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A Holiday Romance Anthology

Stepping into Hacienda Luz, an elegant Napa hotel, and being able to attend not only the 100th birthday of amazing Lola Naty but the stories of six couples finding love during the holidays was a treat indeed. The Filipino culture was a character on its own and fun for me to learn a bit more about. This is a book that can be savored a story at a time making it last for a while or, if you find yourself with a day free and wish to step into the Hacienda Luz for the entire event, it can be devoured in a shorter time.

Drawn to this book by my love of Mia Hopkins writing, I read her story first and ILLICIT was just as complex and edgy as I was expecting. It told of the closeness felt by two teens as they met the first time and how what seemed so right went so very wrong. As they meet again for the first time in fourteen years, they are given an opportunity and a second chance that might make that earlier potential come to fruition…loved reading Eden and Nick’s story.

Second up was written by Maan Gabriel, MY ONLY LOVE. It is the story of two chefs with an issue from the past to overcome, if they can, and a huge event to cater. Ruby and Mason were classmates in culinary school, talented chefs in the making, doing well professionally…and yet…there is that thing in the past that really must be discussed before both can move on.

And, as this review should go up NOW and not wait till I finish the rest of the book, I have to say this is a book that has opened my eyes in more ways than one and that more than one author in this anthology will be on my read-again list in the future.

Thank you to Mia Hopkins for the ARC – this is my honest review.

5 Stars
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CathyGeha | Dec 7, 2022 |
How to Survive a Modern-Day Fairy Tale by Ella Cruz

Claire Ventura works in a book store but dreams of opening her own cookie decorating business. When her grandmother is diagnosed with Alzheimers and put into a living facility her already busy life becomes stressful. The pressure from her family to get a steady job, find love, and to also keep her grandmother Lola comfortable starts to add up.

While trying to stay on top of everything she runs into (literally runs right into him) Nate Noruta! When the sparks fly Nate falls for Claire! But with Nate being a CEO of a tech company and a billionaire while Claire is just trying to survive the day to day will they be able to find love or will their backgrounds be too different?

Overall I did enjoy the story! It was well written and I did enjoy the main characters, but there were some areas that I thought were explained more than they needed to be, I would have liked to understand Nate's connection with Claire a little more. I didn't understand why he fell in love with her so fast. But that is not to say the author didn't do a good job with the book. It is well written and the characters' development into their background was well done! If the author has decided to have another book added to the series then I'm sure the other parts will be adventured into more then. Happy reading everyone!

Thank you Entangled Publishing for sharing this ebook with me in exchange for an honest review!

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jacashjoh | 5 weitere Rezensionen | Apr 19, 2022 |
I picked up this book to read because I liked the cover design... definitely a case of don't judge a book by its cover!

I was going to try to find a way to tone down this review, but after reading several other reviews I have to agree, this book is just not good.

The dialogue is horribly stilted and juvenile. The characters are underdeveloped and shallow tropes. The main character essentially abandons everything about her life the day after meeting the billionaire to follow him around.

I'm not really sure why I finished this book. The ending was possibly the worst part.
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littlemuls | 5 weitere Rezensionen | Mar 31, 2022 |
Thank you Netgalley, Ms. Cruz and publisher for the free ARC copy.

I am Filipino and wanted to like this book so much but I read it in just a few hours because I wanted the experience to end. I have no problems with the writing but I have problems with the plot and the characters. The whole story was cliched and definitely been there and done that. The story has nothing new to offer. There are also unexplored plots that just quickly rounded up at the end. It seems like this was done in a hurry just like Clara's cookie orders. The characters are 2-dimesional at best, I'm not saying that this is the worst but the story can be definitely improved on.… (mehr)
 
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krizia_lazaro | 5 weitere Rezensionen | Dec 19, 2021 |

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