Holidating by Sarina Bowen

24-time USA Today bestseller Sarina Bowen's first holiday collection! Enjoy three complete holiday romances from Sarina Bowen. You’re getting:

Boyfriend: a complete holiday novel with a hilarious premise.

Rent a boyfriend for the holiday. For $25, I will be your Thanksgiving date. I will show up in a nice shirt, talk hockey with your dad and bring your mother flowers…

Everyone knows it’s a bad idea to introduce your hockey crush to your messed-up family. But Abbi really needs a date for Thanksgiving, even if she can’t say why. But when she tears Weston’s number off of a flyer, she accidentally entangles Moo U’s star defenseman in a ruse that neither of them can easily unwind.

Crossroads: a novella of missed connections, broken dreams and two hearts that just won’t quit. Damien Rossi drives a taxi but dreams of more. Specifically, he dreams about Nicolette Overland, his favorite client, a lonely beauty who lives in an actual mansion on a hill.

Nicolette can’t stop thinking about the hunky guy with the soulful brown eyes, either. She looks forward to every Christmas holiday when she knows he’ll be waiting for her at the airport. But when she screws up her courage to finally tell him how she feels, it might be too late…

Blonde Date: a novella of hot nerds, basketball and revenge. Katie is done with bad boys after some very poor treatment by a fraternity guy. Now, facing a holiday Greek event, she needs a date. A nice guy this time. Good thing a certain nerdy basketball player wants to audition for the role…

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/218141325-holidating

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My Review: 5/5 Stars

I had read Boyfriend and Blonde Date back when they were already published. So I thought I would repost my reviews from then below. However, Crossroads is brand new! So I have a new review for that one below as well. All three are perfect for the holidays! And if you love Sarina Bowen, you definitely don’t want to miss these. 

Crossroads Review:

Damien and Nicolette have a 15 year love story in the making. Meeting when they were 19 and 20, Damien’s job was being a taxi driver in their small town in Vermont and picked up Nicolette to take her to the airport for college. There sparks the beginning of a friendship and a connection neither can shake. But it takes them a long time for anything between them to happen. Between college, the army, relationships, and more, these two never get the right moment. And as the years pass and they catch glimpses of one another, it is clear there is something there. But never are in a position to do something. I really adored these two and though it makes me sad for them to have taken so long to get together, their slow love story was still beautiful and they eventually get the happy ending they deserve!

Boyfriend Review: I read this back on September 27, 2021

When Moo U Hockey series ended, I was so glad to hear that Weston and Abbi were getting a full-length novel! For those who have been with the series from the beginning, Weston and Abbi had a novella that kicked off the Moo U Hockey world. Their story was short and sweet. The beginnings of their potential relationship. But now we get the full story. That novella was in this book, but a lot more information was added and it continued past where that novella left off. And I gotta say, I'm super glad it did! Weston and Abbi are such great characters and when we first met them I definitely wanted to know more. So Abbi is a waitress at a popular wing place the hockey team goes to a lot. She has always had a crush on Weston but he is known as being a guy that is basically allergic to relationships. Plus with her intense work and school hours, Abbi really has never had time to do anything fun. She has to work hard to finish off school and get a job so that she can afford to live on her own. Her own family is her step-father and his new wife and the creepy step-step brother. Her mom died a few years earlier and she never knew her dad. But when Weston posts an ad about offering to be a fake boyfriend for someone on Thanksgiving, she takes it. Not just because of her crush for Weston, but she needs a buffer against the jerk step-step brother. Weston has been avoiding his own home for holidays since his parents split. The anger there is just not worth it and has made him sworn off relationships. But when Abbi messages him with an offer for Thanksgiving, he takes it. And he is glad because he realizes Abbi is the attractive waitress he likes. Their fake relationship turns to real friendship over time. To the point where Weston asks Abbi to be his fake date for Christmas. Eventually the two realize they could have something a bit more real. But the official relationship? Well, it'll take a bit before the two of them will admit they want something more. Loved their story! I couldn't put it down. Their chemistry was fantastic. The humor as always is great in Sarina's books and you just can't help but love the characters she creates. Such a great addition to this series. And again, so glad she gave them a full story!

Blonde Date Review: I read this back on June 26, 2020. Here was my review from then!

I loved this novella! It was such a cute and fun story about Katie and Andrew. Both of whom you meet in The Year We Hid Away. Now we get a story with their point of view and their story. And both of them are adorable. You learn about Katie asking Andrew to be her date in the previous book and now we get to see how it went. At first Katie is worried about running into her ex at the party, but after confessing an embarrassing secret with Andrew, he surprises her and turns the night into a fun one. As they get to know one another and enjoy their date, they realize that something is definitely sparking between the two of them. A really cute story about two characters that I definitely wanted to learn more about after meeting them. If you liked the books so far in the series, make sure you don't skip this one! 

I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review.