[Buchbesprechung] Make the season bright

Titel: Make the season bright
Autor: Ashley Herring Blake
Genre: romance, sapphic romance, second chance romance, forced proximity
Verlag: penguin random house
Erscheinungsjahr: 2024
Seiten: 368
Preis: 11,99€ Taschenbuch, 6,49€ E-Book
Bewertung: 3 von 5 Kirschblüten 🌸

Zusammenfassung:
It's been five years since Charlotte Donovan was ditched at the altar by her ex-fiancée, and she's doing more than okay. Sure, her single mother never checks in, but she has her strings ensemble, the Rosalind Quartet, and her life in New York is a dream come true. As the holidays draw near, her ensemble mate Sloane persuades Charlotte and the rest of the quartet to spend Christmas with her family in Colorado - it is much cozier and quieter than Manhattan, and it would guarantee more practice time for the quartet's upcoming tour. But when Charlotte arrives, she discovers that Sloane's sister Adele also brought a friend home - and that friend is none other than her ex, Brighton.

All Brighton Fairbrook wanted was to have the holliest, jolliest Christmas - and try to forget that her band kicked her out. But instead, she's stuck pretending like she and her ex are strangers - which proves to be difficult when Sloane and Adele's mom signs them all up for a series of Christmas dating events. Charlotte and Brighton are soon entrenched in horseback riding and cookie decorating, but Charlotte still won't talk to her. Brighton can hardly blame her after what she did.

After a few days, however, things start to slip through. Memories. Music. The way they used to play together - Brighton on guitar, Charlotte on her violin - and it all feels painfully familiar. But it's all in the past and nothing can melt the ice in their hearts . . . right? Quelle Cover und Klappentext: penguin random house

Meinung:
Leider war es kein Pageturner, aber dennoch unterhaltsam.
Die Protagonistin Brighton mochte ich sehr gerne. Sie hatte eine sehr sympathische Art an sich. Mit Charlotte bin ich dafür nur sehr mühsam warm geworden. Ab ca. der Hälfte konnte sie mich dann aber auch überzeugen. Leider gab es vor allem in deren Vergangenheit viel zu viel misscommunication, was ich doch zwischenzeitlich etwas schwierig fand. Dennoch gab es auch einige süße Momente. Was mir auch ein wenig fehlte, war das winterliche Setting.
Das Buch würde ich trotzdem empfehlen, da mir der Schreibstil sehr gut gefallen hat und mich die Geschichte auch unterhalten konnte. Ich bin auf jeden Fall neugierig auf andere Werke der Autorin.

Andere Meinungen:
courtney reads romance 4/5🌸