Wreck the Halls

This started off strong as a 5-star read and the way Bailey chose to write Beat's character as a weird love sick puppy changed that. Listen, I am all for a cinnamon roll but this was another level. Did we have to announce how glorious and beautiful Mel is every.single.time she walks into the room? The protectiveness was so excessive in NOT a hot “touch her and die way” but like an anxiety inducing way. His little sex problem related to his trust issues felt like TB was trying to really milk an issue for the sake of the plot and that was also excessive. We honestly could have done without all of that nonsense. This is the second time TB has written an annoying MMC so I hope it's not a trend bc I do enjoy her books. I was loving the plot and this made it much more interesting than just a regular contemporary romance where nothing happens. I was more invested in the band than the romance because Beat turned me off. Also there is nothing christmasy about this book- it could have happened any time of year and the plot wouldn't have been affected at all. Overall, I had a good time and couldn't put it down the last 55%.