Enemies to lovers Christmas edition? Grumpy stick in the mud and Hollywood diva?-Sign me up! This was fun and cozy for the holidays. I love the dual POV and of course Lucy score does banter and spice so well. Enjoyed it. 3.5 stars!

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
I love holiday themed books and this was so cute and full of so many tropes.

Absolutely adore Lucy books! This once was so amazing! I loved the characters and all the holiday vibes! Noah and Cat are such a great match! I’m here for all the enemies to lovers! I really just loved everything about this book! I can’t wait to read more of Lucy!!

This was a great Christmas read, that will put you right in the holiday spirit. It had the Hallmark romance and small town vibes, that I always love. Lucy Score's books are always an auto-read for me, and this one didn't disappoint. This book has it all, enemies to lovers, holiday spirit, small towns and spice!

3.5 Stars. The town of Merry was a cute setting and I’m always a fan of grumpy sunshine tropes. The ending dragged a bit and I wasn’t very invested in the “building the school” plot line. The explicit smut and romanticizing of casual sex was not for me but it may be for you if you like a spicy book. Overall, it was a fun Christmas read.

I really enjoyed this follow up book with the Kings. Glad all of the characters were back. Such a sweet Christmas read.

Hear me out. I tried to eyeball read this one and almost DNFed. I was very not into it in the beginning, so I switched to the audiobook and I actually finished it. I’m torn because I did enjoy Lucy Score’s writing style - this is my first book by the author. But the plot kind of bored me. I read this for bookclub, and started it after the holidays so I wasn’t really in the holiday spirit anymore. I feel like because I had to read this for bookclub it made it feel like more of a chore to read it rather than fun or something I wanted to read, and that made me not like it and have a sour taste while reading/listening. However, I did enjoy the writing style and some of the characters. I enjoyed the HGTV and the saving Christmas aspect, but some of the things the FMC did really did not sit right with me. All in all, I think i’ll try this book again someday when i’m in the mood for it and see if my opinions change.

I loveddddd this book!! This is the first year I've tried to read Christmas/ holiday romances, and this one was my favorite! I always love a badass FMC and she was so funny and relatable .I loved the enemies to lovers trope and how he was so hard on her at first but she persevered! Would read this book any time of the year!

I liked the other books in this series and this too had great leads and great surrounding charaters, with some good steam and fun!

This book definitely had the Christmas vibes that we all crave in a holiday romance, and it had the enemies to lovers vibes I usually devour, but I truly had a rollercoaster of a time reading this book. There were times when I felt invested, but majority of the time I had to force myself to pick the book back up. This is why I struggled to review this one, but ended up at a 3 star.

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Genre/tropes: enemies-to-lovers, small town, single dad, found family

The holiday blues can only be charmed by this treasure of a book!

The town of Merry is devastated after a hurricane, and the town manager, Noah is facing one heck of a mess to clean up. Merry is known for its holiday spirit and festivities, and the storm happening so close to the holiday season has put their livelihoods in jeopardy. Enter Cat, kickass reality tv star, and expert home renovator. Cat has ties to Merry, and wants to use her clout and tv show to help rebuild the town. Noah frowns upon reality tv, and is protective of his town. He doesn’t trust Cat’s motives, and declines her help. Several times. Cat doesn’t give up easily, and it’s a battle of wits and grit between these two.

The banter was superb right off the bat! Cat and Noah butted heads, antagonized each other, threw zingers, always wanted the last word. I enjoyed their verbal volleys as much as they did! It was fun to see their annoyance turn to attraction as much as they tried not to succumb to it. They both have misconceptions about the other that eventually give way to mutual respect. The tight-knit small town vibe is so sweet, too.

Read this for the magic of the holiday spirit, the solidarity of community uplifting one another, and for the sizzling chemistry between the MCs. Merry helped uplift my holiday spirit!

Thanks to @netgalley & @read_bloom for my copy. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗮𝘀 𝗙𝗶𝘅 is out now.

This was soo cute! Lucy Score is the queen of spicy fun romance reads. It was the perfect holiday read with Lucy's signature witt and charm. She just gets romance.

Lucy Score is an auto read author for me, and this one was no exception! It had all the classic Lucy things in it. Swoon, spice, and fun characters. I tell everyone, if they’re wanting a holiday romance, pick this one!

I was intrigued by the plot of this story and was excited to read it. In the past I have really enjoyed Lucy Score's books, but this one really fell flat for me. So much so that I couldn't even finish it.

The female main character was, frankly, unlikable. She seemed really shallow and was obsessed with how she looked. The male main character was no better. I gave up because I realized I didn't care whether they got together or if the problem was solved.

DNF at around 50%

I LOVE THIS NEW COVER!!

This has become an absolute favorite Christmas romance of mine!

I absolutely love love loved it! Also, it’s enemies to lovers, which just made it even more chefs kiss for me.

Ahh.. so good’
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I really didn’t like the first book of this series so I don’t know what possessed me to continue the series. I thought maybe it would get better. I’ve liked books by Lucy Score before so I thought maybe the one before was a flop. And then I read this one and decided that it’s the series. I also believe these books were written a few years ago and the ARC copy I received was just a new cover. I’m not sure exactly what was different from the copy I got and the already-published one.

However, I didn’t like this one either. I didn’t really like Catalina from the first book and the fact that this whole book was about her should’ve deterred me. She just comes off as self-absorbed and shallow. She cares a lot about her fame and just wasn’t that very interesting of a character. I stopped this book before I got too far into it so it definitely could’ve gotten better throughout the book but I wouldn’t recommend it.

I know this review is a little bit late, however, I am so very lucky that I was allowed to read this book! As others mention this is the spicy hallmark Christmas movie plot of our dreams. Enemies to lovers check small town romance check cute as heck side characters, check. It ticks all the boxes! If this could be made into a film I’d be elated. Lucy is an excellent writer with the perfect amount of detail and character development. She always delivers a fantastic read. Do yourself a favor and holidays or not, pick up this book!

This was a cute holiday read! Spicy, Hallmark channel vibes for sure. When a reality star/home renovator returns to a small town to help rebuild it after a hurricane, she is welcomed by (almost) everyone. Enemies to lovers, steamy romance, single dad trope. I didn't connect with the characters as much as I would have liked, but overall I enjoyed the book!

Thank you for this ARC, I loved this story! I’m a big fan of Christmas Romance and this is exactly what I needed this holiday season!

This one follows Cat and Noah, where Cat is the head of a renovation show who happens to want to fix a little town - one that Noah happens to be the town manager (and very grumpy, and untrusting when it comes to Cat and her show’s intentions).

Because of that, we get that enemies to lovers vibes and it’s something that just always make the world go round (ya know, when they finally get the stick out of their ass and finally recognize what they have together). It’s written very well, and it doesn’t give me that usual “ugh, can you just skip through this part?” because it was executed nicely.

Can Noah and Cat work together in order to get the town ready for their huge Christmas event after all the flooding they’ve seen?