Review: Cute light Holiday read.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 14, 2013
Goodreads Description- When Macy Carter’s parents order her to bring her live-in boyfriend Sean home with her for Christmas she has no idea that her little white lie is just about to snowball into a fabrication of monstrous proportions. Sean isn’t her boyfriend, he’s her boss. Now she has to reveal the lie she’s been telling her family for the past two years or hastily concoct an elaborate ruse to fool them instead.When Macy tells Sean Mathis of her predicament he does what any gentleman would – he laughs and then agrees to help her out. Little does he know that one misplaced word in their little scheme will backfire and land them both in the hot-seat.Secluded in the mountains, surrounded by snow and good will, Sean and Macy can’t help looking like the perfect couple. So perfect that the family decides a Christmas wedding will make it a holiday none of them would ever forget!I must say that I only chose to read this book because a) I wanted a light holiday read and b) I needed to read a book with a book with a Christmas tree on the cover for a reading challenge.  It was also a freebie from Amazon and I usually go into the freebies with a little bit of caution because, at least in my experience, they typically aren't as well written as books that cost money.  It was also a novella, which is a hard genre to write because you have so little space to fully develop both the characters and theme.  BUT, even though it seemed to have so much going against it the author really seemed to prove herself as a good author.  I immediately felt a connection to Macy and Sean, the main characters of the book, and felt like the plotline, for the most part, could be something that would really happen.  I definitely didn't constantly spend time thinking "There is no way that this could happen." which added to the books readability.  I liked the story line.  It was sweet and had a little bit of spice which was just what I was looking for when I chose this book.  I also think the Graison did a great job moving the story along at a good pace and was able to write enough and kept it from lacking holes in the plot.  When I was done with the it, I felt like I had read an entire book even though it was a novella.  That is a tough job, given the allotment space, and like I said earlier the author did an excellent job delivering an entire, fully developed story in less than 200 pages.The only thing that I would complain about the plot would be how the story ended.  I don't want to say anything specifics and avoid spoilers, but it just didn't ring true.  If anything, I would rather see a different ending with another novella to make it a series.  After reading the story as it is, I still wish there was more information on what happened to the character after the ending.All in all, I liked the book and would recommend it to someone looking for a light holiday read.  It was cute and reminded me of a Hallmark Holiday movie.  I don't say this to cut the book down.  I say this because this was what I was looking for and I found it in Blame it on the Mistletoe.  4 stars.