A review by thebashfulbookworm
Santa Cruise by Fern Michaels

3.0

Three and a Half Stars ⭐⭐⭐⭒

Santa Cruise by Fern Michaels is a fun, holiday book about a group of friends who all go on a singles cruise over the holidays.

Lifelong friends Amy, Frankie, Nina, and Rachael reconnect during a 15-year high school reunion. Their lives have not turned out the way they wanted, so they make a pact, that if they are all still single by the holidays, they’ll go together on a cruise. Well, they all decided to go on the cruise together and enjoy the holidays.

This was a fun book, and the women were all entertaining. Although I enjoyed this book, I wish it was more emotionally satisfying. The women all enjoyed themselves on the cruise, but I didn’t feel like it changed any of them very much, nor did they learn much about themselves. I wanted more character development and an emotional journey for these women. Instead, the author focused more on the cruise ship stops, and activities as well as what the women were wearing to the different activities. There were some love matches, but they seemed to be in the background and not explored as much as I would have liked.

Santa Cruise is a fun light read, but, that’s about all. I received a complimentary copy of this book. The opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.