loved this romance and seeing the family come together at times and loved the enemies to lovers and being in the small town and would love to see what happens to all of them.

I was so very excited to read this Winters siblings book.

Holly and Declan definitely make a great lead couple. The banter is amazing. The story has its twists and turns.

It was well written. I love following the Winter's family.

This one was cute. It was a light easy holiday read with a cute plot. Thank you to the publishers for an advanced copy.

I loved the characters. They were all so likeable and well written. But I didn't love that the chapters occasionally jumped forward in time without warning. For example, one chapter you're at a party and the next chapter starts 2 days later.

Overall, the third book in the Mistletoe Romance series doesn't disappoint!! It can be read as a standalone if you haven't read the first 2 and it's a really sweet Christmas romance that will give you the warm and fuzzies!!

Thank you to Netgalley, the publisher and the author for the opportunity to read this book.

3.25/5
I had no idea that this book is book three in a series when requesting...oops? Safe to say, the other couples in the book fell flat to me. But me? reading a christmas story in august? That's new. I love reading about the banter and pranks and maybe it's time for me to admit that annoyance to lovers romance trope is top tier. I also love reading about the friendship between Holly and Delilah.

Nick and Noel. Merry and Clark. And finally, Holly and Declan. The third book in the series (and I’m hoping not the last?) was really good.

Grumpy/sunshine, which is one of my favorite tropes, but with a Christmas theme. Starting out, they played pranks on each other and generally disliked each other. But as they actually got to know each other better, they realized maybe they had more in common than they originally thought. Gave off a very Hallmark Christmas movie vibe.

Thanks to NetGalley for this ARC in exchange for my honest review. Watch for Along Came Holly to come out September 26, 2023.

I was give an ARC by Netgalley and Sourcebooks in exchange for an honest review.

I love this series and Codi Hall has done it again! The banter between Holly and Declan was top notch! I mean Elf really!!! So good!! I ate it up! I loved how this was a grumpy sunshine romance! Holly lives and breathes Christmas holiday cheer and Declan has a bit of the Grinch in him he could care less! The prank war was hilarious and really well executed! A bit slow on the pacing more of a slow burn but when that fire ignites it’s going up fast like a Christmas tree!!!

Go pick this up next month September 26 because Christmas came early baby!!!

I have read the first book in this series and have the second one on my list to read around Christmas this year. Even though we’re out of July now, I was still happy to add Along Came Holly to my ‘Christmas in Summer’ reading list.

Holly and Declan own shops next door to each other and have battled over all things holiday cheer for two years. As they each start to lay their armor down, they discover more about each other and find a lot more to like than either expected.

This was a quick, cute Christmas read filled with familiar characters and lots of great grumpy/holiday sunshine moments between Declan and Holly. There is depth in Declan’s backstory that explains why he’s Christmas-avoidant and it’s charming to see how he softens to Holly’s exuberance. He did give me a bit too much emotional whiplash at times with his back and forth treatment of Holly. He got there in the end but some of the in between got frustrating. Overall, this was a good addition to the holiday season lineup for this year.

I loved this book about holly and declan its a very slow burn do if you want something that happens quickly this isnt your book but if you love a nice slow burn, some pranks and christmas time and guy who doesnt like christmas this is your book its funny, charming, fun and everything in between and i couldnt put it down

Holly and Declan are enemies. Sharing a wall between their stores he is the grump to her sunshine. In an attempt to get him into the holiday spirit, she starts what inevitably leads to a prank war between them. This leads the both to thinking about each other more than they had before. As they spend more time together, their feels turn more from hate to love and both must decide if they want to try out a relationship or not.

This is a sugary sweet holiday rom-com. Everything in this story is Christmas, the names, the people, the town. At the same time, it is a great romance between two people that start out hating each other and realize through a prank war that maybe the other has reasons they never expected for being they way they are.

Declan was a judgmental grump, but once he started to see the work Holly put into everything she does it was easy to see how their relationship made sense. Holly is overtly sunshiny, which sometimes was a little to sugary sweet, but was balanced by Declan's gruffness. These two actually worked together.

If you want a holiday read, full of spirit and love, this is the book for you! Be sure to check it out on release on September 26, and check out the two others in this series available now! Thank you to NetGalley and Sourcebooks for a copy of this book. All opinions are 100% mine.

I wasn’t aware this was book three out of a series, oops. But I don’t know if it changes anything. I’m becoming obsessed with Christmas stories though (even if it’s august lol) and this is one of my favorites. I am looking forward to reading the others!

Top tier Hallmark Christmas movie vibes with just enough tension and spice to make it feel adult. I loved the banter, the pranks, the family members and friends, and Holly & Declan were so fun to get to know. I really liked how things unraveled and turned out.

It’s cozy, it’s cute, it’s a little bit spicy, and I’m adding it to my winter/holiday book list immediately.

This was a cute, fun holiday romcom. The original premise of enemies to lovers, sunshine / grump, and a prank war quickly grabbed my attention. It was fun getting a glimpse of the prior Mustletoe couples too. I have to admit this one grabbed me at first, but hit a bit of a lull when it quickly shifted from the original trope / concept into friends and more.

Overall, a feel good, happy read that works well to get you in the mood for the winter holiday season. Thank you to Sourcebooks Casa and Netgalley for the early read!

3.5 Stars Along Came Holly by Codi Hall is an adorable new installment in the Mistletoe Romance series. Holly Winters runs a holiday shop in the small town of Mistletoe, Idaho, and is constantly at odds with her grumpy neighbor Declan Gallagher. Holly’s revenge prank turns into an all out prank war between the two, which leads to them each thinking about the other much more than they ever did before. Then Declan agrees to take a job putting up Holly’s elaborate Christmas display and now the woman who’s been driving him crazy is doing so in a whole different way.

This was another cute Mistletoe story, and it was fun seeing the characters from the previous books. That being said, it was probably my least fave of the books. Sometimes the back and forth between Holly and Declan and their feelings about each other was a bit annoying. It was still enjoyable and fit nicely in the series.

I am loving these Christmas-y novels with winter backdrops as I read by the pool in Florida's 90% humidity! Haha This is a fun romance novel! It is the first one of the series I have read and enjoyed it very much.

A sweet and funny read . Holly is an young woman who loves everything about Christmas and even her own shop is about sellings Christmas things . Her neighbor Declan is the grinch , he hates everything about the holiday . When they start to prank each other instead of hating each other they start liking each other . When she have to ask him for a favor and he accepts they realise that they could try to be a couple . Will she make him love the holidays and want to stay in Mistletoe, Idaho after his father sales the hardware store ?
I received this book from net galley and the publisher as an ARC. Thank you! All thoughts and opinions are my own .

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“ohh” she grinned. “we’re going to puerto rico?”
he nodded. “and paris. seville. any place you’d like.”

it’s sad because i thought this is going to be a enemies to lovers romance and at first they were enemies but then it turned into a friends with benefits romance which i’m not the biggest fan of.

i didn’t really liked the characters & the story, everything felt bland.

-thank you so much for the arc in exchange for an honest review.-

This is the third book in the Mistletoe Romance series about the Winters siblings. This book focuses on the youngest sister, Holly. Holly is a successful influencer who makes daring videos, and she has used the money to open a holiday shop. The hardware shop next to her store is owned by Declan. Declan and Holly are constantly pranking each other, and they don't get along. As they spend more time together, their feelings start to grow and develop.

I liked the pranks, and they were a lot of fun! I love an enemies to lovers story, and this one was so much fun to read!

Holly and Declan have so much chemistry! Their interactions were filled with so much tension.

Read this book if you love:
-holiday romance
- enemies to lovers
-family wedding fun!
- the Winters family! (You get updates from Nick and Noel and Clark and Merry)
- prank wars
-sharing a house, but only as roommates (wink, wink!)
- bachelor/bachelorette party fun!

Thanks to NetGalley and Sourcebooks Casblanca for an ARC of this book.

Review:
She adores Christmas and he's her grumpy neighbor who can't stand it, what started off as a prank war between them soon turns into something more as they spend more time together and the tension between might be due to some other than their dislike for each other and much more with the fact that they both have thought about kissing each other. Holly Winters is all about Christmas, she absolutely loves the holiday. She's an influencer and a social media star who has made some money off of her videos and doing amazing stunts and daring things, she also happens to own the happiest holiday shop on Main Street. Declan Gallagher is the owner the hardware store next door. He's grumpy, dislikes Christmas, and is annoyed by Holly. Declan was an artist but moved back home to take care of his father who has Alzheimers and has taken over his dad's store as well, his dislike of Christmas comes from the fact that his mother and father's divorce had deeply impacted him when he was younger. He can't stand the holiday and the more Holly tries to push it the more he wishes she would stop. And thus Holly begins a prank war with Declan, but the more they actually talk to one another and get to know one another the more they begin to feel things for each other. Can these two polar opposites make a Christmas miracle and actually fall in love? This is the perfect book for fans of grumpy x sunshine, prank wars, and Christmas romance books.

*Thanks Netgalley and SOURCEBOOKS Casablanca, Sourcebooks Casablanca for sending me an arc in exchange for an honest review*

Along Came Holly was so fun! I love a good Christmas romance and this was probably my favorite in this series! Definitely would recommend them all!