Title: All I Want for Christmas
Author: Maggie Knox
Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons
Genre: Romance, Christmas
Pages: 352
My Rating: ❤️❤️❤️🖤🖤
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All I want for Christmas
Sadie Hunter and Max Brody are selected to be a part of the reality singing show, Starmaker, and they are ready for their big break. But after doing one duet on the show, everyone talks about Saxie. They want to see them together as a duo. Both can only continue to the next round if they decide to continue as a duo. If not, one of them will have to go home and it will likely be Sadie. Their managers think it is a great opportunity if they would sing together and fake a relationship from now on. The only problem is that they don’t really like each other that much.
Review
It was Christmas and I was in the mood to read something related to Christmas. I found this e-book a while ago because it was on sale. The cover looked cute too. I am a big sucker for cute covers.
The story takes place in Nashville. Max Brody is already sort of famous because his dad is a famous artist and Max is already making music, but he wants to make music on his terms and not what is popular. For Sadie, this is a whole different situation. This is her last chance to be famous and if she fails she has to go home. But they are pretty similar as well. Max and Sadie both have family issues. Max with his dad and Sadie with her mother.
I liked the story. Did it give me Christmas vibes? Not really, but it was still cute to read. My favorite parts of the book were when they were actually getting along and when they were having fun. It was not like they hated each other, they just made mistakes.
I liked the characters. I thought it was cool that Max loved knitting because it helped him with anxiety. It is better than alcohol and drugs. I loved his dog, Patsy. She was cute. I had to google the dog breed (a papillon mix) because I had no idea what kind of dog it was, but it is the cutest dog. If I were to get a dog one day, a papillon would definitely be an option.
Sadie was likable too. She wanted to do whatever it took to be famous because she loved singing so much. I felt sorry for her when Cruz was assaulting and using her. I wanted to punch that guy in the face. And their managers were pretty cool too, they were helpful. Some managers care more about money.
Last year, I read ‘The Holiday Swap’ by Maggie Knox, and this year I read this one. I think I might prefer the holiday swap. But it wasn’t a bad book. The things I liked the most were the parts when Max and Sadie were getting along, the dog Patsy, and how nice most of the characters were.
Things I didn’t like that much: Cruz (obviously), the fighting between Max and Sadie about stupid things (it happened too often), and a lot of miscommunication or even non-communication. I think communication is key in a relationship and that was definitely missing. And there were still answers missing in this book. Who contacted Max when he got a text? What happened to the rental car Sadie used? And it was missing flow, which made it harder to read. It took more effort to read this one.
If you want to read a book by Maggie Knox, I would recommend The Holiday Swap instead of this one. There were still good parts in it, but overall it was not as good as The Holiday Swap.