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bookish_kristina's review against another edition
2.0
I had trouble getting past the stupid premise of this book. There is no such thing as a legally binding contract that can force two people into an engagement. This would essentially be a contract forcing two people to agree to sign another contract - that being a marriage - it’s stupid. I could have gotten behind this book if it was a promise made on a death bed or an image issue that needed to resolve by a marriage, but the second the author starts spouting questionable legalities that are easily disputed with the smallest amount of intelligence, they’ve lost me.
Secondly, to further insult my intelligence, they are agreeing to get married to push forward the merger of two family businesses. Family owned…. Accountable to only the owners, which would be them. No shareholders. This isn’t a company on the NYSE. So maybe their fathers who were CEOs of each company might be able to hold them accountable….except, both fathers leave the company and the engaged couple then become CEOs. At this point we are to believe that they still cannot dissolve the ‘contract’ requiring them to get married.
Ok so maybe they can’t, let pretend that for a moment. So if they don’t go through with the marriage and the merger falls through - not likely but let’s pretend - would they, as joint CEOs, not then be able to renegotiate a new merger as soon as the next day? Since they both run AND own these companies?
You see we never see any overseers to this merger, we never see any momentum towards this merger, we barely know what the heck these companies even do.
It’s an author’s job to create a scenario with enough information and realism to build trust with the reader. At which point they can then give scenarios that require the reader to suspend their disbelief. But when the author has done fuck all to build that trust and then throws garbage at the reader, the reader cannot be expected to eat said garbage. I’m sorry, this was stupid. No effort was made into making it not stupid.
Beyond that the rest of the plot pretty much went back and forth in the MCs minds without them ever having a conversation with each other. But I guess they were in love at the end? I’m not really sure when or where that happened.
Overall this was a bad attempt at a Christmas book, a bad attempt at a story, and frankly just bad.
Secondly, to further insult my intelligence, they are agreeing to get married to push forward the merger of two family businesses. Family owned…. Accountable to only the owners, which would be them. No shareholders. This isn’t a company on the NYSE. So maybe their fathers who were CEOs of each company might be able to hold them accountable….except, both fathers leave the company and the engaged couple then become CEOs. At this point we are to believe that they still cannot dissolve the ‘contract’ requiring them to get married.
Ok so maybe they can’t, let pretend that for a moment. So if they don’t go through with the marriage and the merger falls through - not likely but let’s pretend - would they, as joint CEOs, not then be able to renegotiate a new merger as soon as the next day? Since they both run AND own these companies?
You see we never see any overseers to this merger, we never see any momentum towards this merger, we barely know what the heck these companies even do.
It’s an author’s job to create a scenario with enough information and realism to build trust with the reader. At which point they can then give scenarios that require the reader to suspend their disbelief. But when the author has done fuck all to build that trust and then throws garbage at the reader, the reader cannot be expected to eat said garbage. I’m sorry, this was stupid. No effort was made into making it not stupid.
Beyond that the rest of the plot pretty much went back and forth in the MCs minds without them ever having a conversation with each other. But I guess they were in love at the end? I’m not really sure when or where that happened.
Overall this was a bad attempt at a Christmas book, a bad attempt at a story, and frankly just bad.
laura_devouring_books_crumpets's review against another edition
4.0
I do like these books.... But as Christmas is over its lost all the feels.... so 4 tar for the fun romance
c4nd1e's review against another edition
3.0
Cute Christmas novella about an arranged engagement during the merger of two Christmas ornament companies.
mandyal's review against another edition
4.0
This book gave me an sexy, haters-to-lovers & fake fiancé story in only 155 pages.
It was short, sometimes unnecessary details, but it managed to give the characters history & connection. Definitely something quick to read during this time of year!
It was short, sometimes unnecessary details, but it managed to give the characters history & connection. Definitely something quick to read during this time of year!
daniwho's review against another edition
1.0
Das war schlecht. Dabei liebe marriage of convenience und das noch mit etwas love to hate???
Aber das war - vermutlich auch wegen der Seitenanzahl - einfach nichts für mich.
Der Anfang klang vielversprechend.
Sie haben ein Jahr Zeit zum heiraten. Dann gabs etwas Familiendrama auf beiden Seiten und der Tag bis zur Hochzeit kam immer näher. Die Mails zwischen den Beiden fand ich durchaus gut.
Dann zieht Penny zu Wes und da gings bergab.
Denn in der einen Sekunde sind sie Fremde, die aber heiraten sollen, sich aber weder kennen noch mögen. In der nächsten treffen sie sich nachts am Gang und plötzlich kommt es zu heißen Blicken und Kleidungsstücken die ausgezogen werden sollen????
Halloooooooo?????? WIE SIND WIR ZU DEM PUNKT GEKOMMEN, DENN ICH HAB EINDEUTIG EINIGES VERPASST!!!!!!
Danach war ich aus der Geschichte raus, denn es bliebt so. Keine Entwicklung zwischen den Beiden. Keine Chemie. Aber plötzlich haben sie Sex und ganz vielleicht ist diese Hochzeit doch nicht soooo schlecht????
Aber das war - vermutlich auch wegen der Seitenanzahl - einfach nichts für mich.
Der Anfang klang vielversprechend.
Sie haben ein Jahr Zeit zum heiraten. Dann gabs etwas Familiendrama auf beiden Seiten und der Tag bis zur Hochzeit kam immer näher. Die Mails zwischen den Beiden fand ich durchaus gut.
Dann zieht Penny zu Wes und da gings bergab.
Denn in der einen Sekunde sind sie Fremde, die aber heiraten sollen, sich aber weder kennen noch mögen. In der nächsten treffen sie sich nachts am Gang und plötzlich kommt es zu heißen Blicken und Kleidungsstücken die ausgezogen werden sollen????
Halloooooooo?????? WIE SIND WIR ZU DEM PUNKT GEKOMMEN, DENN ICH HAB EINDEUTIG EINIGES VERPASST!!!!!!
Danach war ich aus der Geschichte raus, denn es bliebt so. Keine Entwicklung zwischen den Beiden. Keine Chemie. Aber plötzlich haben sie Sex und ganz vielleicht ist diese Hochzeit doch nicht soooo schlecht????
eacolgan's review against another edition
DNF about 20% of the way in. It's cute, but I have a hard time getting into books where it feels like the dialogue (which also extends to emails) isn't how normal people would actually talk. Right from the jump that took me out of the world of the story, so when it switched from email to narrated action, I wasn't bought in and had a hard time continuing once I put it down for the night. Would still try other stuff by the author, but this one wasn't for me.
zerp's review against another edition
3.0
Cute Christmas novella about an arranged engagement during the merger of two Christmas ornament companies.