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

2.7 rounded up to 3/5.

Mia Summers' "Laughing All The Way" takes readers on a whirlwind journey through the contrasting worlds of sassy influencer Noelle and the small-town charm of Evergreen Creek, renowned as Christmas Town, USA. The novel features a classic grumpy and sunshine trope, providing a quick and entertaining read with plenty of potential.

Noelle, the sharp-witted influencer, finds herself on a mission to take down Evergreen Creek, whose self-proclaimed title as Christmas Town she sees as an opportunity to boost her dwindling internet ratings. Enter Colin, the youngest mayor in the town's history, caught up in upholding traditions to the point of forgetting the true meaning of Christmas.

The narrative unfolds as Colin attempts to show Noelle the magic of Christmas, with hot chocolate, Christmas cookies, and a charming late-night skate around a giant Christmas tree. However, the chemistry between the characters feels rushed and lacks the depth needed to truly engage readers. The grumpy and sunshine dynamic is present but could have been explored more thoroughly to enhance the emotional resonance of the story.

One notable drawback is the inconsistency in keeping the plot straight. The rush in storytelling leads to grammatical errors and a feeling that certain aspects of the narrative were hastily put together. Additionally, it's challenging to root for Noelle due to her abrasive attitude, especially as she attacks Christmas solely for the sake of boosting her internet ratings, without any deeper motivation.

A redeeming aspect of the novel is the classic mistletoe moment that brings a turning point in the characters' relationship. However, it comes across as a somewhat predictable plot device rather than a genuine, heartfelt development.

While "Laughing All The Way" offers a festive and quick read, it falls short in fully realizing the potential of its grumpy and sunshine trope. The character dynamics, plot coherence, and depth of emotional connection could have been expanded to create a more compelling and satisfying narrative. Despite its flaws, the novel does manage to capture the essence of the Christmas season, making it a decent choice for readers seeking a lighthearted holiday romance.

Social media videographer makes a visit to a small town/village over Christmas season to cover their local days long Christmas festival.

Could the Christmas loving mayor help the social media video star and grinch thaw her icy heart

This was a cute holiday read. Fun character banter through the story.

The last few chapters just seemed to be so rushed. We had a great unfolding of the story up until the drama and then the story moved at lightening speed and I’m wondering how we got from A to Z.

This was a quick holiday read that I really enjoyed. Think holiday rom com with a social media influencer and hot mayor of a small town all about Christmas. I would love if the author continued a series in this small Christmas town!

Welcome to Evergreen Creek—a town so well described by the author that you feel like you step into a Hallmark Christmas movie each time you pick this book up! Noelle arrives with the mission of increasing her social media followers and early on, meets the young, handsome mayor, Collin. They take on Christmas events, adventures and unfortunate circumstances and along the way, discover things about themselves and each other. Love is in the air in this fun holiday book!

Thank you Netgalley and the author for this copy.

I loved the special meaning behind the story and what Christmas is really about. I loved Colin and Noelle's banter. Noelle is a social media celebrity who crashes a small town Christmas festival. The towns mayor knows Noelle sarcastic ways and he refuses to let her come to his town to make fun of it. However, he sees a softer side and watches her hatred for Christmas fade right before his eyes.
It's a sweet Christmas romcom and I was thankful to receive a copy to read it.

This was a cute fast-paced holiday read. I liked that it was short and had short chapters, but still fleshed out the characters and the small town it was set in. This had definite rom-com and Hallmark Christmas movie vibes

A small-town, Hallmark-style Christmas romance that delivers a satisfying story. It's an easy read that's sweet, fun and heartwarming with loveable characters that put you in the the holiday spirit. A delightful feel-good holiday story, I loved it!.

A Cozy , Sweet Holiday Romance with a Grumpy Sunshine Theme
"Laughing All the Way" was an adorable and sweet Hallmark-esk Christmas story. The two main characters have an ongoing humorous banter, and I really enjoyed the reverse holiday scrooge troupe; for once the male MC was Mr. Christmas whereas the female MC was a snarky Scrooge. There is a perfect HEA that brings the book to a satisfying end. This is a great holiday read that will leave a smile on your face.

Laughing All The Way by Mia Summers was enjoyable. I do think there were some odd pacing issues, specifically toward the end of the book, but overall I enjoyed the read. The Grumpy x Sunshine characters were mostly fun but the humor throughout was a miss for me. Thank you to Sterling & Stone and NetGalley for this e-galley in exchange for an honest review!

The book is like a complete Hallmark movie😅 a small town completely dedicated to Christmas and all possible Christmas entertainment🎄 as well as grumpy (grinch) x sunshine relationship. And predictable. But I'm not hung up on this period and I loved this story! I liked that Christmas entertainment, I liked how it "warms the Grinch's heart". And there are a lot of funny places where I laughed🤭 so if you like Christmas movies - put this book in next year's list of Christmas books🎄or read still this year.

Thanks to Netgalley for the eARC.
A cute easy Hallmark like romance. She dislikes Christmas and he loves Christmas. Will be be able to change her mind about Christmas? Some snarky talk and healing from past issues. Cute story but not one that really stayed with me.

I though that this was such an adorable and cute Christmas romance. It reminded me of the Grinch and how he learned to love and love Christmas. The characters are great and they interact in such a fun way. I loved seeing Noelle grow throughout the novel and break free of her influencer persona that has been created for her. Colin brought out the inner child in her when it came to Christmas and it was so much fun seeing her slowly fall in love with the holiday again.

Evergreen Creek is Christmas Town, USA and Noelle - despite having a holiday themed name - hates Christmas, but is forced to travel to Evergreen Creek to save her job. There she meets the town's youngest mayor in history, Colin, who came up with the Christmas festival! Through a fun series of Christmas events, Colin, Noelle, and her assistant Gretchen, are forced to learn what the holidays and community are all about.

This book had a great idea - following the sunshine/grump trope and small town feel. I loved the excitement around Christmas for the whole town and I loved seeing Noelle experience Christmas joy with others. Unfortunately, this book was way too surface level. I understand it is a novella length and that makes it tricky to fit in as many details, but I have seen it successfully done before. This book feels exactly like a Hallmark Christmas movie - which is not a bad thing, but know that you will not get any more than basic surface level information from these characters. I would have loved to see more of Noelle and Colin's thought processes about each other as certain parts felt a bit rushed and like we didn't get a lot of few in their minds.

I really liked how this was a dual POV book - it really helped show the various viewpoints of Colin and Noelle! I would be interested in a Gretchen/Geoff story in the future.

Thank you to NetGalley and Sterling & Stone for the ARC!

Cute little hallmark movie style grumpy meets sunshine Christmas story. I was expecting the typical cliches in this story from this genre I just didn’t enjoy how it was executed or the way it was written.

I just felt very underwhelmed by this book. It was easy to read and the characters were fine but I didn't always understand their motivations. I also really didn't understand what the FMC job was, like she worked for some sort of online news social media? It just felt very 2010 and not how social media works in 2023. I think this book suffered from being too short almost. It wasn't clear to me until I started reading how short it was supposed to be and so it felt like a lot of the character's actions/motivations weren't fully developed.

Fun and festive Christmas story. Started a bit slow but once the story was introduced more it pulled me in.

It was adorable and sweet and honestly just what I would ask for from a holiday romance. I do wish there was a little more actual romance and not just holiday and I would have loved to see the couple together for longer in the book as well .

This book was a light, easy read! If you like watching the Hallmark Christmas Channel, this could have easily been a movie. I connected with Noelle’s sarcastic nature, her disgust for cheesiness and all the mushy gushy. I love that she got together with Colin who was her total opposite and goes all out goofy and cheesy because he loves his town and people. It’s exactly my husband and my personalities. I would recommend this book to others!

I DNF @ 53% because I couldn’t deal with the FMC anymore. She’s meant to be the grumpy Grinch in this grumpy-sunshine Christmas romance, but she’s just kind of a jerk. She keeps looking for angles to make fun of all these wholesome Christmas activities and charity events in this town and can’t find them. Shocker. Maybe she should try being a less shitty person? I didn’t get that far because she just wasn’t getting it and while I’m sure her trauma justifies some of her attitude, her character all around sucked. I couldn’t root for her or stick around long enough to find out why she feels the need to have a whole YouTube channel dedicated to making fun of stuff and shitting on it let alone turning around her attitude after finding the meaning of Christmas or whatever. The writing was struggling and needed some more editing and finesse.

Laughing All The Way was such a cute holiday read! It’s a classic enemies to lovers story set in the cutest little Christmas town. This has all the makings of a Hallmark Movie & it’s one I’d love to watch!

Viral influencer, Noelle, needs to mix up her content so she decides to head to Christmas town, USA. Enter the handsome mayor, Colin who is determined to get Noelle to see the charm of his town. Their back and forth banter is great!

This is the perfect book to read on your flight home for Christmas!

Thanks so much to Netgalley and Mia Summers for sending me an advanced reader copy of Laughing All the Way. All opinions are my own.