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sarah1001's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
mushmysteriesandmore's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Ava is a milliner, or hat-maker to put it in layman's terms. She makes beautiful bespoke hats but business is slow and she's struggling to make ends meet. Her best friend/landlady takes her along to a work party where she meets the handsome and charming Sam. He commissions her to make a special hat for his mum who is battling cancer. When his mother meets Ava she thinks Ava and Sam are dating and Sam is too kind to dash her hopes during her health battle and Ava agrees to fake date him for a while, at least over Christmas.
However, in the sidelines are her best friend who has a crush on Sam and Ava's bullying ex who is threatening to publicly shame her with some explicit snaps they took when dating. Ava's shame is all too familiar and highlights the real-life struggle some people suffer at the hands of an abusive ex.
This was a beautiful love story, despite the cruel nature of some of the underlying themes, but as a true Christmas romance, Ava and Sam get their HEA and a happy Christmas.
However, in the sidelines are her best friend who has a crush on Sam and Ava's bullying ex who is threatening to publicly shame her with some explicit snaps they took when dating. Ava's shame is all too familiar and highlights the real-life struggle some people suffer at the hands of an abusive ex.
This was a beautiful love story, despite the cruel nature of some of the underlying themes, but as a true Christmas romance, Ava and Sam get their HEA and a happy Christmas.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Bullying, Cancer, Emotional abuse, and Stalking
Minor: Rape
rosiethesheep's review against another edition
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I did not get on with this book at all. The writing style just wasn’t for me, far too over descriptive and it just didn’t work for me at all. It was ok, but felt it would’ve been half the length and still told the same story.
waddlealot's review against another edition
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
bookishnorth's review against another edition
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.75
gittes_monologer's review against another edition
4.0
Elsker du kliche fyldte kærlighedsromaner, er denne bog lige noget for dig.
labonneville's review against another edition
3.0
A little more than you typical Christmassy Rom com special... but a lot of pages focusing on hat making. The main character, Ava Bliss, is a milliner, a bespoke at maker.
kitvaria_sarene's review against another edition
3.0
This one was nice, but not really special for me.
I could have done without the sex scenes (thankfully only 1,5 ones, but quite cringe worthy), also I didn't think the guy to be "perfect" as I think I was supposed to. I thought him rather easily offended and quite sure of himself - and not in the good way.
If he was meant to feel like that it would have been fine, but I had the feeling I should really have thought that is just what I'd want...
It didn't bring up that special "christmassy" feeling, but felt like a normal chick lit that just took place around Christmas.
Tiny mini spoiler about an underlying topic that not everyone might like:
It also has an interesting topic with a drunk ex-boyfriend who has intimate pictures and is bothering the main character a lot.
I could have done without the sex scenes (thankfully only 1,5 ones, but quite cringe worthy), also I didn't think the guy to be "perfect" as I think I was supposed to. I thought him rather easily offended and quite sure of himself - and not in the good way.
If he was meant to feel like that it would have been fine, but I had the feeling I should really have thought that is just what I'd want...
It didn't bring up that special "christmassy" feeling, but felt like a normal chick lit that just took place around Christmas.
Tiny mini spoiler about an underlying topic that not everyone might like:
It also has an interesting topic with a drunk ex-boyfriend who has intimate pictures and is bothering the main character a lot.
stormyharper's review against another edition
4.0
I really did like this walk first Christmas book I've read it's about out a girl who is getting blackmailed by her ex who is a drunk his name is Harvey he has some pictures of her naked and he's doing everything he can to blackmail her to come back to him but Sam won't like that happened what do you find out what's going on he helps her Harvey keeps on telling her that he's going to send the pictures to her dad who is an ex copper this book is just basically about how they help her to get out of this situation and how her and Sam start falling in love with each other she also makes hats off