why Christmas really is the most wonderful time of the year.
But Ginny can’t pretend any longer. When she finds out she’s going to be alone for the holidays this year, her Christmas spirit goes out the window, along with her luck. Everything that can go wrong does, and Ginny just wants to spend the holidays hiding under the covers…until Dean Riley comes back into her life. With their shared past, old feelings begin to resurface almost immediately, and Ginny thinks Dean might just be the Christmas miracle she’s been waiting for to help her remember why Christmas really is the most wonderful time of the year.
Disclaimer: I received an e-ARC of this book from the author in exchange for my honest review.
Review:
The holiday season is my favorite time of the year so I was so excited to get a Christmas themed e-ARC from one of my favorite authors. I had read her last book Waiting for the Storm several months ago and had loved it so I had high hopes for this one.
Boy I was not disappointed. Not in the slightest. It was an adorable book that made me swoon and giggle and yes, even cry.Ginny is desperately missing her Grama as Christmas was her Grama’s favorite time of the year. It really doesn’t help that Ginny has a rather distant relationship with her parents and her best friend will be spending the holidays with her boyfriend. So now Ginny is forced to spend Christmas all alone. Her first Christmas alone since Grama died.
All of that changes when swoony Dean walks back into Ginny’s life. Without meaning to, Dean once again weaves his way back into Ginny’s life. It’s seamless and he is sexy. Neither of them expected a holiday romance, but that was exactly what they got. Dean “gets” Ginny in a way that no other guy ever has. And when that happens, it’s too good to let go of.
Perfect, perfect, perfect. The feels were there despite the fact that this book was technically classified as a novella.Sometimes it’s hard to capture the appropriate range of emotions in a novella but Marie totally did it and I am SO excited for her next project.I was already looking forward to Christmas but this definitely ramps up the Christmas excitement. An easy 5 stars to this book.
Boy I was not disappointed. Not in the slightest. It was an adorable book that made me swoon and giggle and yes, even cry.Ginny is desperately missing her Grama as Christmas was her Grama’s favorite time of the year. It really doesn’t help that Ginny has a rather distant relationship with her parents and her best friend will be spending the holidays with her boyfriend. So now Ginny is forced to spend Christmas all alone. Her first Christmas alone since Grama died.
All of that changes when swoony Dean walks back into Ginny’s life. Without meaning to, Dean once again weaves his way back into Ginny’s life. It’s seamless and he is sexy. Neither of them expected a holiday romance, but that was exactly what they got. Dean “gets” Ginny in a way that no other guy ever has. And when that happens, it’s too good to let go of.
Perfect, perfect, perfect. The feels were there despite the fact that this book was technically classified as a novella.Sometimes it’s hard to capture the appropriate range of emotions in a novella but Marie totally did it and I am SO excited for her next project.I was already looking forward to Christmas but this definitely ramps up the Christmas excitement. An easy 5 stars to this book.
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