It's no lie that Tessa Bailey is a favorite author of mine and for good reason. Her books make me laugh, tug at my heartstrings and fan myself all within a few minutes.

This book was wonderfully done. First of all, I loved that Beat and Melody were named as if they were meant to be from the beginning. Their attraction and draw to one another was palpable and the stuff of fairytales. It was so fun to see them living their lives and falling for one another in the eyes of the public through their live stream. Melody really came into herself and I caught myself numerous times cheering her on as she realized her own worth. In the perfect world, we would all have someone like Beat to hype us up and make us the center of absolutely everything. He was beautifully broken and just so achingly sweet, but with a seriously naughty side.

The overall plot of the book was so fun since it was brought to life by a bigger than life band who had a falling out. Each woman had her own demons to battle and I loved that when it came to their kids, they were able to put them first finally and kick ass while doing it!

Highly recommend this book and I look forward to getting lost in more of Tessa's worlds!

always look forward to a new Tessa Bailey book. I will admit the last few have been a bit hit and miss for me. I loved Unfortunately Yours and was really loving the thought of a good old Christmas holiday romance. I loved" Window Shopping" and was expecting another great Tessa spicy, funny and heart warming read.
Well, that's not really what I got!!
I got a very sweet but weird, very non Christmassy story of blackmail and reunion. It was just all a bit silly. The sex scenes were just very cringy and other than Melody( who I thought was a hoot) the rest was just a bit Meh!! I really didn't get Beat( I mean really Tessa, Beat!!) and the storyline was just all over the place.
It was definitely readable and I did enjoy it in the end, but it is not one of Tessa's best. This will never stop me from buying a Tessa Bailey book because I know there will be another one I just love.

Wonderfully cute read. It gave the perfect amount of holiday feels to put you in the holiday mood and be enjoyed all year round.

Tessa Bailey continues to master romcoms that have super sexy spice. Beat and Melody's whirlwind romance will grab you from the beginning and by the end you will definitely want more.

I feel a little stumped on how to review Wreck the Halls because I have some mixed feelings. First of all - thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for the free ebook to review.

The good:
- I really loved Melody - the fmc. She made me laugh out loud multiple times and was my favorite part of the book.
- in general, this was a really fun read that I kept wanting to get back to and see what was going to happen.

The not so good:
- the title and cover made me expect a Christmas vibe. There was none of that. This could have happened just as well in January or February. It’s fine but not great if you go into it expecting Christmas.
- the long teasing of the reader with a lot of unknowns - why did the band breakup, who is blackmailing Beat, what is he keeping secret, etc. I guess it did keep me turning pages but also annoyed me.
- there are times that plot decisions just didn’t make sense to me. And while I was willing to roll with the instalove - there are still some parts that definitely made me roll my eyes.

Overall conclusion - go into this for a fun ride and a few laughs, don’t think too hard about the details, don’t expect Christmas, enjoy it!

This was a cute and festive holiday rom com from Tessa Bailey. The plot is pretty unique which kept me coming back. My least favorite element was the chemistry between Beat and Melody - the fated mates vibes weren’t landing for me in this one. I loved the story of their mothers and the reality TV element. Definitely not my favorite from Tessa but a quick and enjoyable holiday read.

I voluntarily read an early copy of this book. All opinions are my own.

Say cheeeeeeese! This really was way too cheesy. I love Tessa Bailey smut but it couldn’t redeem this book for me.

Also, don’t tease Christmas vibes and then not give them to me!!

Will love Tessa forever but this was a dud in the catalog for me.

Tessa Bailey can always be counted of for a well-written, spicy rom-com. Melody and Beat are the children off the former female punk rock duo Steel Birds (I'm picturing something like The Runaways). Since the band broke up their mothers have become mortal enemies. Beat and Melody (with a reality show in tow) are tasked with reuniting their mothers. Lots of love, spice, comedy, and momma drama, I highly recommend.

I am a sucker for a holiday romance, and Tessa Bailey is certainly the contemporary romance queen. Wreck the Halls is not my favorite of Bailey’s work, but it is compelling and fun with just the right amount of holiday cheer.

The premise of Wreck the Halls is so fun. Melody and Beat are given an impossible task – reunite their mothers who hate each other. Because it is a romance novel, I was pretty confident that the story would end happily, but I was certainly eager to find out if Melody and Beat would be able to bring their moms back together.

Melody and Beat have a fascinating relationship. They met once as teenagers and felt an instant connection. Beat immediately feels protective over Melody. Viewers of Wreck the Halls also quickly catch on to Melody’s crush on Beat. I would have prefered a slower build up to their relationship, but it is sweet how Melody and Beat feel so close so quickly.

Bailey also loves to dive into family relationships in her romances, and this is no exception. Melody has a complicated relationship with her mom, who she only sees once a year. Beat has a better relationship with his mom, but has been holding onto a secret that could destroy her reputation. It’s lovely to read about these relationships healing as Melody and Beat develop their relationship.

The Holiday season in New York is magical, and Bailey certainly captures that in Wreck the Halls. The whole story centers around a Christmas Eve concert at Rockefeller Center, which is the hub of the season in New York. I loved the image of the brawling santas when Beat and Melody visit Melody’s mom. It is clear throughout the story what time of year the story takes place, but it does not take away from the integrity of the story.

Bailey never disappoints with her romances. I will continue to read her books. I am already looking forward to reading her next one.

Tessa Bailey has another hit on her hands!

I'll be honest, not a huge holiday book fan but this one was perfect. Not a ton of holiday shenanigans with just the right amount of spice. I did feel the ending was rushed a wee bit but overall loved the book and the characters!

A great Bailey book to add to your permanent collection. Romance filled with hijinks, laughter, and the perfect spice to keep you turning the pages.

I have generally been a fan of Tessa Bailey's books in the past so I was excited to pick up this holiday one, but unfortunately this one was just fine.

In this story our two protagonists are the children of a former rock duo who broke up the band right around when they were born so they did not know each other growing up, they just knew of each other. We see a flashback of their only meeting growing up when they were teens in which they talk for no more than 10 minutes and exchanged phone numbers that they never ended up using. And now 14 years later they are meeting up to try and reunite their mothers for one more performance.

Mostly I just found it too insta lovey and I couldn't buy into their relationship at that point. And it felt like something that could have been so easily solved if Tessa Bailey had just like i don't know, had them text each other after that meeting for like a few years and then fall out of contact or something? Like I just needed there to have been more than 10 minutes of interaction ever before the present day because without that the speed at which they fell for each other just did not work and their declarations of being best friends and in love on like day 3 just did not come off as genuine at all.

I thought the concept of the book was fun though with them trying to reunite their mothers. I was interested in following that plot line and found the mothers to be more interesting characters than Beat and Melody.

Beat and Melody meet at the age of sixteen on the set of “Behind the Music” while being interviewed about the chick rock duo both their mothers fronted in the 90s. Fast forward to 14 years of no contact when a network offers them $1M to live stream their efforts to reunite the band for a Christmas Eve show. There’s no way it’s going to happen but the network gets a love story they hadn’t expected.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 4/5
🌶️🌶️🌶️ 3/5

Tropes:
Forced Proximity
Us Against the World
He Falls First

Triggers:
Blackmail
Infidelity (not MCs)

My Thoughts:
How in the world does Tessa Bailey make me laugh AND make me cry within the same chapter? Seriously, this story is so freaking cute and the reader gets to watch Beat and Melody fall deeply in love at the same time the viewers of their live stream reality show do. As these two children of rockstar royalty find themselves and navigate their role of instant fame, they can only turn to one another. I highly recommend this book that brings all the sugar, spice and everything nice.

I am a longtime fan of Tessa Bailey so I wasn't surprised for a moment when I thoroughly enjoyed Wreck the Halls. It is fun and fresh while still maintaining tropes I know and love. I adored Melody's wit, and Beat was a cute mmc. I can't wait to reread this one when it gets closer to the holidays.

Thank you NetGalley and Avon for providing me with an ARC of Wreck the Halls

Wreck The Halls
By: Tessa Bailey

⭐4⭐

Wreck The Halls is a standalone holiday romance about the children of two famous rock stars who band together to make an impossible reunion happen on Christmas Eve at Rockefeller Center. To make this task even more complicated, they are being filmed and live streamed across social media.

Melody Gallard has hated to spotlight for as long as she can remember. During her childhood, she was endlessly tormented by the press, constantly made to feel inferior to anyone, especially to her badass rockstar mother. She doesn’t take the step back into the spotlight lightly, but if Beat Dawkins needs her to (and he does), she’s willing to do anything.

Beat Dawkins is in serious trouble. He’s been the victim of a blackmailer who is threatening to reveal something that could ruin not only Beat but his entire family as well. He’s managed to keep them at bay for the past five years, but the cost of keeping the secret buried has extended beyond his deep pockets and he’s not sure he can pay it this time. That is, until this reality show opportunity is presented to him and it just may be a way out.

Melody and Beat have only met once before. A meeting so electrifying that they both still remember it vividly. After both agreeing to participate in this impossible task of joining the mothers on stage, they are both forced to face their undeniable attraction to one another.

I really enjoyed this book! A very fun holiday read!



Below are my favorite quotes from the book!

“Not only that, but they’d also been named by their mothers as perfect complements to each other. Beat and Melody.”

“‘Victory isn’t always the point,’ her boss suggested. ‘It’s trying in the first place.’”

“Her eyelids dropped involuntarily, because she fit against him as well as he remembered. Like she was meant to be there all along. A star-crossed best friend.”

“And it didn’t make any sense, but as they rode downward in the elevator chewing on beignets and staring at each other, he wondered if he’d been missing Melody his entire life.”

“Protecting Melody Gallard was instinctive. Always had been.”

“Someone had written it into their story a long

Tessa Bailey has done it again and just in time for the holiday season!

The byproduct of the infamous female duo - Steel Birds, Beat & Melody get tasked with attempting to bring their moms 30 years after the band broke up on bad terms. Both children have a reason for wanting to bring the duo back.

Beat would never dream of doing something like this, but honestly, he needs the money and it's for something he can't go to his mom for. Melody and Beat have only met once when they were 16 but have this major connection. When Beat asks Melody to help him, she can't say no. They only have a few weeks and cameras are following them nonstop, but they set off to do the impossible. Together.

Tessa has a way of writing her characters that is so uniquely her own and I think that's what makes this story stand out so much, Melody and Beat are both incredible characters. Melody, however, stole the show. With her quirky personality and fun-loving attitude, you can't help but love her. She and Beat are both so gone for each other. It's adorable.

My only criticism would be that the ending felt rushed, I wish we would've been able to see more into their future together.

Thank you so much to Avon and Netgalley for letting me read an eARC of Wreck the Halls! I’ve really enjoyed pretty much all of the Tessa Bailey books that I’ve read so far, so I’m not surprised that Wreck the Halls was one of my favorite reads of the year!
Wreck the Halls 5/5 Stars
Summary from Goodreads: A sexy, hilarious standalone holiday rom-com about the adult children of two former rock stars who team up to convince their estranged mothers to play a Christmas Eve concert…

Melody Gallard may be the daughter of music royalty, but her world is far from glamorous. She spends her days restoring old books and avoiding the limelight (one awkward tabloid photo was enough, thanks). But when a producer offers her a lot of money to reunite her mother’s band on live tv, Mel begins to wonder if it’s time to rattle the cage, shake up her quiet life… and see him again. The only other person who could wrangle the rock and roll divas.

Beat Dawkins, the lead singer’s son, is Melody’s opposite—the camera loves him, he could charm the pants off anyone, and his mom is not a potential cult leader. Still, they might have been best friends if not for the legendary feud that broke up the band. When they met as teenagers, Mel felt an instant spark, but it’s nothing compared to the wild, intense attraction that builds as they embark on a madcap mission to convince their mothers to perform one last show.

While dealing with rock star shenanigans, a 24-hour film crew, brawling Santas, and mobs of adoring fans, Mel starts to step out of her comfort zone. With Beat by her side, cheering her on, she’s never felt so understood. But Christmas Eve is fast approaching, and a decades-old scandal is poised to wreck everything—the Steel Birds reunion, their relationships with their mothers, and their newfound love.

I really, really loved Wreck the Halls. Beat and Melody are two of my new favorite main characters. I loved how they interacted with each other and how much chemistry they had. The way that their childhoods and their mothers’ fame impacted the way they grew up was done really well, and I really enjoyed the whole reality show concept. I also even enjoyed the tiny side story with Danielle and Joseph and I kind of hope that we get a full length book about the two of them. The spicy scenes throughout this book were SO GOOD- like based on the cover, you would not have expected that, but mannn. Overall, I loved Wrecked the Halls, and I cannot wait for y’all to read it! Make sure y’all go out and grab it today!

I love Tessa Bailey! This book was wonderful and I loved it!! It was a unique book and I adored the characters and the fabulous banter they had. I love Tessa and this is just an example of how she can do no wrong.

Tessa can do no wrong for me! I devour every book she writes and a Christmas romance from her yes please! This book was like a hallmark movie but better cause it was from Tessa Bailey!

🌟New ARC Book Review🌟

Title: Wreck the Halls
Author: Tessa Bailey
Rating: 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

QOTD:

I just finished Wreck the Halls and I’m wrecked! This book has spoiled me for all future holiday books, I think it’s one of the best books of the year. It’s an honest to god love story inside a delightful plot.

Beat and Melody are the children of two former rock stars. They disbanded under mysterious circumstances, and their fans have been waiting for a reunion. They’re approached by a reality TV producer who wants to follow them around, leading up to a possible NYE reunion between their mothers.

Although Beat and Melody have only met once, that meeting left an impression on them both. They had similar upbringings, and some of the things they experienced could only be understood by the other.

Beat needs the money, so they agree to the show. Without any spoilers, they fall for each other as the show goes on.

You’ll have to read the book to find out the rest, but I promise it’s worth it. 5 stars.

Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed as in this review are completely my own.

3 stars | 2 spice

I really hate to say this but this was not one of my favorite Bailey books. I had high hopes for a Christmasy book from Bailey and with a fun plot of reuniting a band - I couldn't resist. It's insta love, it's majorly cheesey (dare I say more than a Hallmark movie) and it's not even that Christmasy. The only Christmas part about this was that it took place in December.

Beat and Melody (which btw EW on these names) are the children of two major rock stars who's band broke up before they were born.... so now 30 years later they are attempting to reunite them. The band drama, intriguing, as well as their moms, Octavia and Trina. I could have read a full book just about those two - they were HILARIOUS. But Beat and Melody were just too much. It was so back and forth and everything could have been solved just by a conversation about their feelings and why Beat needed the money.

There is some spice in this book - nothing too crazy. Beat has a particular kink (iykyk) and it's a pretty big part of the story. Which without giving it away - I've never read a book about a man with this particular one only when it's been focused on the woman's side and I think that just threw me off with the spicy scenes because they took out my favorite part (IF YOU KNOW THEN I'M SORRY YOU HAD TO READ THAT).

Overall, it was decent. I didn't fly through it like I usually do with Bailey books. But the moms definitely made this a 3-star read. I now need a book about them pls and thank you. If you love a good cheesy story then this one might be for you!


Big thanks to Avon, Tessa Bailey & NetGalley for a copy of this book in exchange for my honest opinions!