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amethyst5621's review against another edition
4.0
I was gifted a signed copy of this lovely story. If you love holiday romances, you will want to read this one, for sure. The storyline is great as are the characters. I tripped over a few errors that could have been avoided during the editing process, but I highly recommend this story.
ginaardito's review against another edition
3.0
Maddie wants to make it on Broadway. Connor has dreams of being a Hollywood star. When the two collide over a cab in New York City at Christmas time, tempers and sparks fly. This is an adorable holiday novella but...
(Oh, the but...)
This author’s editor severely let her down. Dialogue tags are insanely capitalized when they shouldn’t be. Connor is sometimes spelled as Conner. He’s done 2 tours with the Marines—as a Navy SEAL? Maddie works in a restaurant but then works in a jewelry store.
Then there are the continuity and suspend belief issues. Neither has a viable income but they both have apartments in Manhattan with no roommates and are paying for must-have-to-succeed-in-the-business acting classes that they conveniently drop at the end of the first chapter. Maddie struggles with packages in the first scene, has no packages a few minutes later when she gets to her theater class, and then they reappear when she leaves the class. Neither of them ever audition but they both get their dream acting gig within months of deciding to pursue acting (without those aforementioned must-have classes!) They’re in Manhattan at Christmas time but have no trouble getting seats in restaurants or coffee or hot cocoa or getting close to the tree at Rockefeller Center and never wait in lines - even for a cab!
If these types of issues don’t bother you as a reader, the story itself is a joy. The editor in me just couldn’t let go.
(Oh, the but...)
This author’s editor severely let her down. Dialogue tags are insanely capitalized when they shouldn’t be. Connor is sometimes spelled as Conner. He’s done 2 tours with the Marines—as a Navy SEAL? Maddie works in a restaurant but then works in a jewelry store.
Then there are the continuity and suspend belief issues. Neither has a viable income but they both have apartments in Manhattan with no roommates and are paying for must-have-to-succeed-in-the-business acting classes that they conveniently drop at the end of the first chapter. Maddie struggles with packages in the first scene, has no packages a few minutes later when she gets to her theater class, and then they reappear when she leaves the class. Neither of them ever audition but they both get their dream acting gig within months of deciding to pursue acting (without those aforementioned must-have classes!) They’re in Manhattan at Christmas time but have no trouble getting seats in restaurants or coffee or hot cocoa or getting close to the tree at Rockefeller Center and never wait in lines - even for a cab!
If these types of issues don’t bother you as a reader, the story itself is a joy. The editor in me just couldn’t let go.
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