This is the fourth in a clean, YA, holiday romance series. In this one Savannah Mason is starting as a freshman at William and Mary's in Williamsburg, VA. She meets junior Jordan Merrick on her first day moving into her dorms. He is the sweetest guy. Thoughtful and kind, he helps Savannah with her studies when he learns she has dyslexia. Some of the plot involves him trying to convince her that love is real, not just a biological reaction as she believes. Her family life is not a shining example for her. Another part of the story has him researching and looking into a Revolutionary War romance based on letters found in an archeological dig.

The Williamsburg setting is perfect for looking into 1700's. And Savannah is great at being the struggling freshman getting use to roommates and working with her learning disability. (I wish she'd sought out help as there are accommodations that can be made.) The time frame covers the start of school ending on Christmas Eve. I particularly like the epilogue because it catches you up all all of the couples. This is my favorite book in the series. I appreciate NetGalley and Wise Wolf Books for making the entire series available in exchange for honest reviews.

All I Want for Christmas is the Girl Who Can't Love follows Savannah Mason, a girl who has forced herself not to believe in love due to a rumored curse preventing women in her family from being happy in love; although she herself doesn't think the curse is real, she's decided that she has no interest in romance after seeing it hurt her mother over and over again. Instead, she's focused on succeeding in her freshman year of college despite her dyslexia and then achieving her dream career traveling the world. Meanwhile, she becomes friends with Jordan Merrick, a junior at the school who likewise isn't currently looking for romance due to a bad breakup a few years prior, as they work together on an archaeological dig that Jordan is leading to attempt to figure out the ending to a love story from the Revolutionary War that he found letters from. As the two grow closer, Savannah is forced to reconsider all of her long-set convictions about love and romance.

I absolutely love Savannah. She's very set in her plan in life and refuses to let anything throw her off track. Some of the most interesting aspects of her character were her relationship with her mother and her relationship with her dyslexia. Savannah's relationship with her mother had long been strained by the effects of her mother's many failed romances on her mental health, which then affected the way that she treated her father, and the way that that connection evolve over the course of the book was very well done. Similarly, I really enjoyed reading about Savannah's attitude towards her dyslexia; she starts off the book seeing it as something shameful and that she wants to figure out on her own and hide from people, but gradually learns that getting support from others is important and allows her to succeed more than trying to handle everything on her own. Her attitude towards love was also fascinating to read about, and was definitely the main focus of the book. All of her character development was paced very well.

On the other hand, I didn't really care about Jordan much. He definitely had quite a bit of "nice guy" syndrome, and talks a lot about how girls won't like him because he's too kind and considerate, which just isn't a good look on him. Ignoring those aspects, he is at least appealing as a love interest for Savannah; I'm just not sure that the story needed to be told partially from his perspective. Since Savannah's character and story arc are so well-written, Jordan's chapters really can't help but fade in comparison.

I also thoroughly enjoyed the plotline about the pair trying to figure out what happened to the pair of lovers from the Revolutionary War; Jordan had found some letters written between them previously, which had prompted him to start working at this archaeological dig site, and the story is gradually unveiled over the course of the book, which I was almost as invested in as the main plot.

I will say that this definitely does not read as a Christmas story; the bulk of it takes place between September and November, so, even though the ending takes place at Christmas, you definitely shouldn't expect that aspect of it to be a huge aspect of the book.

I think the only thing that bothered me was how heteronormative the book was. While also present in the other books in this series, the general tone of it seemed to be that love exists purely between a man and a woman, which, as a bisexual reader, did not sit well with me. This book is also much more overtly Christian than other books in the series, likely because Jordan is the son of a pastor, so it infiltrates the way he talks most of the time. While it didn't bother me in the rest of the books, in this one it was prevalent enough that I'm removing a star from what would have been a five-star read.

I devoured this book in two short hours. Such a lovely story about a girl who doesn't believe in love, and a hopeless romantic boy who will do everything to prove her wrong. Although Savannah was frustrating at times by pushing Jordan away, the story wouldn't have come full circle without it. The love story within the love story dating back to the 1700's swelled my heart and had me hoping for a happy ending from the very first letter. A story about generational trauma, self doubt, overcoming life's hardest obstacles, but above all, a story about true love, not just the science version ;)

I ended up not finishing this book because I realized it was part of a series (the last one) and I did not want to spoil everything for myself. What I did read was very cute and well written. Bobulski does not seem like the type to force or rush her characters chemistry which I appreciate.

I really really enjoyed reading this book. Savannah is against falling in love. She doesn't even think it is real, especially due to her mother's bad track record and a so called curse her mother thinks has been put on the women in her family. Will the cute guy she meets on the first day of college be able to convince her that love is real and she isn't cursed as well? This book makes you believe in love. I really like the archeology aspect to the storyline as well. A great holiday read. Thank you to the author, publisher and NetGalley for providing an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Heartfelt YA romance with a holiday vibe. It's part of a series, but I think it's the best of the four and can easily be read as a standalone.

Savannah doesn't believe in love. Jordan doesn't believe anyone can love <i>him</i>. But when they meet on Savannah's first day of college, their attraction and common interests lead to a friendship with romantic undertones. Can true love conquer their fears?

I loved reading about Savannah and Jordan's developing relationship. Both characters in this dual-POV novel were interesting, although Savannah was more thoroughly explored. The relationship's evolution from friendship to love felt realistic and gave the romance added resonance. The historical dimension of the novel (both characters are history buffs, and they bond while researching a young couple's Revolutionary War letters) was interesting and helped deepen the story, too.

Although the title is a bit misleading (the story is only tangentially holiday-related), this is a charming, interesting romance novel.

This was my second fav in the series.

I loved Jordan. I love how much he loved history and had such a passion for it. I love how he likes being old fashioned rather than modern. He was so sweet to Savannah even when she was breaking his heart. He was so kind. I love how he was trying to be a better person. When I realized who he was, the Jordan from book one who tried to date Piper, I actually slapped my head because it finally clicked.
Savannah grew on me. I liked her but her stubbornness drove me a little crazy. Her logic on love was so sad. I felt bad for her.

The romance was sweet. The way Jordan recorded himself reading her schoolwork to help her learn since she’s dyslexic.😭 And the way he recorded the old love letters for her to listen to when she couldn’t sleep.😭😭 Okay, I melted a little.
I loved how they mostly called each other by their full names like
“Goodnight, Jordan Merrick.”
“Goodnight, Savannah Mason.”
That was really cute.
I love the ball and the special date Jordan so thoughtfully put together.

I love the historical love letters aspect to this story. It was totally unexpected and such a nice surprise. I got invested in that side to the plot. Bex and William story was so good!

The reason this book got 3 stars is the same reason I gave the others in the series a low rating— there was some content I wasn’t comfortable with.
There was some language, an intense kissing scene, and talk about mistakes made in past relationships and stuff that happens on campus.

The Christmasy vibes, especially towards the end, was really cozy and nice. Especially at the church. I like how the book is separated by months. September, October, November, and December. It was fun seeing their college life.

I liked this book (probably cause I basically loved Jordan)! It was well-written with the contemporary love story as well as the old,historical love letters woven in. I wasn’t okay with some of the content so I couldn’t completely love it but it was a fun book.

*I received an ARC of this book in exchange for a review. All opinions are my own.

LOVED loved loved this book.

The writing had me captivated from the start to finish, and I found myself reading it almost straight through one sitting. I look forward to reading more by this author.

This book was fantastic! I loved Savannah, I’ve never read about a character like her! She set up a great routine to make it through high school and get into Mary & William College where she starts off struggling to keep up her amazing routine to continue getting great grades. However, Jordon who she keeps running into starts to help her and their relationship grows from there as Jordon teaches Savannah that love is in fact real, despite the fact she does not believe.
I have not read the other books in this series but this book definitely makes me want to read them!!

Given by Netgalley for an honest review: Out of the four books in this series I would have to say this one was my favorite. Definitely more on the unique side. Also wasn’t a huge fan of how they portrayed Savannah’s roommates, but overall a really good read.

This book was a quick, fun read. I wish it had more to do with Christmas because of the title. I enjoyed the college setting and liked the main characters. However, Jordan seemed too young to try that hard to get Savannah to believe in love and his trying was way too repetitive. Maybe it's because I have a college student and can't see him remotely behaving like Jordan!

I absolutely adored this book and I'm so glad NetGalley allowed me to have the whole series. All I Want for Christmas Book 4

All I Want for Christmas is the Girl Who Can't Love is a story surrounding a college freshman, Savannah, and Jordan. Jordan meets Savannah and he is pretty much head or heels for her. He keeps it quiet at first because she believes her family is cursed and most importantly....she doesn't believe in love!

This was the first book I read by this author and I really enjoyed it! I loved all the ways that Jordan tried to win her heart and the lengths he went to showing her she is not cursed and can indeed....love. I feel like we got a bonus love story with the Hamilton letters Savannah and Jordan are on the search for. Very sweet love story!

This is a perfect book for the holiday season and esp for lovers of history and romance!

I really enjoyed this series. It’s super cute and perfect holiday reads. They are quick and easy to get though and enjoyable.

This was much better than the third book in this series (still need to go back and read the first two though). I enjoyed the characters and while not being overly Christmas related, I at least got more of a wintery holiday vibe out of this story.

Thank you so much to NetGalley and Wise Wolf Books for my copy of All I Want For Christmas is the Girl Who Can’t Love by Chelsea Bobulski in exchange for an honest review. It publishes December 22, 2021.
Once again, Chelsea Bobulski did a fabulous job writing the perfect YA Christmas book! I love how it was also an autumn book with Halloween and thanksgiving, so you get all the holiday feels. I highly recommend this series to anyone who likes YA without the junk of sex, drugs and partying.
There is so sweet character development and I love how everything just wraps up in the whole series. Definitely worth the read!

WOW!!!
This book was fantastic and I couldn't put it down.
I loved seeing the sidestory about the Revolutionary War couple. I really hope there will be a spinoff novel just about them, how they met and all the small details this book did not get into.
This was by far my favorite book of the series and I cannot wait to see what Chelsea publishes next.

Content: some language, references to mistakes made in past relationships, one intense kissing scene

*I received a copy of this book from the publisher. All thoughts are my own and a positive review was not required.

Well, well, well, if this isn't an absolutely adorable book!
I love nice guys and Jordan was such a nice guy. Savannah was frustrating at times but the author did such a great job explaining her motivation when we were in her head that it made it okay. Mostly. I still had moments haha
I loved the letters and the parallel they played. I loved his experiment to prove love is real. I liked that they were in college and actually in college. Sometimes I read books and no one goes to class. Uhm, yeah right.
(PS there is language and some pretty intense kisses)
Anyways, it's great, comes highly recommended! 5 plus cups of cocoa!

The perfect book for the holiday season. Or any season honestly.
Met and exceeded the expectation I had.
The girl who can't love and the guy who is more than willing. The perfect combination for a heart-felt quick read.
I love this combination, I'm used to the locked-up boy and the girl that melts his heart but this is so much better.
You know a book is good when a character's actions have you on the edge of your seat on the verge of throwing the book across the room. This book had that and it made my heart warm in all the right places, and it also made me mad for all the right reasons. I was feeling everything these characters were feeling, frustration, hurt, fun, happiness, love. Frustration again. Fear.
Fear.
I could FEEL Savannah's fear through the pages. If there's one thing that I absolutely loved and appreciated in this book is the character's development and reasoning behind their actions.
Gut-wrenching, honestly. But beautiful.
And can we please talk about the historic passion this guy has? Because I was genuinely invested in the letters.
A love story within a love story.
Perfection.
And the fact that he was more than willing to help her read the textbook.
This is why I like fictional men better than actual men.

* releases December 22 *

Reader’s Notes:

– this book is best read after reading all the others (but especially book one!) as we see all the characters again at the end -a year later- and some characters are brought back in this book that we see in book one

– this is told by both Savannah and Jordan (Savannah is now a freshman in college and Jordan is a junior in college)

– the story spans from the start of college (late August/early September) to Christmas Eve

– there are about 10 curse words

– there is a scene where Jordan’s shirt is taken off by Savannah and she almost takes her own off as well (during kissing)

Review:

I did almost take a star off for the shirts coming off (I’m not a fan of it), but in the end decided against it with how short the description of it was.

I liked Jordan’s personality and how we saw that he used to be a different person and worked his way to being better. Chelsea showed this by having things make him think about how the old Jordan would have reacted in certain situations that he encountered and how he chose to do something else to prove that he was different (to himself). I also really liked how Savannah referred to her childhood dreams/wants as her younger self having a fit when she wanted to believe for a second that something was real despite it feeling like a dream. Sometimes we have those dreams that we push back because we allow what the world (or our circumstances) says to affect us and what we’ve dreamed of doing. And at times those dreams can come back like a little person whispering or beating on your heart making it ache over the past hurt of letting it go/wanting to believe again. Overall, this whole book was just plain awesome in how it portrayed a person and their conflicting emotions/thoughts. ❤️

The story…

Savannah refuses to believe that she will fall in love. She knows that love can be explained by science, and that it can be controlled. Which means she doesn’t have to fall in love, nor be a possibility of a ‘victim’ of the ‘curse’ that the women in her family believes plagues them. The curse she never believed in, no, she doesn’t want to fall in love because she saw how love affected her mother when a relationship went bad.

Jordan isn’t looking for a relationship. He was badly hurt by a girl prior to graduating high school and had recently stopped his bad habits that he had used to try and numb the pain she caused him with her actions and words. These habits almost cost him his dreams of studying history in a great college and starting a career of studying history, and he doesn’t want to jeopardize it again with a relationship that could end up hurting him like the last one.

With one chance meeting after another, Savannah and Jordan choose to become friends. Together they get hooked on a history created in love letters from two people during the Revolutionary War. It excites them and makes them wonder what happened past the letters? As time goes on, the two of them start to realize that maybe they like each other a little bit more than friends (which Savannah really struggles with). Jordan takes the opportunity that the letters provide him to try and prove to Savannah that love is more real than the science that she believes.

Will he succeed in convincing her? Will she be willing to let herself believe? What happened to the authors of the letters? Find out by reading!