Exes & Ho Ho Hos by Pippa Grant

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Title: Exes & Ho Ho Hos
Author: Pippa Grant
Published by: Indie
Release Date: January 11, 2018
Format: Kindle Book
Pages: 62
Genres: Romantic Comedy, Romance, Contemporary, Holiday
Reading Challenges: Lenoreo's 2019 HoHoHo Readathon
Find it: Goodreads ✩ Amazon
My rating:

Blurb:

He’s been a very good boy this year...

Eight years ago, I let the woman I love walk away over canned cranberry sauce. And it was the worst mistake of my life.

So when she shows up to play Santa for my daughter’s preschool Christmas party, you’re damn right I’m going to try to get her back.

Except Kaitlyn Holly’s lost all of her Christmas cheer. Which means it’s my job to help her get it back. No matter what it takes.

Exes and Ho Ho Hos is a short, sexy, standalone Christmas romance told in alternating first person, complete with reindeer, a Santa brawl, and a little mishap on the most iconic skating rink in New York City. It stands alone and has a merrily ever after. 

3.5 stars — I was worried I wouldn’t connect with the humour, because that happens a lot with really popular romantic comedies…I guess I just don’t always follow the masses with what I find funny.  But I enjoyed it more than I expected!  It definitely has a bit of an over the top feel, but it was balanced by a lot of heart, which is exactly what I want.  That and a great Christmas feel, it was perfect to get into the spirit of things.

I thought both Kaitlyn and Jake were easy to connect with.  I loved that we got to learn their history a bit at a time, and that you could understand how much they felt for one another, but you really got the idea that they just weren’t at the right time in their lives to work it out.  Kaitlyn had a bit of a holier than thou attitude about Jake’s family business, but I could see it with her personality, and with that idealized college age.  And I appreciated that the reasons for her losing her Christmas spirit was more than just their break up…I really felt for her.

Jake was pretty sweet.  I loved how determined he was to connect with her again and show her how important she was to his life.

They had pretty good chemistry, though I didn’t get that into their steamy scenes.  I just felt…disconnected?  I don’t know.  I’m also not huge on all the innuendos thrown in at every opportunity.  *shrugs*  But that’s just me.

I loved the few appearances by Zoe, she made me laugh so much.  And I’m sure if I’d read other books by Ms. Grant, I would love the cameos by what are clearly other heroes…makes me curious about their stories…

So all in all a solid fun holiday romantic comedy.