A review by parklandmom
Kiss Me On Christmas by Sarah Monzon

3.75

Read: October 2024 
Format: paperback 

Book #115 of 2024: This is a novella I won from Kav’s Best Reads. It’s a cute, clean fiction book with a sweet story. 

Kaitlyn is a single mom with a young son on the autism spectrum. While each autistic child is different, this book gave some good info to educate the reader. 

Beckett and Kaitlyn meet at an airport and there is an energy between them. He engages her son, who is enamoured with meeting his favourite YouTube star. Unbeknownst to either of them, they meet again for the wedding preparations between Kaitlyn’s sister and Beckett’s good friend. The sparks fly and Kaitlyn is unsure how to process feeling seen by a man against her fear of having a relationship. 

Kaitlyn is hesitant toward romance because of her husband leaving her and their son. Not only that, she feels she doesn’t have room to have a relationship or can risk her son being disappointed and possibly rejected again. Beckett is smitten and vows to prove to her how much he wants them to see each other romantically. Over the prepping and planning, they draw closer. 

This book is better in the second half in my opinion. The information about autism, ADHD, and anxiety is so relevant and important. The mother-daughter relationship and the Christmas gift Liam (Kaitlyn’s son) and Beckett give Kaitlyn are the other highlights of this book, in my opinion. BONUS: the mention of the song that I walked down the aisle to on my wedding day.