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A review by ruthie
A Family for Christmas by Jay Northcote
4.0
first of all, look at the cover for this book. now look at the cover for [b:Leo Loves Aries|32053864|Leo Loves Aries (Signs of Love, #1)|Anyta Sunday|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1473941215l/32053864._SY75_.jpg|52694520]. tell me that's not the exact same guy in an almost perfectly mirrored pose. is that even allowed???
moving on. what a charming and heartwarming little book this was. Rudy and Zac are coworkers who have too much to drink one night, share a drunken kiss and make plans to spend Christmas together with Rudy's family. of course, for flimsy-at-best reasons, the two end up posing as boyfriends for the holidays. it's fake for all of about three hours before some Big Gay Feelings set in, and the boys get more than they bargained for.
depth wise, this was surface level at best. most of the book consists of describing holiday fun - dinner and games, breakfast and presents, lunch and games - and some smut here and there. no one really has any significant personality traits other than Rudy and Zac, and I suppose Jamie, whose entire personality is Moody Tween. and being only 170 pages, there's not much time to develop any substantial conflicts, side plots, or anything other than: boys go home for christmas, boys celebrate christmas, boys fall in love in five minutes, the end.
that's not to say I'm complaining! a sweet, wholesome, innocent Christmas love story is exactly what I was looking for. it was extremely cookie cutter - I don't think anyone had a single flaw unless you count the one (1) time Zac snapped at Rudy - but these types of stories generally are, and it made me smile the whole way through, so I'm not going to begrudge that. It's been a nice contrast to the heaviness of "know my name," which has been taking me weeks to get through, to read all these Christmas romances that are pure fluff. so if you're also looking for some soft Christmas romance, I definitely recommend starting here.
moving on. what a charming and heartwarming little book this was. Rudy and Zac are coworkers who have too much to drink one night, share a drunken kiss and make plans to spend Christmas together with Rudy's family. of course, for flimsy-at-best reasons, the two end up posing as boyfriends for the holidays. it's fake for all of about three hours before some Big Gay Feelings set in, and the boys get more than they bargained for.
depth wise, this was surface level at best. most of the book consists of describing holiday fun - dinner and games, breakfast and presents, lunch and games - and some smut here and there. no one really has any significant personality traits other than Rudy and Zac, and I suppose Jamie, whose entire personality is Moody Tween. and being only 170 pages, there's not much time to develop any substantial conflicts, side plots, or anything other than: boys go home for christmas, boys celebrate christmas, boys fall in love in five minutes, the end.
that's not to say I'm complaining! a sweet, wholesome, innocent Christmas love story is exactly what I was looking for. it was extremely cookie cutter - I don't think anyone had a single flaw unless you count the one (1) time Zac snapped at Rudy - but these types of stories generally are, and it made me smile the whole way through, so I'm not going to begrudge that. It's been a nice contrast to the heaviness of "know my name," which has been taking me weeks to get through, to read all these Christmas romances that are pure fluff. so if you're also looking for some soft Christmas romance, I definitely recommend starting here.