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A Holly Jolly Ever After by Julie Murphy, Sierra Simone

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medium-paced
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sami_leigh's review

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5
🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️.5/5

Sometimes I just had to remember I was supposed to be in character, but I guess that wasn’t so bad when my character was falling harder than a Jenga tower, because I was too.

It didn’t matter that he was sexy and silly and warmhearted, or that when I was with him, all the ideas of Old Winnie and New Winnie melted away, and there was only Now Winnie and she was enough.

I grew up thinking purity was this binary thing that you had or you didn’t, and once it was marred even the tiniest amount, there was no going back.

“You really got it bad for her?” “She’s my person,”

🎄 Dual POV (Prologue & Epilogue in third POV)
🎄 Workplace romance; on set of a (steamy) Christmas movie!
🎄 Forced proximity 
🎄 Conservative wholesome-movie star & Pop Star with a sex tape
🎄 He helps her ‘research’ for their steamy scenes on screen 😏
🎄 He falls first; long time crush
🎄 Well established secondary characters; Sunny, Bee & Nolan (Book 1), Topher, Tamara, Teddy, Steph, Jack, Addison, Isaac.
🎄 MC growth: Trust, reliability, family trauma, self worth, risking a relationship.
🎄 Spicy 🥵 
🎄 Sex Positivity & Consent Culture
🎄 Body respect
🎄 Representation of diverse sexualities
🎄 Representation of the impact of purity culture & finding balance in faith 
🎄 Banter!

Available in audiobook, paperback, & ebook. KU.

⚠️ Infidelity (by ex-husband), gaslighting/toxic relationship (ex-husband, parents), infertility, pregnancy, medical trauma (minor).
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