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A random xmas book I picked up to have something xmassy to read.
Max and Betty kept way too long butting heads, srsly, you are adults! Just talk to each other! Betty felt unnecessary stubborn and kept jumping to the wrong conclusions.
Sure Max comes up with a plan to make her fall in love with her and dump him. Her uncle has been mad at Max for ages, because no one talks to each other. Anyway Max falls for her and we can all guess the drama when the original plan comes out.
But yes it was good, but these people need to just talk, you get so far if you talk! Maybe that it why the book felt like it could have been shorter. 100 pages shorter and it would have been fine.
Enemies to lovers.
Atlas "Max" Maxheimer did not sign up for this. One minute, he's anxiously trying to keep his family's Christmas tree farm from imploding. The next? He's passed out in the snow after getting clocked by a suspiciously strong bottle of soda.
Enter Betty: new in town, full of holiday cheer, and helping her uncle open a rival tree farm next door. Max is convinced she's out to destroy everything Evergreen Farm stands for. Betty thinks Max might be one sleigh short of a winter parade.
Cue the holiday chaos.
Between blizzards, blown reputations, wildly misguided romantic plots, and one stolen ornament with a seriously tragic backstory, this small-town war turns into something far messier―and much more delicious―than either of them expected.
I don't enjoy books where one conversation would solve 90% of their problems; so I'd probably find this one frustrating. Especially if the FMC is unnecessarily stubborn.
ReplyDeleteTalk!!!! I know they do it for the drama and such, but like just say wait, let me explain....
DeleteThat sounds good.
ReplyDeleteWishing you and your family a happy, healthy and peaceful Christmas and all the very best for 2026.
Thank you! Wishing you all the same
DeleteI've had my eye on this one because we had some really pretty sprayed edge editions come in! I'm not a fan of books where communication is the main obstacle, though, so I'll probably not be picking this one up. Thanks for the heads-up in that regard!
ReplyDeleteI might be in the minority, and it is still good. Just, like talk people
DeleteBetter communication between the MCs would always be appreciated.
ReplyDeleteI get it, it makes the story longer and they struggle, but still
DeleteI've seen this book over and over on Instagram. Non-communication is tiring. I think this is a pass for me.
ReplyDeleteAnd she was just so dunno, weird about it too
DeleteI didn't get in very many Christmas books. I may try to read a couple more.
ReplyDeleteSame here, at least I got this one
DeleteI was curious about this one
ReplyDeleteYou might still like it, cos it was good, just, kind of want to hit her over the head
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