A review by catherine_maria
All I Want From Santa by Lisa Jackson

lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.5

This was a really disappointing first book for my holiday reads. It was kind of like a plane crash. Everything started fine and then out of nowhere it just really took a nosedive and then everything was a big hot mess. I could totally get behind everything in the beginning: Ronni is the single widowed mother of Amy, Travis is the single divorced father of angsty teen Brian. Ronni and Travis are super attracted to each other at first sight (despite the description of Travis’ thin lips 🤮). They start to get to know each other and then BAM!

He is fully clothed while she’s almost fully naked in the snow. Suddenly Travis realized it’s moving too fast and then WHAM! Ronni is butt ass naked in the barn while, surprise surprise, Travis is FULLY CLOTHED. Lmao idk why but the fact that she was stark naked outside in the snow while he was all bundled up and cozy, really just took me out.

And I could get behind two single parents being attracted to each other and maybe thinking they’re ready to date, but no. They’ve known each other for like 2-3 weeks max and Travis decides

to pop the question. AND RONNI SAYS YES?! AND THEY GET MARRIED THE NEXT DAY. How is this a good decision to two smart, business minded individuals. Travis is a BILLIONAIRE and never brings up a prenup? They never talk finances. They kind of never talk about anything. Like how Ronni had already gotten Amy a dog for Christmas and instead of asking Ronni if it was okay to get Amy a dog for Christmas (and she would have said “no, I already got her one,”) Travis just goes and gets one and thrusts another mouth to feed upon Ronni. He could even have offered to keep the 2nd dog, but he didn’t. Oh my god, and Ronni saying she thought she loved Travis more than she had her deceased high school sweetheart and father to her child, possibly because “so much time had passed”?! Fuck OFF Ronnie. That’s bullshit. You’ve known Travis LITERALLY less than a month and Hank has only been dead for four years!

Get some goddamn therapy. #justiceforhank