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A review by elliegracereads
How the Grump Saved Christmas by Claire Kingsley
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
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
This book was like a Hallmark movie with some spice, since Hallmark movies don't ever reference and bedroom activities. Mild spice in the book though, nothing super detailed or explicit.
I was in the mood for a holiday romance with a good plot and this book delivered! I enjoyed that this story had the male character being the one who needed to leave the big city life to find himself in a small town.
Both characters had a lot to work through together to find healing and find what they really wanted.
My only real issue was towards the ending. I felt the relationships were very rushed, especially since one set of characters only knew each other less than a month, and the other set had just reconnected. That always is a big nope for me. Hopefully the author doesn't do that in the other books in this series because I would like to read more of them the next time I'm looking for a romance plot line.
Other than that, the only other thing I didn't like was the town name. Tilikilum is an awful name, and sounds like something lewd you would say. 😅
I was in the mood for a holiday romance with a good plot and this book delivered! I enjoyed that this story had the male character being the one who needed to leave the big city life to find himself in a small town.
Both characters had a lot to work through together to find healing and find what they really wanted.
My only real issue was towards the ending. I felt the relationships were very rushed, especially since one set of characters only knew each other less than a month, and the other set had just reconnected. That always is a big nope for me. Hopefully the author doesn't do that in the other books in this series because I would like to read more of them the next time I'm looking for a romance plot line.
Other than that, the only other thing I didn't like was the town name. Tilikilum is an awful name, and sounds like something lewd you would say. 😅
Content Warnings
Minor: Miscarriage