Review: Wrapped Together by Annabeth Albert
SYNOPSIS:
In the bustling restaurants, shops, and cafés of Portland, Oregon, things really heat up for the hard-working men behind the scenes when the holidays come into town . . .
For a stationery store owner, the holidays are great for business. But for Hollis Alcott, Christmas reminds him of the tragic events of three years past, and the last thing he wants to do is take part in Portland’s over-abundance of festive cheer. But Sawyer Murphy, a hunky gift shop owner whose brother is married to Hollis’s sister, has made it his mission to pluck Hollis out of his holiday blues. And his plan is beginning to work. Wrapped in the warm glow of newfound passion, the former business rivals hit up Portland’s finest holiday traditions—and Hollis’s icy attitude begins to melt like snowflakes on his tongue. But he isn’t sure he can trust anyone with the only gift he has—his heart—without breaking it like an antique ornament. Unless he can find the courage to take a leap with the one lover he never expected . . .
REVIEW:
I didn’t mind this story, but I definitely didn’t like it as much as the others in this series. The Christmas time romance was adorable. Sawyer taking Hollis to do all these various cutesy activities was endearing. And the chemistry between them is off the charts, they have know each other their entire lives, so what seems to be the problem?
Well it felt like I missed some prologue or previous story that detailed their history. We hear about how they grew up together, and spent all this time together but hearing about it and actually getting details are two different things. The only real problem to carry the story was that Hollis couldn’t get out of his own way. It sounded like both men were crushing on each other the entire time and Hollis being difficult (while still in love with Sawyer) wasn’t enough to carry the story. This book, while cute, needed a little more substance and a little more detail.
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