There’s something super cosy about a festive read set in Dublin. It really gives the Christmassy feels. The writing made you feel as though you were on location and it was picturesque.

I was rooting for Megan & Christian from the get go. Did I predict everything that happened? Pretty much, but it didn’t spoil my experience of the book.

The chemistry between them was ⚡️ and I loved reading through their witty banter, heart felt moments and steamy activities.

The other members of the family had great depth too, I feel like I grasped their characters and the storylines that followed them. I loved Andrews & Mollys twist at the end.

This was a lovely, easy read and I was sad for it to finish. I’m definitely going to give Holiday Romance a read now.

I loved this book!

Catherine Walsh has a fantastic sense of humor and it really shines in this book. The wit and banter in the dialog had me laughing out loud. And the chemistry between the two main characters is excellent.

The setting, holiday vibes, and complicated family relationships added a lot of additional depth and realness to the story.

Snowed In can be read as a standalone, but it does take place after Holiday Romance, and characters in that book make appearances in Snowed In.

I received a complimentary copy of this book via Netgalley. Opinions expressed in this review are my own opinions.

I was a little confused at times, mostly because I kept thinking they were Irish yet American. This is not the author's fault, this is my comprehension of basic geographical language. Other than that the book was rather entertaining

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for this one. This was such a fun read. Had great witty humor and romance. Light hearted read that I enjoyed.

thanks so much to netgalley for the arc!

i enjoyed this, because i tend to enjoy catherine walsh's writing. she's always a fun writer and i think she has such an ease and likeability about her writing. this is another one where she does the same thing! i enjoy her world, because there's always some warmth and humour and it works really well for a christmas romance. i do think this may be a bit too predictable and i wasn't fully invested in the romance, but it was enjoyable and i think it's a nice, cosy read especially for christmas time!

Thoroughly enjoyable! Highly descriptive and easy to get lost in. Suffered a bit from the predictable trope of fake dating but enjoyable all the same. 4 Stars.

I am so excited that it is finally the season for fun holiday books like this! I was seeking a sweet wintery romance book and this one did not disappoint.
First, it has one of my favorite romance book tropes... FAKE DATING!!! This trope always makes for such an entertaining story. The two main characters Megan and Christian have known each other for years, and when they both need to go home for the holidays, they decide fake dating is the best way to get through it.
The banter between these two was utterly hilarious and I found myself laughing out loud many many many times during the story. Their characters are both super funny and I loved their chemistry. It is also a pretty fast-paced book which makes it an easy read.
I would definitely recommend this book and I think you should read it if you like: holiday romances, fake dating, forced proximity, and witty banter.

"Snowed In" by Catherine Walsh is everything I want for a cozy Christmas romance. It has the big city and a small town, it has fake dating and real romance, and it I wanted to spend another hundred pages with the characters.

I read Catherine Walsh's other Christmas book ("Christmas Holiday"), and loved it, so I knew that I couldn't sleep on starting my holiday reads with another by her. (She is quickly becoming an auto-buy author for me!) This book did not disappoint. The characters felt relatable and I connected with them, cameos from her previous holiday novel brought me back to the sweetness of the MMC's family and the characters I loved from before, and the setting kept me firmly in the holiday mindset--- a must for a cozy Christmas romance.

Thank you to NetGalley and Catherine Walsh for the early release copy of this book in exchange for my review.

It was a cute and predictable Christmas themed love story. I personally could have done without the sex scenes...that's just my personal opinion. I don't think it added anything to the story.

Overall it was a fun Christmas read!

Catherine Walsh's Holiday Romance was one of my favorite holiday books in recent memory, so I was very excited to get my hands on Snowed In which follows Andrew's brother Christian. I absolutely flew through this book -- it read very similarly to Holiday Romance where I just could not put it down once I got into it. If you love fake dating and forced proximity, you'll definitely enjoy Snowed In!

The book opens with Megan leaving her fiancé at the altar of their wedding and escaping through the window of the venue where Christian Fitzpatrick catches her but swears to secrecy. Flash forward five years late, Megan runs into Christian at a pub after she's been stood up and they start catching up. Realizing that they're both heading back to their hometown for the first time in years for the holidays, they agree to a fake dating scheme to help the other navigate the trickiness of returning home. Naturally, they start to feel real feelings for each other which only escalate when they get trapped in a freak snow storm at a remote cabin that Christian booked for his brother to stage a romantic proposal before finding out his brother's fiancé hates the woods. It's convoluted but it works!

I enjoyed the banter between Megan and Christian from the start and the genuine friendship they formed throughout the book. I also loved getting to spend more time with the Fitzpatrick family, including Andrew and Molly from Holiday Romance. I wished some of the background for both characters had been explored a bit further, but overall this was very enjoyable!

Content flags: Christian and his dad have a strained relationship at the beginning of the book; some on page smoking/cigarette use in the very beginning; some on page drinking

Thanks to the publisher for the gifted copy. All opinions are my own!

Snowed in by Catherine Walsh
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“Stop trying to make me feel better.” “Never.”

The vibes:
- former classmates
- Connected to Holiday Romance
- Runaway bride
- Fake dating
- dual POV

My thoughts:
Well that was the loveliest book I’ve read in a long time. Catherine Walsh has become an instant read for me and this book continues her winning streak. I loved Christian and Megan so much. The chemistry was so spot on that I was grinning the entire time Christian and Megan were in a room together.

The dancing. The knitting. The red coat. The grand gesture. Chef kiss.

Alsoooo. When I read Holiday Romance last year I felt like the Fitzpatricks were the Weasleys. And I felt like that once again reading this one!

Released November 1, 2023.

Thank you so much to the author, publisher and NetGalley for providing this advanced reader copy to read and review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Note- posted on all pages listed in links. Also posted on Amazon and it’s pending.

A very anusing read from Catherine. Megan who flees her small hometown in Ireland on the day of her wedding has to deal with the prospect of going home for Christmas. She meet up again wit a guy she knows from home and they decide to have a fake relationship while they are home to get their families off their backs.

Thank You NetGalley, Bookouture, and Catherine Walsh for sending me this ARC! I can’t believe this is my first Catherine Walsh book but I’m definitely going to read more! This book instantly had me laughing, “awwing”, and even tearing up on the romantic gestures.

Snowed In was such the perfect holiday read and it included one of my favorite tropes “fake dating”. I loved the banter between Christian and Megan! Christian is such the perfect gentleman because of the way he looks out for Megan constantly and is always concerned with making sure she is comfortable. I loved each main characters relationship with their families. The closeness, traditions, and banter reminded me of mine!

After starting this book I found out Holiday Romance was about Andrew and Molly’s relationship so I can’t wait to read it now!

Megan was the runaway bride who had not shown her face in her village since that horrible day.

Christian grew up in the same village and avoids going home because he is the only single one in his family.

These two make a pact to be each other's fake boy/girlfriend. Which works fairly well, until it doesn't.

Make no mistake, this is no light and fluffy romantic tale. There is a much-appreciated heads-up about an aspect of the storyline that could be triggering for some. More authors should do this. The number of times I have gotten a third of the way through an interesting book, only to be completely floored by a storyline that was very triggering indeed.

Anyway, Megan and Christian are very relatable characters and I like that they are very human indeed. Their families are lovely (but a little clueless) and they provide a lovely bit of texture and layering to the storyline. The setting in Ireland adds to the enjoyment of the story too.

It is a bit of a steamy tome, this :)

4.5 stars from me, I really enjoyed it.

Thank you to NetGalley and Bookouture.

Catherine's writing - once again - has knocked me down and lifted me up. I can't help but devouring and she keeps writing my least favorite tropes and yet I still love it?? It's fine. Everything is fiiiine.
Megan and Christian run into each other in Dublin right before the holidays. The chemistry is unexpectedly lovely but then they discover a mutual need to return home for the holidays. A plus one would make everything so much easier. They decide to put on the breaks for their actual attraction and ramp up a fake relationship to lean on in any and all circumstances back home.
I loved this book and the way it transported me straight to Ireland in the winter. The imagery is enchanting and the dialogue wrapped me up in the best of ways. Megan's reasoning for becoming a runaway bride was so solid and unexpected. Both MCs came full circle and I hope that Catherine takes us back to this small town again on another romantic adventure. Molly's sister, maybe?? I did so love seeing Molly and Andrew again in all their hilarious glory.
Thank you to Bookouture and Netgalley for the advanced copy. All thoughts are my own.

This was the cutest cozy holiday romance. Once I got through a few chapters, it was hard to put down. Warm and fuzzy and just a great book as the holiday season begins!

this was really cute and it put me in the holiday spirit. i love fake dating, and i thought it was done well in this book.

This book has just yet again proved to me how much of an exceptionally talented author Catherine Walsh is - her books just hit exactly the right note every single time!

Snowed In features Megan, who we first meet a few years prior to when the books place, as she is running away from her wedding, leaving her groom to be standing at the altar, and Christian who is the brother Andrew (from Holiday Romance), who has a bit of a bad boy rep going on. Megan and Christian know each other from their childhood, and when they have a chance meeting at the pub all these years later, they end up being a much bigger part of each other’s lives than they ever would have guessed. Both heading back to their hometown for Christmas and wanting to keep the gossip mongers at bay, they agree to fake date each other to get through the season. And we alllllll know what happens when two people who are very attracted to each other start to fake date 😉

This book has the magical, Christmassy feels. All the snow ⛄️ and a lovely, cosy, festive atmosphere. But for me, the best part was the chemistry between Megan and Christian. It literally sizzled off the page 🔥 the wit and banter between them was just spot on. Their spicy moments were 🔥🔥🔥 I think I am also in love with Christian too!!! 😍 Snowed In really is romantic comedy at its very, very best. Genuine laugh out loud moments, and romance that makes you swoon. Also, Megan finally standing up to Isaac towards the end and telling him she didn’t want to hear his 💩 was a punch the air moment - YES GIRL!!! 🙌🏻

It was also just so lovely to be reunited with the fabulous cast of characters we all fell in love with in Holiday Romance. Please can we have a book about Zoe next??? 👀👀

Snowed In was one of my favorites so far. It was the cutest romcom about a man and a woman in a fake dating situation to keep their families at bay over the holidays when they get snowed in during a blizzard. Fake dating, forced proximity, what other tropes can we throw into this adorable mix? It was full of witty banter, swoonworthy moments, laugh out loud situations and just perfect holiday frothy and fluffy fun . If you read Holiday Romance last year, this book is about Andrew’s brother. We need more holiday books like this one!

A nice Christmas romance.
Great for if you fancy a light festive love story.
The writing wasn’t my favourite, nothing wrong with it as such, just didn’t click with me. So I didn’t feel it as much emotionally as I’d have liked.

However, it was feel good with fake dating and lots of festive cheer. Comforting read for the colder months.