Rating: 4.25/5
Steam: 2.5/3
Read if you like: Lovelight Farms
Tropes: friends to lovers, dual timeline, slow burn

Thank you to NetGalley and Bookouture for this advanced copy in exchange for my honest opinion. Holiday Romance is out now!

All of the vibes, I loved this friends to lovers holiday romance! This was the perfect cozy Christmas novel to put you in the mood for the holiday season. It was definitely a hallmark movie in a book.

Things I loved: Molly and Zoe, love the twins relationship. the dual timeline. yearly traditions. both families. the simplicity of the romance, it wasn't unnecessarily complicated. the story was just so. much. fun. I loved all the antics it took these two to get home for the holidays. festive sweaters. sibling antics.

Highly suggest this holiday season!

What’s better than the friends to lovers trope? Friends to lovers AT CHRISTMAS! Molly and Andrew are Irish émigrés whose friendship is one bound largely to the flight they take home every Christmas from Chicago. In a story told flight by flight and in the present, we see their feelings develop before they become aware of them. The characters are warm and familiar while the execution of the romance is true to genre without being cliché. I loved it!

What a super cute Christmas story!!

Molly and Andrew both live in Chicago, are from Ireland, and trying to get home for the holidays but a huge snowstorm has left them stranded in the Windy City.

By chance, they have been friends for 10 years and make it a tradition to fly home to Ireland together so they have someone to make the 7 hour flight more enjoyable. When a snowstorm grounds them in Chicago, Molly does everything in her power to get Andrew back home to Ireland by taking a round about way there, and finding out that they both have feelings for each other.

I thought this story was cute and super original and not filled with spicy sex scenes as some rom com books tend to be.

I devoured this book. Love me a holiday friends to lovers romcom. It was super funny, I couldn't put it down!

Thank you Catherine Walsh, NetGalley and Bookouture for sending me an eARC in exchange for my honest review.

When you put friends to lovers and Christmas together, what do you get? FIVE STARS OBVIOUSLY!!!

Devoured. Laughed. Smiled the whole time. Wished I could have Andrew to myself. Blah blah blah. Give me more.

4.5 stars!

It’s been ten years of travel tradition for Molly and Andrew; ten years of taking the same flight from Chicago to Ireland as they trek home for the holidays. While their sky-high meetings began as an awkward accident, their plane rides formed a beautiful friendship. As they meet at Chicago O’Hare to celebrate the tenth anniversary of their unique companionship, their travel plans come to a screeching halt: a massive snowstorm has cancelled all flights headed to Ireland. Andrew, a die hard Christmas lover, is broken-hearted about not making it to his family for Christmas. And while she is a Scrooge herself, Molly is determined to get them over the pond to save the holidays. The journey home veers quickly after an accidental step under an airport mistletoe, it suddenly seems that there may have been more feelings behind these flights than either realized.

This book reads like your favorite cozy holiday movie. Like a Christmas version of “People We Meet on Vacation,” it has sweet friendships, hidden lust, and adorable flashbacks. Unique and not eye-rollingly cheesy, this may have become one of my favorite holiday reads from the last several years.

HOLIDAY ROMANCE By Catherine Walsh

For over 10 years Molly and Andrew catch the same flight back home for Christmas. They have been friends and nothing more.

😊What I liked -

✔ Christmas Romance/Friends to Lovers/Opposites Attract.
✔ I loved how the story keeps going from the past flight stories to the present.
✔ Oh my god I laughed so hard through the book, some of the instances while they are trying to get back home were hilarious.( i was laughing like a hyena, thank god i was not in public).
✔ Their chemistry, their banter was so cute.
✔ I loved all the characters, especially the main characters sisters.
✔ This book has tons of laughs, banter,adventurous journey abck home, family bonds, love and slow burniness.

🤔What could have been better -

✔ Nope it was just perfect.


📚Who Should read :

👶Beginners
💝Romance Lovers
🎄Christmas Romance
💕Friends to Lovers


📈My Rating : 5/5


Thank you Catherine Walsh, NetGalley and Bookouture for a copy.

Drop what you’re doing and read this right now. It’s the perfect holiday book. It’s warm and fuzzy and heartwarming. Definitely my favorite holiday read!!

Thank you NetGalley for the eARC in exchange for an honest review!

I couldn’t put this book down from the minute I picked it up. It was so stressful experiencing their journey home, realising the hurdles they had to overcome. I really enjoyed the dual timelines, getting to know Molly and Andrews friendship. Their relationship was so cute, I was routing for them from the start. I thought the dynamics of the families were hilarious. If you are looking for a cozy Christmas read, this one is perfect.

Chicago is a long way from Dublin for Molly. Studying abroad was her chance to start over independent from her identical twin sister and small suffocating life in Ireland. Its Christmas break and Molly’s flight is packed. Sitting in the seat next to her is none other than Andrew, her roommates soon to be ex-boyfriend. To soften the blow she knows is coming, Molly is extra nice to this adorable seat mate. Their airplane tradition begins. For ten years Andrew and Molly are terrific friends. They drink bad wine, exchange silly gifts and catch up on their latest hookups or lack thereof. Their transatlantic flight becomes a same time next year start to the holidays. A decade later, it’s their flightaversary and Molly, now a successful lawyer has secretly purchased first class upgrades! One delay after another the weather has become blizzard like conditions. Molly is stressed but Andrew is devastated. Holidays with his large family in Ireland is something he looks forward to all year. Molly cannot bear to disappoint him and vows she will do whatever it takes to get her friend home in time for Christmas. Through laugh out loud travel mishap after mishap (all too real!) the two Irish darlings try to make their way home. This completely delicious holiday friends to lovers romcom is the perfect stocking stuffer.

I loved this book. The characters, the situations, the pace, just loved it! I could not read it fast enough and miss the story already. Would recommend to anyone who wants a fun read that makes you swoon and cant put down!

Thank you to the author, net galley, and the publisher for the copy in exchange for an honest review.

A great Christmas story that's really got me in the mood to snuggle up under a blanket with a hot chocolate and more Christmas stories. Molly and Andrew have spent the last 10 years on a flight home from Chicago to Ireland. They start off as Accidental meets but soon become a planned and much looked forward to event. This year is a bit different as a snow storm means their usual journey ends up being a whole lot tricker. I loved following them on the journey home and how they slowly went from being friends to more. My favourite bit was when they finally got home and spend time with each others familys they slid into each others lives seamlessly. I really enjoy Catherine Walsh's writing every time i read one of her books it makes me want to go to Ireland so badly. A really enjoyable festive read

This was such a delightful holiday read. I loved the flashbacks of the 10 years of flights that Molly and Andrew had taken over the years and the cozy Christmas vibes of Ireland. A very fun perfect romance! Definitely one of my top picks for a holiday novels for 2022.

Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review!

✨BOOK REVIEW✨
Holiday Romance
By Catherine Walsh

I absolutely loved this adorable Holiday read! This was a first read for me by Walsh, but I can tell you it’s not the last!

Such a cute storyline, and I really enjoyed how it was told between present day and flights past.

This book had a perfect pace, and kept me turning pages the entire way!

The characters were extremely well developed, and shone throughout the story. I felt like I knew Molly and Andrew personally and could really visualize them as I was reading.

This one is funny, heartwarming, and has just the perfect dose of spice…..perfect for reading this season snuggled up by your fireplace.

I’d love to see this one on screen! This book was out on Oct 4th, so be sure to get a copy and add to your holiday stack 🎁

Rating: 🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄/5

QOTD: What is your fave Holiday tradition?
Mine is watching the Dr Seuss classic How the Grinch Stole Christmas with my Mama….even if it’s on a FaceTime!

Thanks so much to @bookouture for sending me this arc in exchange for my honest review.
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To say I loved this book would be an understatement. This book, from page one, hooked me and kept me up late wanting to read more but simultaneously never wanting this story to end!

Cozy and warm like a mug of cocoa this book is a perfect holiday read!

Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC!

I really enjoyed this story. It is a wonderful warm well written Christmas story. Great characters and interesting story line. The perfect read for the long dark nights. Recommend

Not to be that person but Christmas is fast approaching. And what better way to celebrate than by picking up Catherine Walsh’s Holiday Romance?

I love a good romance and this one didn’t disappoint. Two great central characters who don’t get on your nerves eventually and who are also kind to each other? Sign me up. I love a decent and unproblematic person in my romance! There’s a good supporting cast too. I loved Andrew’s Mom and want to spend Christmas with his entire family please. And I want to attend baby classes where Molly’s sister turns up and we become best friends!

It’s cute and Christmassy and like Catherine’s other books, just squeal-inducing. I loved reading it and look forward to reading whatever she writes next.

HOLIDAY ROMANCE is out now. My thanks to @bookouture & @netgalley for my copy. This is, as always, an honest review.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Read if you like:
- CHRISTMAS 🎅🏼🎄
- second (and third and fourth and fifth 😜) chance romance
- friends to lovers

Molly is on a flight back to her hometown for Christmas, when she just so happens to sit next to her best friend’s flavour of the week (who she cheated on and is about to break up with… AWK 😬) Molly makes a complete fool of herself and doesn’t speak another word to Andrew … Until the next year when they coincidentally are sitting next to each other on that same flight again.. Then every year for 9 years after that.

This was my very first Christmas read of the season and honestly, I have a little bit of a book hangover. None of the Christmas books I read next are going to be as good as this one 😢 lol.
I really liked the characters, and I definitely found myself rooting for them to end up together!
I also physically giggled a few times while reading this book; I absolutely love that!
I very much enjoyed the banter and the dynamic between Molly and Andrew.
This was a concept unlike any book I’ve read before, and it was very refreshing. I would recommend this book to anyone that wants a feel-good Christmas rom com.
This was my first by Catherine Walsh but it definitely won’t be my last! I truly enjoyed her writing style, and the descriptions of everything she included in this book.

Thank you so much to Netgalley and Bookouture for my ARC in exchange for an honest review 💕

Thank you so much NetGalley for the e-arc of this book.

I really forgot about Catherine Walsh and how I read one of her books last year as a holiday romance and it was a HUGE miss. I guess I got distante by the pretty cover. I really do not like her characters at all or the way the story develops. Very much pick me girl energy and its just not for me. Huge miss.

Thank you NetGalley for an advanced copy of Holiday Romance. What an adorable rom-com! I enjoyed this cute holiday read.

Yearly travels over ten years to Molly and Andrews home towns. First by happen stance, then by tradition. Their relationship grew throughout the read as they caught up on their lives with each flight.

Big Plains, Trains and Automobiles vibes! One of my favorite movies! In the midst of sorting travels out, love grows!

If you enjoy a good holiday romance, definitely grab this one!