In This Is Not a Holiday Romance, Nina and Tristan have been at each other’s throats since they were thirteen and eighteen years old, respectively, when Nina’s older brother brought Tristan home from college one holiday. Fast forward fifteen years, and they’re still pranking and insulting each other at every turn. Thank goodness she’s going home for Christmas and he won’t be there. Until his plans unexpectedly change.

Forced into family activities and close quarters, it starts out ugly. Really ugly. Definitely not leading toward a holiday romance…The pranks continue and while Tristan can stay mostly calm, Nina can’t and seems determined to ruin everyone’s holiday with her spoiled brat behavior (I get her frustration, but come on, girl, grow up just a little bit).

And, since we know This Is Not a Holiday Romance is an enemies-to-lovers romance, we know they find a way through their supposed hate and delve into each other’s feelings, insecurities, and misunderstandings. It’s a really quick about-face, but it mostly worked and I loved how they tried to figure out how to be together, what was going on between them, what they wanted, and how sweet they were at times.

Overall, This Is Not a Holiday Romance is a fun, easy, and really enjoyable holiday read.

Thank you to NetGalley and Boldwood Books for giving me an early peek at This Is Not a Holiday Romance! All thoughts and opinions are mine.

Rating: 4.2
Themes and Tropes: Enemies to Lovers, Brother’s Best Friend, Close Proximity, Holiday Romance
Steam: Low
Pair With: Your Favorite Holiday Wine 

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