A review by illstoptheworldandreadwithyou
Make the Season Bright by Ashley Herring Blake

4.5

Five years after being left at the altar, Charlotte Donovan finds herself spending Christmas in a small Colorado town with her former fiancée staying down the hall. 

 

Brighton Fairbrook thought she was just going to spend Christmas with her friend Adele and Adele’s family; she never expected her beloved Lola (Charlotte) to be there, too. 

 

But Charlotte seems closed off now, and she doesn’t want anyone to know that she and Brighton know each other. She’s adamant that no one should know the two of them used to be together. 

 

And Brighton tries to support Charlotte’s wishes, but so many memories come flooding back. 

 

With such a storied past, how can the two of them stay away from each other? 

 

I am typically not a fan of second chance romance books—all that angst hurts my heart—but I am a fan of this one. 

 

At first, it’s easy to think of the hurt and betrayal as being one-sided here—Brighton did leave Charlotte after all—but they were both so young when they planned to get married. Both of them made mistakes. 

 

At a glance: 

• Dual POV
• Musicians
• Sapphic
• Second chance
• Both FMCs are stuck in different ways
• Forced proximity
• Holiday romance
• Childhood friends to lovers to exes to lovers
• Snowed in
• Christmas-themed dating events

Read it for the love, the friendships, and the character growth. It will put you in the Christmas spirt, pull at your heartstrings, and give you the warm fuzzies. 

 
I received an advance copy of the book from Berkley. All review opinions are my own.