It was goofy, cute, and Christmasy, Becca stayed true to who she was and I loved that. Kinda underwhelming to me. Definitely spicy but also very cringy.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

This is a cute read! Unexpectedly super spicy for a holiday book though. It was a fun read but not what I expected.

Thank you netgalley.

This was a cute and steamy holiday read told in dual POV. Sorority mom Becca lives next door to Harrison, the football coach. They had a date 2 years ago, then radio silence.

This was a quick read though the miscommunication was a bit much at times. I really liked Becca's character.

Give this one a read if you like grumpy sunshine, forced proximity, second chance, or a campus setting. Thank you to the publisher for my e-copy of this book.

In this Christmas Themed Rom-Com, quirky, colorful Becca must seek refuge with her grumpy, stoic neighbor Harrison after a blizzard knocks out all of the power in their town and snows them in for the holidays. Harrison and Becca have been longtime neighbors who, after a first date that ended in Harrison ghosting Becca, have not talked or even been friendly since.

Becca is a sorority mom who is dedicated to helping the girls that she lives with and helping them become outstanding community members and Harrison is the coach of the college football team, who has had a rougher season than he would have liked.

After realizing that she can’t stay in the sorority house by herself with no power and no resources, she ends up staying with Harrison. It doesn’t take long for them to come to an unsaid arrangement as “blizzard buddies” for the duration of their time together. But of course they end up getting to know each other and coming to the realization that maybe their arrangement shouldn’t end after the power returns and Becca is safe to come home.

This is a perfectly predictable romantic Christmas novel that does everything it promises to do from the start. Harrison has a slightly traumatic past with his ex wife and family. Becca is “not like other girls” and has trouble connecting to romantic partners. And of course it all works out in the end.

🌟GLOWS🌟
🎄Christmas Themed Fluff
💞Happily Ever After
🔥Spicy

🌱GROWS🌱
💗Insta-Love
🧀A Little Cheesy
🎁Quick Ending

This was just meh! I wasn't really invested in the main characters and couldn't seem to stay focused on the story. That could be a me thing (mood reader and all) or it could be that the story was lacking something that I just can't put my finger on.

If you like spicy, forced proximity, Snowed In romances you might like this one. It just wasn't doing it for me though.

“Becca. Pack a bag and stay with me, at least until the power comes back on.”

Snowed in for Christmas was a low angst story that had Becca and Harrison getting their second chance at romance due to a blizzard. It's holiday break and sorority house mom Becca finds herself not prepared for the blizzard that just hit. When her neighbor, the school's football coach and the man she had an amazing first date with two years ago but then ghosted her, Harrison, offers her to stay at his place when the power goes out, Becca doesn't want to accept but also doesn't want to freeze to death. With this forced proximity, Becca and Harrison find their chemistry reigniting and miscommunications finally getting revealed.

Neighbors for four years, one date, one insane kiss, and maybe ten conversations since that kiss.

This was written in alternating pov chapters from Becca and Harrison, we spend a good amount of time in the characters' heads. Becca has trouble dating because she's so goofy (likes to wear mismatched socks!) and people don't understand her commitment to her role/job as house mom in a sorority. Harrison is worried that he'll be fired after his football team doesn't make a bowl game and can't seem to get his team to bond, he also deals with his parents always making their youngest son, Hank, the golden boy and blaming anything and everything on Harrison and his sister Blair, who he does have a good relationship with. These two have separate issues of their own, and we are told about them a lot throughout the story but I still couldn't help feeling their characterizations were bland.

She was so unpredictable while my life was built around discipline. I had no idea what would come out of her mouth, and I liked it.

Leaning into the bland, I'm going to describe these two as nice together. They're a pretty good opposites attract, Harrison with his quiet stoic personality and Becca with her colorful clothes, bubbly, and spouts random facts when she's nervous, did gel pleasantly together. Becca tries to stay standoffish with Harrison because of how he hurt her when he ghosted her after their date. A little before the midway point, readers learn why Harrison never called Becca back, along the lines of not feeling like he could give her the commitment she deserved, and when the second half starts, the two have succumbed to their attraction and decide to engage in some bedroom antics, but only during the holiday break. I'm sure it's no surprise that feelings get caught and after Becca spends time with Harrison and his sister's family, she wants a relationship for real but overhears what she thinks is Harrison saying it's only a fling to him. Harrison of course does want to make this a real, long lasting relationship but a third act breakup has an emergency happening with one of his football players and miscommunication has these two at odds again.

It’s just a fling. A blizzard-buddy fling.

This had the snowy cold atmosphere for a seasonal read, a little bit of Christmas celebration with some presents, and a good amount of open-door scenes. I feel this would have worked better as a novella, as there didn't seem to be enough story to support the longer page count; my mind started to want to drift off from the story as Becca and Harrison bemoaned their issues in their own heads one too many times, and their conversations, while cute and sweet in some places, tended to rinse and repeat. If you're looking for something that won't heat up your emotions too hard one way or the other and has snow and open door scenes, this could be your seasonal pick.

I thought the story line was odd. Didn’t expect her to be a mom over the sorority house and him be a random neighbor, but I thought over all it was a sweet read for Christmas and give you all those snow day romance feelings.

The set up for this story was so good! A blizzard that knocks out the power and leaves everyone stranded. Neighbors Becca and Harrison find themselves as "Blizzard Buddies" to wait on the storm. They went on a date 2 years prior and then Harrison just ghosted her.

Becca is quirky and seems to overthink everything. I thought I wished we got the why Harrison ghosted Becca earlier in the book but then when I was thinking this as I was reading I realized I wasn't even half way through and ready for it to move on from that.

This one is spicy and while I don't mind it, it was like in between the spice Becca was still questioning everything.

This book was a naughty hallmark movie. The storyline literally goes from being a bit too nice to down right naughty. Yet, these two love interests don't reconcile the "why" Harrison ghosted her 2-years ago. Becca was bit over the top at times as well which took away from the story.

I didn't feel the warm and fuzzy necessary to enjoy this romance.

Thank you Forever (Grand Central Publishing) for the complimentary copy.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - NetGalley ARC

<b>Description:</b>
Sorority mom Becca Fairfield is used to guys not taking her seriously. She’s too blond, too quirky, or Just. Too. Much. So she’s ditched dating to focus on her job and a house filled with drama and plenty of tea. Now with the holidays and a major blizzard on her doorstep, Becca has everything she needs to survive the next two weeks on her own. Hot cocoa, plenty of books . . . and the memory of a steamy kiss with a certain sexy, grumposaurus next-door neighbor to keep her warm. Only Becca’s seriously underestimated this Snowpocalypse. So when the power goes out and Harrison Cooper—football coach, master crank, and the guy who acted mega-awkward after said steamy kiss—offers her shelter, it only makes sense to accept. They’ll just be Blizzard Buddies. Hang out, stay safe, and maybe indulge in a little R-rated cuddling. Becca knows that Harrison isn’t the dating kind, and what happens during the storm lasts only as long as the storm. But are they keeping warm….or playing with fire?

This would have been a 5 star read if it wasn’t written as a Christmas book. As I’ve said before, I like my Christmas books to be Hallmark-y not Sex-y. I loved the characters and the concept, I just wished they had been snowed in for New Year’s. It’s funny that the MMC makes a comment about Catholic guilt. <b>”Catholic guilt is real.”</b> WHO YOU TELLING?!

Grumpy/Sunshine Trope
Dual Points of View
Spicy 🥵🔥

Thank you to NetGalley and Forever Grand Central Publishing for the opportunity to read this book in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts are my own.

Super cute holiday read. I love that the female main character came off as quirky but stayed true to herself. Harrison and Becca were super cute together minus the miscommunication at the end. Also I loved that they both learned from one another. The story got to be repetitive at parts but overall I enjoyed it.

thank you to netgalley for the advanced reading copy. I really enjoyed this and will be getting copies for my shop.

Such an adorable winter read! I finished this book in just under 24 hours! It was cute and I expectedly spicy!! (🥵 🔥🌶️) for a rom com. I will be recommending this book to everyone for a Christmas, or even just a winter read!

This book was just the sweetest, coziest early Christmas gift! Like the perfect sweater, the warmest blanket, and the most delicious cup of hot chocolate, Snowed In For Christmas warmed both my heart and soul, and I loved, loved, loved it so much!!

Becca 😍😍 I adored how unapologetically herself she is, how she lives life to the fullest, loves to laugh, loves her sorority girls, and is the biggest ball of sunshine to Harrison’s grumpy, “the fewer feelings the better,” misunderstood, softie self! I adored her love of books, her knowledge of random facts, and how she rambles when she gets nervous, and I loved how absolutely extra-special she is!

And oh, Harrison. He may be prickly and stand-offish on the outside, but I love his big heart and how much he wanted to lead and help shape his football guys into good men. I loved how sweet his was with his nephews and niece, how much he loved Blair, and how he loved and accepted Becca for everything she is 😍

This book made me both laugh out loud and tear up, and the growth that both Becca and Harrison experienced made me so proud. I also adored how @jaquelinesnowe was inspired by the blizzard of 2013! That blizzard will always hold a big place in my heart too, because it was when I discovered I was pregnant with my first baby 😍 And she’s a fellow U of I alum too!

Read this book! It’s just the sweetest (there is some great spice too!), and I’m so glad I had the opportunity to read it! Thank you so much @jaquelinesnowe @netgalley and @readforeverpub for my gifted e-copy! I can’t wait to read more from Jacqueline!!

I am sad to say that Snowed In for Christmas did not make me jolly this season. I am typically okay with spice, but I do admit that it feels weird to me in Christmas books. The cover is adorable and made me think it'd be a sweet close proximity type of book. But dang was it spicy. If that's your thing, then I think you'll like the book. It just wasn't for me. I felt it was more a story of lust versus love. And nipples were brought up before I got in 10%.

Overall, this was a fun and cute read. The Christmas vibes were minimal as it felt more like a wintery romance, but it still felt festive at times. It was a good escape and felt like reading a steamy Hallmark movie. I enjoyed Harrison’s grumpiness and how Becca balanced him. I did feel like the ending was rushed but I appreciated how much of the book focused on Harrison and Becca’s time together while being snowed in together.

CW: toxic familial relationships

In my opinion this book is the perfect lighthearted Christmas rom-com.

It includes the forced proximity (trapped together by a blizzard) , grumpy-sunshine and second chance tropes. However, this book still manages to feel fresh and fun.

I really enjoyed Becca the sunshiney FMC. I liked that even though she has a optimistic positive outlook she is still intelligent and practical, not flighty at all. I liked that Harrison, the male MC is serious, but kind. I thought the chemistry was good, and the spicy scenes sizzled.

Overall this is a fun, cute holiday read that will put a smile on your face!

Thank you to Forever (Grand Central Publishing) and Netgalley for providing me with an eARC of this book to read and review.

This book was a joy to read and had some of my favorite tropes.

Sorority house leader Becca Fairfield is used to people, particularly men, finding her job to be weird. Becca has always been made to feel too quirky or too much and it’s been a major hindrance in her dating life. Especially when it comes to her super hot neighbor and school football coach, Harrison Cooper. They went on a date several years before that ended with a steamy kiss…and then he ghosted her.

Now a severe winter storm has moved in and Becca finds herself at the mercy of the same man who couldn’t even send her an “I’m not interested” text. The more time they spend together stuck in his house, the more both start to change their minds. The weather outside might be frightful, but the bed by the fire is very very delightful.

Read this book if you like:
▫️forced proximity
▫️grumpy x sunshine
▫️witty banter
▫️slow-burn spicy scenes

Unfortunately, this wasn't for me. While I appreciated the holiday setting and the relationship that the protagonist, Becca, has with the college students she mentors, the relationship between her and the hero, Harrison, was convoluted and frustrating. Harrison is supposed to be "grumpy", but he has no real reason to be and I felt like there was little chemistry between the two of them. It's so hard to find good Christmas romcoms, so I'm disappointed! But, I think there are better options out there!

This is a cute, steamy little Christmas read that will definitely put you in the mood… for the Holidays!