The Christmas You Found Me by Sarah Morgenthaler (2024) Sienna is still getting over her bitter divorce when her friend humorously places a newspaper ad for a husband for her - to which Guy responds, needing financial stability for his daughter's kidney disease care. Impulsively, Sienna marries the stranger, intending to keep things "in name only," but soon finds the three becoming a real family. Honestly, I'm not sure why I chose this book - I wanted a holiday read, but marriage of convenience is not my favorite trope and sometimes the single dad trope can feel cloying to me. This story was SO heavy - Sienna's constant thoughts about her recent divorce were tough and Emma's kidney disease was so hard on her and thus on everyone around her (obviously, not her fault, she's 4, but just a lot for a Chistmas-y story). Sienna's decision to marry Guy after literally talking to him for a few minutes just seems baffling - sure, he seems nice, but you know nothing about him! He could be a terrible man! But of course, he's not, because this is a holiday romance. I admired his love and devotion to Emma, but his relationship with Sienna moved at warp speed. Don't believe the blurb, this is definitely not a slow burn. It has really high reviews on Goodreads, too, so maybe take my review with a grain of salt! 3 stars
Charlotte has had a crush on Hayden for a long time, even after he rejected her a couple years ago. Now the two are thrown together for her brother's Christmas wedding, and it seems like now she's not the only one with feelings. I have had really bad luck with my holiday reads this year, and I ended up DNFing this one around 50%. The characters felt so immature; their inner thoughts sounded like teenagers with a major crush. The tone and pace felt frantic, even manic - everything moved so quickly, from thoughts to feelings to events, that it was hard to keep track of what was going on sometimes. And lastly, this book could have used another good round of editing - from the above-mentioned issues to wrong words being used.
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I was afraid to read your review for Morgenthaler's book. Sorry you didn't enjoy it. I loved it! It was a fake marriage, so I was ok with it happening quick.
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