Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

A Princess for Christmas by Jenny Holiday

8 reviews

atamano's review against another edition

lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism

Moderate: Death of parent, Cursing, Alcohol, Grief, and Sexual content

Minor: Terminal illness, Bullying, Cancer, and Car accident

theverycraftyvegan's review

lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I didn’t love the relationship between Leo and Gabby. Maybe it was their large age gap but I kept picturing Leo as the father and wondering why he wasn’t doing a better job at parenting. Oops. 

The chemistry between Leo and Marie was just “whomp-whomp” for me. There was no real swoon worthy parts for me. Poor Marie never had a satisfying sexual relationship before Leo so grinding on his thigh one time turned her in to a horny sex fiend. They went at it any chance they got, but the sex scenes were meh.

Side note: Leo is obsessed with Marie’s dimples! Fixated on them. Fake smile dimples and real smile dimples and dimples dimples dimples. I digress. 

Marie and her father have a complicated relationship. Early on she described him as “the sad king” and that was just untrue. He might be sad but really he’s just a straight up asshole. He’s mean to Marie, Leo, and Gabby the entire time they’re at the castle. He had a few redeeming moments at the end of the book but those did not warm my heart towards him. It was too little too late. Parents can be sad and not be assholes to our children and everyone around us. 

I finished this book but I don’t think I will be continuing with the series. I have many other festive books on my TBR and feel like Jenny Holiday isn’t for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Cursing

Moderate: Car accident, Death of parent, Cancer, Grief, and Death

Minor: Alcohol

elizanadeau's review

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death of parent

Moderate: Cursing and Bullying

Minor: Alcohol and Car accident

amberinpieces's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing and Sexual content

Moderate: Classism

Minor: Car accident, Grief, Blood, Bullying, Death of parent, Death, Alcohol, and Body shaming

xandra_lyn's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Such a cute book!! I loved Marie and Leo, and Gabby was so cute!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Cursing

Minor: Death of parent

Cursing: lots of f- and gd- words, sometimes s- and c- Sexual content: lots of spice! But tasteful Death of parent: both characters have lost parents and they bond over talking about their loss.

_alyssar_'s review

lighthearted slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content and Death of parent

Minor: Grief, Cursing, and Bullying

writtenbydnicole's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing and Sexual content

Moderate: Alcohol, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, and Grief

kfmcf's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

Okay, this book super duper fluffy and I'm not even going to try and sidestep that. I think the author succeeded in her goal to write a Hallmark movie into a book. I'm not one for those movies, mainly because the cheesiness makes me cringe with embarrassment, but I think it worked in book form because I was able to escape it by just...skimming forward.
My only real issue with this book is something I don't quite know how to formulate. The best way I can describe it is that...the male lead POV really felt like it was written by a woman. Which is obviously something inescapable is said writer is a woman. There were just some things about him that felt a little bit too flawless or like "ooh here's the perfect guy." This may sound dumb but I don't want a perfect guy nor do o want to read about one. Flaws are so interesting and help shape the character and I really wish that Leo had more to him than "Oh no my parents died." I think the likes of Emily Henry, Helen Hoang, and Tessa Bailey really exceed at this aspect.
I do plan on reading the sequel next holiday season because why not.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Cursing and Xenophobia