Book Blurb:
A holiday road trip with her neighborhood nemesis? This is so not the Christmas that Harper Campbell had planned. But when Harper's widowed grandfather up and runs off with Liam Young's irrepressible godmother for a madcap Christmas adventure, Harper's hauling Liam along with her to track down the truant pair whether he likes it or not. And if being stuck together in close quarters leads to things getting heated, so be it. Until sparks of a different kind start to fly...
Tropes:
*Netgalley ALC *Holiday Romance *Enemies --> More *holiday shenanigans
*closed door *novella *forced proximity *Slow burn *opposites attract *Family drama
Thoughts:
Harper is a teacher looking forward to enjoying her holiday vacation with her grandfather and doing low key, sedate and boring holiday activities.
Harper loves her grandfather but one person she doesn't love is his neighbor in the apartment across the hall he is messy and careless with his belongings... like now when he leaves his trash in the hall what if her grandfather with his bad hip tripped over the bag!
Before Harper's grandmother passed away she promised she would look after her grandfather and keep him safe, and she has made that a top priority. She is a worrier x 1 million especially when it comes to her grandfather and she has made it her mission in life to make sure he is safe and healthy... to the point of sucking the fun out of everything.
Liam (the messy neighbor across the hall) is a good guy he often goes across to hang out with his elderly neighbor and fixes things around the apartment, he is an artist and a free spirit. He is thrilled when his godmother Val comes back into town for the holidays looking to stay with him for a bit before going on her next adventure.
Val is older but has a wild spirit and is often getting up to shenanigans... when she meets Harper's grandfather they decide together that what they both need is a fun holiday adventure, so they leave before Liam or Harper are up (they left a note and they are adults) and set out to live their best holiday life.
Harper naturally has a major problem with all of this... what if her grandfather is injured she enlists Liam to go with her in an attempt to get her grandfather and his godmother home safely... who knows what they could be getting up to.
This was a cute holiday trip/quest type romance with some hallmark vibes. I had a hard time with Harper she was over protective to the point of being over bearing and obnoxious... her grandfather is older and wants to still have some fun while he can... girl lighten up and let him!
Liam more of a free spirit was more likeable and attempted to get uptight Harper to let down her hair a bit and enjoy the holidays.
To be honest I think the story would have been better if we were following along with the Grandfather and the Godmother's activities they seemed more fun, Harper kind of sucked all the joy from the room on multiple occasions.
That being said I do appreciate that once they met back up with the runaway couple Harper began to see that maybe she's been a bit over the top when it came to her grandfather and how he can make his own decisions (yes of course you can!... tell her)
This story had some cute moments and I liked that they were able to get to know each other better on their spur of the moment trip to find their missing (on purpose) loved ones.
The narrator did a good job bringing this story to life, and is probably how I stayed listening to the story when the FMC was being... herself.
Have you read this one? What did you think?
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