Thank you netgalley and hqstories for the opportunity to review this ARC!



If you're looking for a super cute holiday book look no further!


The book felt like a mix of ground hogs day and the christmas carol.


One of my favorite aspects of the book was the characters.

Zoey, the main character was so well written and I was completely invested in her. She reminded me of Becky from the Christmas Shopaholic. On the other hand you're clearly not meant to like her boyfriend and you don't. I feel like characters that make you feel are a mark of good writing.


It was also one of those books where you wanted to yell at the main character and save them the trouble because you can see what they can't.


While it is light and cute for most of the book, it also gets emotional towards the end when Zoey sees someone very close to her for who he really is, but also learns just how strong she is!


This was another great and surprising part of the story line. While I was initially expecting a cute holiday romcom, it ended up also being a story about a woman realizing her strength.


I loved this book and devoured it in 2 Days!

I would highly recommend you add this to your holiday TBR!

Zoey is one of those quirky characters who sees the best in everyone, and ends up with others taking advantage of her. In the spirit of Christmas, she’s involved in an accident but given a second chance at life. The only proviso being that she must bring six new couples together.
We follow Zoey through her second-chance December as she does her best to set up these new relationships. From the outset it’s evident that the biggest leap will be her accepting the truth about her man-child boyfriend and taking a risk on the lovely Milo from work.
From start to finish, I wanted to shake her for being so dense. I was annoyed at her so-called friends who all seem to know what’s going on but say nothing. I was annoyed by her reluctance to see the reality of her relationship. I was annoyed by her stubbornness in not taking that leap earlier. To spend so much of a Christmas book annoyed is not a recipe for success.
Thanks to NetGalley for giving me the chance to read this before publication, and now it’s time to get back to reading something a little less irritating.

The Christmas Cupid by Jennifer Joyce
⭐️⭐️⭐️

Start date: October 2, 2022
Finish date: October 8, 2022
Pub date: October 14, 2022

▫️Christmas treats 🧁
▫️Time travel do-over ⏰
▫️Matchmaking 💘

Thank you Netgalley and HQ Stories for a digital copy of this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I loved the premise of this one! On Christmas Eve, Zoey travels back in time for a chance to do-over the month of December, but this time, she has to match-make six couples. How. Cute.

This gets 3 stars from me just because it took too long for anything to happen, and for Zoey to figure out her own love life. Most of the plot line happens in the last 20%, which I adored, but I needed more to happen in the first 80%. If this had been a little faster-paced, it wouldn’t been a 5 star read for me!

That being said, I loved the character growth, supporting characters, and Christmas vibes!

Zoey Beake is having a bad December. She might be an elf in the local toy shop’s Christmas department, but it’s hard to stay festive when you’ve just been dumped, you’ve had an extremely unfortunate haircut, and your boss volunteers you to walk on stilts in the toy shop’s Christmas parade.

But then something incredible happens.

Zoey is sent back to the start of December, with the chance to live the whole month again. The catch? She has to match six true-love couples by Christmas Eve. Now it’s not just her own love life she needs to fix… Grab the mistletoe, the Christmas Cupid is ready to matchmake!

If you love cheesy Christmas love then this is the book for you! It leaves you with a warm glow 🎄

The Christmas Cupid by Jennifer Joyce is a delightful Christmas story with a dash of Christmas magic that is just perfect for the holidays.

Story Recap:
Zoey Beake is having a tough December, but the worst thing is her longtime boyfriend dumped her, and now she’s dressed as an elf on stilts at the Christmas Eve parade. But, her day gets worse when she is knocked off her stilts in front of a double-decker bus.

Instead of instantly dying, she sees her grandmother's spirit, who tells her that she has a second chance. She can start back living again on December 1st, but she must complete a task in order to stay alive after Christmas. She must make six love matches. Zoey believes this second chance will also give her another chance with her boyfriend.

My Thoughts:
The Christmas Cupid is such a cute book. I enjoyed the little touch of magic, that gives this book that magical Christmas touch. The characters were believable and realistic, especially Zoey. I also liked that she has a job in retail and just loves working in a toy store, and a toy store at Christmastime is a perfect background to this story.

I thought the book was a bit chaotic at times, but that also felt realistic as Zoey leads a bit of a chaotic life. I enjoyed the side characters very much too. Zoey has a good support group around her, and I loved the way they all supported her.

The Christmas Cupid is a light-hearted, and magical Christmas book that brings Christmas joy to the reader.

Recommendation:

I recommend The Christmas Cupid to anyone who enjoys Christmas romance. I received a complimentary copy of this book. The opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

I spent most of the book being frustrated by the main character and her lack of awareness to every single person she interacted with.
She says Eloise is her best friend but Eloise was barely in the story more than any other characters there was really nothing that said "this is zoey's best friend". No one had a personality and I can't believe it took an entire book for her to finally lose it at Scott.

The formatting on this didn't help the reading and enjoying experience either. Everything just ran together with in a giant paragraph, which made it even more confusing to tell characters apart.

Cute book but not just my style. I wish I enjoyed it more. The style of writing is great but I didn't connect.

Once again Jennifer Joyce has written an amusing Christmas book, that so long as you suspend your belief in reality at one rather key point, it completely and utterly believable.

Zoey is given a second chance at December, and has been told she has to create 6 new couples in order to survive the accident that that kills her first time around. But that is easier said than done, especially as she is determined to save her relationship with Scott, which very early on was frustrating me.

I just wanted her to see the obvious, but she seems rather oblivious, and instead is trying to match make all sorts of people, and as a result there are a lot of festive group activities. Oh and she works in the Santa's grotto department of a toy store, so there is Christmas all around in this book.

And I loved it, so festive, and fun, and has a wonderful cast of characters to get to know. I really enjoyed getting to know Zoey's colleagues, as well as all the festive activities they get up to, from the quizzes, to the karaoke. And the Christmas market was lovely too.

And then there is the Bake Shop which does the most delicious sounding cupcakes, and plays are rather key part to the story, not that I'm saying what that is! But the sweet treats certainly had my stomach rumbling.

A really enjoyable and entertaining Christmas story that I thoroughly enjoyed. Just hope I don't have to wait as long as I did for this book, for the authors next book.

I love this take on A Christmas Carol. It is such a unique story!

Zoey isn't looking forward to Christmas this year as her boyfriend of three years has just dumped her, days before Christmas. She is going through the motions at work, trying to be jolly, until she and the Santa Express collide...

She is given a second chance to live. Her task: bring together six couples in love matches. She has 23 days to accomplish this.

Matchmaking proves to be more difficult than she thought and she is running out of time. She might need a Christmas miracle...

I really enjoyed this cozy christmas romance book although I felt the ending was a bit short and would have been nice to see how the romances progressed into the new year.

Thank you to Netgalley for this ARC

This was a fun cosy Christmas read and a bit different in its makeup. I recommend this one and givve it 5 stars.

Thanks to Netgalley and publisher for this ARC

This story follows Zoey, who gets a second chance at life- with a catch. She is tasked with the job of matchmaking 6 couples by Christmas Eve in order to save herself. I loved the cozy Christmas vibes of this book! I think the author did a great job conveying the feeling and tradition of the holidays- reading it, I felt like it was December! The main character Zoey was very likeable- but her boyfriend had absolutely no redeeming qualities and it was frustrating that she was so blind to it. Overall, this book was very sweet, but I found the plot to be extremely predictable. I really wish there was a little more depth to the plot, and more to figure out! Thank you to Netgalley, HQStories, and Jennifer Joyce for the ARC.

Zoey is a young 25 year old woman who tragically gets dumped, 3 days before Christmas by her boyfriend Scott. Zoey blames herself for the breakup and thinks there's more she could have done to save her relationship.

Zoey's doom and gloom is only worsened when during a Christmas parade for C&L toys, an unfortunate accident happens and Zoey tragically collides with a Santa Express bus, resulting in Zoey visiting the afterlife where she meets her grandmother.

Zoey's grandmother offers her another chance of life but there's a catch, she must match 6 couples and help them find true love and become the Christmas Cupid before the 25th December. Will she choose to save her relationship to Scott or as her grandmother said are some things best left alone?

Review:

Thank you to Netgalley and HQ stories for this ARC.

At times I felt this book wrapped you up in a big Christmas hug, I loved the festivities and warm feeling, like drinking a hot chocolate (sticky toffee of course!) on a cold winters day. However I sometimes found the book to lack excitement and became a little bored of the predictably of the characters. Overall I would rate this book a 3.5

Thank you Netgalley for a arc of this book! This book is very cute for the holiday season. Though I wish the plot was better, It wasnt terrible and still fun to read!

Ah I really enjoyed reading this book! In fact I rushed through it as I wanted to know how it ended so I will reread it again soon! After a bit of a shock at the beginning, it righted itself quickly and I loved the story. It was well written, funny in parts and kept a good pace. Some characters were truly horrible and others absolutely lovely! I wish the predictable ending had happened a bit sooner so we could read more about the main character being deservedly happy! Excellent read, highly recommend, thanks to Netgalley for an advanced copy x

This one does all the things cozy Christmas romances are for - a quick and sweet romance filled with hope and joy. We’re taken along Zoey’s second chance at life to match 6 true love stories. Although the ending was predictable about half way through, it gives all the cozy warm feelings to make you continue anyway, even if you’re positive you know how it’ll end. There are characters that you’re made to hate and trust me, you will hate them. The characters you’re made to love are precious and will make you wish you knew them.

Great book. Was a bit of a shock at the start with the twist but I soon got back into it.

I think I could see the ending coming but I didn't mind. I still enjoyed the book.

I received this ARC in exchange for my honest review.

I liked the premise of this book! Its a fun one to read during the holidays for sure.

Such a cute, Christmas book! A warm, cozy story that will have you curling up and reading the entire book in one setting! I really enjoyed this book!

I really loved this book! So cute and perfect for the Christmas season. It definitely had me wishing for the holiday season to start soon. The main character Zoey was adorable and relatable and I couldn’t wait to finish the book to see how it would end for her. I loved the idea of getting a do over and being able to see the things in your life with a new perspective. Couldn’t put this one down and will be recommending it when it publishes! I want to thank NetGalley and HQ for the digital arc of this book in exchange for an honest review.