This was a great read for the Christmas season. I really liked the setting. I think there is nothing more magical than New York City at Christmas time. I also really appreciated the family attitude of all the people who live near the Christmas tree stand. It's nice to see people helping each other out with every thing going on in the world. There is also a cute little doggy side-kick which is always up my alley. Really there was nothing in this book I didn't like. There was a good amount of humor - drama, and all the love and the spirit ofthe holiday season.it you're a fan of hallmark movies - definitely pick this book up. You won’t regret it.it was also a super quick read, so that's a big plus for a seasonal book. I will definitely be adding this one to my roster of books for Decembers to come.

Thank you for giving me the chance to read this fun and cute Christmas story. This was a perfect feel good New York city romcom. The end relationship felt a bit forced/rushed, and I would have liked to see more depth and/or spice, but it was cute. I loved each of the characters, and am so glad I got to read this story during the holidays!

Kerry agrees to come to New York City to help her brother with the family Christmas tree stand because she doesn’t have anything else going on after being made redundant. She finds more that she expected. ARC from NetGalley.

This is a Hallmark Christmas movie in book form! While reading it, I felt like I was being enveloped in a warm, Christmas hug. The characters were so endearing and I loved not just the main characters, but also the secondary characters.

This is a fun Christmas story that is filled with holiday magic. Kerry has to step in to deliver Christmas trees from their family tree farm to New York City because her father has had a heart attack. She gets to share a tiny vintage camper with her gruff older brother and his dog for a month. Kerry quickly makes friends with the local neighborhood, along with a special single dad raising his son. This is a feel good book that you can't help but enjoy!

This was a very cute light hearted Christmas book. I enjoyed reading it and would recommend it to other readers.

Cute & cheesy Christmas story.

Thank you Net Galley & to the publisher for this ARC in exchange for my honest review.

Kerry meets Patrick when she and her brother come to New York City for their annual sale of Christmas trees from their farm in North Carolina.

This was a sweet holiday story. However, it was a little slow paced. I enjoyed the New York City Christmas tree lot scenes and the people who formed a community in that corner of the city. The romance subplot was very low key. The relationship felt under developed. To me, this is more a book about a woman finding her next life chapter during the Christmas season. It made for a nice afternoon read. Thank you to the publisher for my e-copy of this book.

Perfectly Christmas and Hallmark. Mary Kay Andrews delivers again. I think it would have benefitted from an epilogue.

This is a cute holiday rom-com from an author who is always a hit for me. After her father becomes ill, Kerry has to go with her brother, Murphy, from their tree farm in NC to NYC to run their Christmas tree stand. While there, she gets to know the folks in the neighborhood, including a certain single dad who catches her romantic attention. The book’s setting in a wonderful neighborhood with heart and charm and a great cast of neighbors really sold me. 4.5 stars! Thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for the advanced e-book copy of this book.

Such a wonderful book!
I highly recommend this and all others by this author!
This one will definitely put you in the Christmas spirit!

Cute holiday story with many feel-good moments. Loved reading this fictional tale about the Christmas tree farm that has sold trees in New York for years.

I really liked this. I received it a while ago, but wanted to save it for fall/winter since it's a winter story. I love Mary Kay Andrews' writing style and the way she created such relatable characters in this story was no exception. The story felt warm eventhough it was winter, covered in snow and pine trees. I had hoped for an epilogue at the end... a little bonus chapter, ten months later or so, to give a tiny bit more closure. But still a delightful read. Thanks Netgalley for this ARC in exchange for my honest review.

A delightful Christmas story - a true Hallmark Christmas movie. The setting, the story, and the characters were all charming. MaryKay Andrews does it again!

This was the cutest holiday romance I have read in a while.This book follows Kerry as she gets roped into helping her brother run their Christmas tree lot in New York City . They have to live in an airstream trailer on the lot together. The two aren’t really close as their parents split up and they lived with their respective parent. Kerry unsure on how she is going to survive sleeping in the airstream with no working bathroom or kitchen. That is until she starts to find herself again and Patrick a recently divorced man with a young son.

This was such a cute engaging story that I could not put down. The characters were so well fleshed out that I really just wanted to know what happens next! I also really enjoyed this authors writing it was light easy to read but the humor and pacing had me flying through this book. I would say this is more of a lit fit/romance book so nothing to steamy on the romance side. This is the second book I have read by this author and enjoyed can’t wait to read more of this authors backlist. I would like to thank NetGalley and the publishers for a chance to read this book for an honest review.

This was a fun and cute read. Parts felt really drawn out, while others felt so fast. Overall it was a worthwhile read.

This was a very cute, fun Christmas read. I enjoyed the main character Kerry and all of the people she met in New York City while selling Christmas trees. It gave a perfect Christmas in NYC vibe. I do wish her brother. Murphy, and her romantic interest, Patrick, had been a bit more fleshed out since they were so central to the story. An issue I find with all of Andrews's books that I've read is the romance seems to come out of nowhere. It felt like a simple, easy friendship that was developing between Kerry and Patrick and then all of a sudden he's asking her to move to the city and by the end, tells her he loves her. I liked them and liked the relationship but it just felt a little unbelievable.

Overall, I really enjoyed this Hallmark-style book and could easily picture the tree stand in my head, but I did feel like the romance piece seemed rushed. I don't know if I read it while falling asleep or missed it entirely, but I feel like the start of it wasn't quite clear. We know that they found each other attractive, but it seemed like things got more serious without enough of an actual lead-up. I would still recommend though!

Title: Bright Lights, Big Christmas
Author: Mary Kay Andrews
Publisher: St. Martin’s Press
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Genre: Contemporary Holiday Fiction

Thank you to @macmillan.audio for the listening copy + the publisher @stmartinspress for the netgalley widget. I listened to the audio narrated by Kathleen McInerney and was throughly entertained. I enjoyed Mary Kay Andrew’s Santa Suit book last year and was so glad she wrote another holiday book this year. She’s an author you can trust from start to finish with a great story and characters.

Bright Lights, Big Christmas is filled to the brim, with holiday charm. A Christmas tree lot in NYC, a vintage camper named “spammy”, a dog, a charming man and his son, and older mysterious gentleman in the neighborhood were the careful crafted ingredients in this tale. But honestly it’s so much more. I loved the message of taking care of people.

Every year Kerry Tolliver’s step brother and father are the ones to head to NYC from their North Carolina Christmas Tree farm to sell their familiy's Christmas trees. They have a special block and neighborhood in Greenwich village that they go back to every year. This year due to her father’s health she has to fill in. Kerry’s brother is kind of a bossy thing and she’s not content with his answers of doing things a certain way just because that’s how they have always done it. She adds her own flair and quickly is selling wreaths and trees at a rapid rate. Success is fun, but the people she meets in the neighborhood make it even better. In particular, is Patrick and his son Austin. Austin is a curious little boy and has Kerry using her art skills to draw a story book. This makes Kerry feel alive for once, she’s been casting aside her art for fear of failure. There is something about Christmas magic, though.

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️.75 Ok, was this a little cheesy? Yes! Did I still love it? Also yes. My only quibble is the brother was kind of a jerk and very overly macho. Also, the pacing felt somewhat off. Slow first half and much faster second half. All in all I enjoyed this one! Pick this one up for a book brimming with holiday cheer!

This one left me wanting more, but it was a cute Christmas story! I actually liked it more than the santa suit, and will definitely recommend it to patrons.