Christmas Sweater Weather by Jacqueline Snowe
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Description
Charlotte Calhoun is headed to a ski resort for her brother’s bachelor party, and a weekend stuck with her brother’s best friend, who just so happens to be the extremely attractive Hayden Porter. It wouldn’t be so bad, if Hayden hadn’t rejected her years ago and made it clear that he only sees her as a kid sister. Now it’s just awkward, and those feelings haven’t gone away. But what happens when a wedding and the magic of Christmas (and a rogue snowbank) throw the two together?
Likes
Christmassy: The book definitely felt Christmassy and fun, especially the second half. I loved the scene where everyone gets together for an annual Christmas meal (can’t really go into much more detail than that without risking spoilers!) because it reminded me of some get-togethers from when I was young. I was regretting having to read a Christmas book in the fall, but I’m glad I did because I definitely am feeling more into the season than I was before!
Eh
Character Development: The characters fell a bit flat for me in this book. There was a lot of exposition that told me what a character was like, but not a lot of character action to show it. If that makes sense.
Pacing: This was an issue throughout the book. Sometimes, there were parts skipped over that should’ve been, other times they weren’t. Some dialogue went on for too long, and I would’ve loved to have gotten more into what all happened after the ski resort scenes. Instead, I felt like the last half of the book was rushed while the first half could’ve picked up the pace a bit.
Dialogue: Some of the dialogue didn’t feel organic, but instead felt forced or unrealistic. I don’t know how else to describe it, but it was a bit choppy in places.
Spicy scenes: I know, I know. I’m going to be in the minority here. The spicy scenes didn’t really fit the rest of the book well. Maybe I just have a disconnect between fun Christmas romances and this level of spice, but yeah… it just didn’t flow well for me, personally!
(Disclaimer: I’m also just not a fan of spicy scenes in general–they always feel so awkward to me!)
Recommendation & Rating
Do I recommend? Christmas Sweater Weather was like a Hallmark movie, but with some language and some pretty graphic spice. So, if you’re into those, then maybe. If you like spice and slightly corny and humorous Christmas romance novels, go for this one. If you don’t like spice, you can skip those sections–they’re not long. If you’re iffy about the romance genre in general, I probably wouldn’t recommend this one.
Book source: I requested and received this book from NetGalley and Forever (Grand Central Publishing). Thank you to both for access to the eARC in exchange for my honest review.
