Suzanne Marie Nelson

Emery, the main character, hates Christmas, but is unfortunate enough to have been born in a family that is Christmas obsessed. While she is pretending to be an elf in the mall for her parents, she ends up meeting Alex, a boy in her school who loves Christmas and helps out at his grandfather’s hot cocoa shop. She doesn’t really like him at first and is adamant that Christmas isn’t for her, but Alex is determined to change her mind about sweetness of hot cocoa and the holiday season. He helps her with her Secret Santa problems and, to Emery’s surprise, she actually starts to like him. As Emery gets to know more about the people she never thought she’d be friends with (Alex, Nessa), and gets to know more about her crush, Sawyer, she starts realizing that maybe things aren’t the way she thought they were. And maybe, just maybe… the person she really wants isn’t Sawyer after all.
This is a very cute story about a Christmas loving boy reintroducing a Christmas hating girl to the magic of Christmas, learning that you may have more things in common with the people you thought were completely different from you, and learning not to judge a book by its cover. Emery and Alex’s relationship is very cute and this is by far my favorite book in this series. So cute!… (mehr)

1 (Thankfully Discussed Rather Than Demonstrated) Mopey Teenager with First World Problems, including
Deliberate Grade Sabotage
Cold Shoulder to Perfectly Nice Stepparent
Refusal to Do The Things She Loves to Punish Parents, which results in:

1 Parental Guilt Manipulated Study Abroad Program
OAXACA Mexico
1 Community Project
1 Snotty Host Sister
Delicious Surprise!Fried Grasshoppers
Environment/Cultural Enrichment Trips
Cliff-Diving
BABY TURTLES!

1 Neglectful Best Friend, Too Busy With
1 Irritating Player "Boyfriend" (Sleazy Variety)
1 Down-To-Earth Adorable NOT!Dating NOT!Boyfriend
1 Nerdy Troubadour with Aspirations of Don Juan (Sweet not Sleazy Variety)
Salsa Dancing… (mehr)