I’m a big fan of Tate James’s books, and I’ve liked a few by Heather Long, though I haven’t finished any of her series because the one I loved went a bit off the rails. That being said, I hated this book. I really should have DNFed it, but I was already at 70% when I realised it wouldn't get better.


The biggest issue with this book was that they tried to fit too much into it. It probably needed to be two books at minimum, but because it was all crammed into 400 pages, it felt really jumpy. So much happened without any time to breathe. I mean, it went - trauma reveal, sex, trauma reveal, sex, murder, sex, bad guys, info dump, sex again. And yet with all of this happening it still somehow managed to be boring at points.

I think this was an interesting story and a good concept. If it had been excuted better I probably would have loved it. Also would have helped if the names were better, I get the Christmas theme but I didnt need to be beaten over the head with it.

Also the big bads were named Scut, Grandmother and Olaf???