4 stars for wreck the halls. I love the rock band moms. Ilove the christmas theme of the book. Always enjoy tessa baileys books. Would recommend for a christmas reading challenge.

I love Beat and Melody so much! They might just be my favorite Tessa Bailey couple now. Plus, I love the rockstar moms - I was so intrigued by their backstory! Definitely one I will be recommending.

This book was not the typical happy-go-lucky holiday book I was expecting. Honestly, it was better. Beat and Melody are the adult children of women who were in a famous rock band 30 years ago. They broke up and everyone wants a reunion. Beat and Melody team up to make this happen by going on a live-stream reality show. Insanity ensues with blackmail, some good spice, and cute moments. This is definitely a dramatic romance, but I would say it takes place at the holidays, but it is not a holiday book. It’s like Die Hard. 😂 Overall, I really enjoyed it.

This book was cute for what a holiday read. I liked the main characters, but the plot lacked a consistent pace, seeming rushed at times and dragging at others. Some moments were a bit too cheesy for my liking, but the spice was definitely good.

Overall, I enjoyed my experience reading this book.

Well, this is a new favorite from Tessa.

I love love loved Melody and Beat. She's snarky, he's charming, together they have an undeniable chemistry and understanding (due to who their moms are). There's banter and flirting for daaaaaaays and I legit couldn't get enough of them. Of course Trina and Octavia are glorious and I especially enjoyed their arc.

Plot wise, it's good. The entire story spans 2-ish weeks and never got boring. (Did I mention all of the banter?) There is some miscommunication, a lot of "touch her and you'll die", and a delicious amount of spice. When I got to the end, I wanted a quick future take, but I think I just wanted more of these two.

Overall, I woke up thinking about this book and it's likely going to be on my top ten of 2023. I can't wait to read it again.

**Huge thanks to the publisher for providing the arc free of charge**

This was a fun holiday read with Christmas in NYC vibes, without going over the top. I also really enjoyed that it was a little bit kinky, without being totally unrealistic.
And I’m going to need a bar near me to have a bocce ball league now!

Do you love introverted, smart yet sassy heroines with not much of a filter? What about a Tessa Bailey signature dirty talking hero? Wreck the Halls will provide all of this and more!

This was a fast paced, reality TV vibe of a book. Honestly, these two characters came across as starcrossed, with a second chance to really connect.

For me, the mystery aspect, and the time crunch of the plot really made this book just fly by. I had to know who was behind the need for the reunion, and the reasoning why the Steel Birds broke up.

There are definitely some holiday vibes with this book, it takes place in the two weeks prior to Christmas in New York.

I have have had Tessa Bailey books on by TBR for a long time but never seem to get to them. So this is my first Tessa Bailey book! I really enjoyed it. It is a light, cheesy, romance about two children of rockstars. I thought it would be very heavy on Christmas based on the cover but the holiday elements are actually very light. The focus is on the main characters and their goal of reuniting the band.

It's a really quick read. Easy to get into and the pace keeps things moving along. I enjoyed the banter between the two main characters. The FMC is very funny! The romance was a bit insta-love-y for me. They FMC and MMC had a connection before they even meet. The spicy scenes were interesting and I didn't expect to be intrigued by them... but the banter and chemistry was just so well done.

Thank you to NetGalley and Avon and Harper Voyager for providing an eARC of this book.

I loved this romance so much! I went into the book expecting a Christmas romance, but I was very surprised that the main premise of the book revolved around trying to reunite Melody and Beat's rockstar moms. And of course, what can go wrong with the whole effort being live streamed?? I was rooting for Melody and Beat the whole book. 5 stars!

Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.
Beat and Melody are children of the most popular rock duo, The Steel Birds. After the band abruptly breaks up for seemingly no reason, the world wants a reunion. More than 20 years later their children, along with the help of reality tv must try to do the impossible, get The Steel Birds to reunite on Christmas eve.
This is a classic Tessa Bailey. There’s chemistry and angst between the characters that is palpable.
The names Beat and Melody were a little to on the nose for me. I understand that you can’t have a melody without a beat, but I found it to be a little cringe.
I enjoyed seeing them fall in love and the realistic portrayal of sudden stardom.
Overall this is a cute Christmas novel.

5 -⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

"Do you need me?"
"There isn't a single other person in the world I would ask."

Wreck the Halls is a festive standalone adult contemporary romance following Melody and Beat. See, their mothers were part of a dynamic singing duo that the world adored...until they broke up suddenly. Thirty years later the world is still itching for a reunion and when Beat finds himself in a bit of a money situation he finds himself offered a lot of money if he can make it happen but he needs Melody to help him... and fast with the aim for them to perform Christmas eve. Having met once as teenagers, Melody and Beat felt...something that never quite went away and, despite their vastly different lives, they are brought together again. Through all the rockstar shenanigans, steamy tension, and hours of live streaming the attraction is still there after all those years...if only secrets weren't in the way of wrecking everything.

This book was absolutely adorable and cheesy and I could not get enough. Melody is this sweet character who has spent her life trying to stay out of the limelight. She awkward but such fun down to her fascinating job as book restorer (honestly I wish we had more time with it) and her determination to play the sport bocce. Her adoration of Beat is not hidden at all and her inability to hide it made her so fresh as a character. Also the come backs she has!

Beat is the more serious of the two. He has a lot of pressure on his shoulder out of the situation and it weighs on him. At the same time he is drawn to Melody and even when he tries to create distance it fails utterly. I did want to shake him a few times but he is really unable to keep a facade against the wonder that is Melody.

The spice in this book is about a 2.5 spicy pepper out of 5 spice pepper. There is instant attraction between the characters and SO MUCH chemistry I was just a puddle. Their romance takes time to blossom further though and it was incredibly worth it and it's not just about the physical attraction but learning to trust and be comfortable and vulnerable with another. You'll start to see things really move around the 50% mark so I would say this a medium burn.

"Do you think I have a choice when I grow more obsessed with you by the fucking minute?"

The world building in this book is somewhat light, which is in the case of a lot of contemporary novels. There are still lores and mysteries to unravel that help contextualize the stardom of Melody and Beat's parents and the experiences they had as children growing up with famous parents. It helped cement the connection and draw between the characters and I was invested from the beginning.

The story itself was sweet, fast, and so much fun. The live streaming aspect, the hilarity of various encounters, and the banter kept things moving and I could not put this book down. From the one bed trope, intimacy struggles, second chance romance, friends to lovers, and more the story takes you through not just Melody and Beat finding their way but also unearthing 30 years of grudges and secrets. There is so much more to the story than just getting the band back together with engaging side characters and their mini arcs and the contrasts of worlds presented. I felt the balance of fun and serious was done well and I actually teared up with happiness at one point - any book that can make me cry is a 5 star read.

If you are looking for a sweet contemporary romance with holiday vibes, friends to lovers, delicious spice, and SUCH GOOD BANTER you need to pick this up.

Thank you Harper Voyager for the e-ARC.

Anything written by Tessa Bailey is always given automatically high stars. She could write a historic fiction and I’d read it! This book such an easy read that I absolutely loved! I can’t wait for this book to go on shelves so I can convince people to read it.

What a fun and entertaining holiday romance from Tessa Bailey! This one definitely feels different than her other works, giving it a fresh plot and interesting main characters. Beat and Melody are children of legendary rock duo, Steel Birds. The band broke up in 1993 and no one knows why...except the band and their kids. The pair are approached to make a reality streaming show to with the hopes of getting their mothers to do a reunion concert on Christmas Eve.

With mutual pining and Parent Trap vibes, Beat and Melody have chemistry from their very first meeting, yet they both choose to fight it for their own respective reasons. Wreck the Halls also gives us only one bed, which is always fun. I had a blast trying to figure out the reason behind the band's break up, which gave me Daisy Jones vibes, however, I wasn't as invested in the relationship between Beat and Melody. The book is a quick read with lots of steam.

Tessa Bailey does it again with her new book “Wreck the Halls”. This book is a great rom-com that hooks you in on the very first page. You can’t help but root for the main characters.
Melody and Beat have famous parents. However, they have only met once when they were teens. As adults they meet again to do the impossible. As Melody and Beat try to accomplish their mission sparks begin to fly.
This is an amazing story that you just can’t put down. 11/10 would recommend.

Wreck the halls looks at the lives of the offspring of two rock legends. As the adult children work hard to bring off a concert with the warring women, they begin to fall for each other.

There is comedy (including fighting Santas,) romance and holiday magic.

Tessa Bailey knows how to write a man who is so down bad for the FMC! I eat it up every time. Beat loves Melody so hard and will do anything to protect her.

“She fit against him as well as he remembered. Like she was meant to be there all along. A star-crossed best friend.”

Tessa Bailey’s Wreck the Halls just might be my new favorite of her books, and that is high, high praise. Melody and Beat’s story is nothing short of enthralling, and I wholeheartedly enjoyed the unique premise coupled with Bailey’s signature charm and wit.

It is super difficult to convey an insta-connection on page, and Bailey does that beautifully here. From the very beginning of the book, readers are drawn in, feeling the palpable pull between the protagonists. Their story is slow to unravel and perfectly paced. It makes the payoff in the third act all the more worth it.

Beat is perhaps a bit more of a cinnamon roll than some of Bailey’s other male protagonists, but don’t let that softness fool you… he still knows how to dirty talk. And Melody’s quiet strength and sense of self is a joy to read. These two together are utterly captivating… and their family histories (and famous mothers) only add more intrigue and awesomeness to the mix.

I loved this story with my whole chest and cannot wait until it’s out in the world.

Thank you to Avon and NetGalley for generously providing me with an ARC in exchange for my honest review.

I am such a Tessa Bailey fan, so I jumped on the opportunity to read her new Christmas themed book. As a huge Christmas fan, I knew this book would be adorable. I loved Mel & Beat’s relationship and the whole will they won’t they vibe. The whole insta love trope is a hit or miss for me, and I feel Tessa did a solid job. However, this isn’t really one of my fave Tessa books. I felt some of it was too insta love for my taste

I realllllllly wanted to give this book 5 stars. I was so absolutely hooked on the entire story until the first spicy scene. But, let me say first that I adored Mel and mostly adored Beat. It still comes back to that spicy scene though. It was the way that he talked to her in each spicy scene that seemed so fake and so unnatural. It kinda made me uncomfortable at time. But honestly? That’s my only complaint as far as the story goes. Also, kinda bummed there was no epilogue to give an update on them.

4/5 on the spicy scale though.

In Tessa Bailey’s latest novel Beat and Melody are the children of the women who once made up the band Steel Birds. They meet once as teens and fate intervenes and they meet again years later when they are 30. For me this story was too insta-love and a bit unbelievable.