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Christmas Is All Around
Christmas Is All Around: A Novel | Martha Waters
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A former child star learns that holiday magic can come from a change in perspective in this charming and hilarious holiday rom-com. Charlotte hates the holidays. As a former child actress, she starred in a modern classic of a holiday movie, and its fans wont let her move on. When a piece revealing that her reluctance nixed plans for a reboot, she flees to London to spend the five-week countdown to the holidays with her sister. But the ghosts of Christmas past follow her there when she ends up at Eden Priory, a filming location for the movie she has never visited. There, after being recognized by a fan while viewing the extraordinary holiday decorations, shes accidently left behind, forcing her to accept a ride back to London by Graham, the son of the owners. Their family businessand the funds to keep their historic house runningrelies on holiday cheer, and Graham knows a visit from a holiday star would bring in more visitors. Now an illustrator, Charlotte accepts a commission illustrating iconic holiday movie scenes in London and its environs. Graham offers to help escort her, as long as shell commit to an art workshop at Eden Priory. But as Charlottes chaotic family holiday goes awry, she begins spending more time scouting locations with Graham. Charlotte may not love Christmas, but is it so bad if youre also falling in love?
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I give this HEA props for being a story with a Christmas cover and setting maintaining a holiday spirit for its entirety. Not all holiday touted romance succeed to that end. The meet-cute was funny while the subsequent drama (monetary need to upkeep an old English estate) could have been sharper. But overall, the story of a one-and-done child actress of a holiday classic now all grown-up and hating all things seasonal was a fun read.

AnnCrystal “maintaining a holiday spirit for its entirety“ like that 📚🎄💝. New to the Holiday Christmas reads, yet discovering that I have to expect running across stories where Christmas is in the background 🧐🤔😂. 2w
marleed @AnnCrystal 🤣🤣when the cover and title are screaming Christmas, I really do prefer when the plot is holiday-driven rather than a story that just happens to take place in December. 2w
AnnCrystal @marleed exactly ☺️👍💝. 2w
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I DNF‘d this at 56%, but somehow kept thinking about it and decided to pick it up again. So glad I did, because I ended up liking it.

If you enjoy holiday romances, add this to your TBR.

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#arc Pub Date: 10/22/24

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Had a difficult day today and all the books I‘m reading are just not what the mood calls for, so I‘m starting this #arc

Christmas romances are a big hit or miss for me, but this sounds good.