Book Review - This Is Not A Holiday Romance by Camilla Isley

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Title: This Is Not A Holiday Romance

Author: Camilla Isley

Format reviewed: Ebook

Source: Netgalley

Publisher: Boldwood Books

Publication Date: 4th September 2024

Rating: 5 Stars

Two sworn enemies, snowed in over Christmas with chemistry that will melt the ice!

Nina Thompson has one Christmas wish: to avoid her brother's obnoxiously handsome best friend, Tristan, like the plague. From the moment he humiliated her as a teenager to their escalating revenge schemes, Nina and Tristan's relationship can only be defined as an all-out prank war! And there is yet to be a winner.

But it just so happens the ghost of Christmas present has other ideas. When Tristan unexpectedly crashes her family's Christmas, Nina's dreams of a peaceful holiday vanish faster than Santa up a chimney. Determined to end their rivalry for good, she braces herself for one last prank-filled showdown.

But when they find themselves snowed in, with no way of avoiding each other amongst the holiday festivities, they discover their heated exchanges have been masking a different kind of sizzle. Caught in a snow globe of holiday romance, they decide to let their fiery chemistry burn bright—but this is absolutely and unequivocally nothing more than a secret fling destined to melt with the snow, this is not a forever romance...

This Is Not a Holiday Romance is an enemies to lovers, brother's best friend, forced proximity rom-com perfect for fans of Sarah Adams, Abby Jimenez, and Lynn Painter.

Ooh this was a lot of fun to read.  The banter and pranks between Nina and Tristan are utterly brilliant.  I couldn't get enough of them. 

And as they say there is a very fine line between love and hate especially once you throw in some close proximity.  Plus it's set at Christmas, and I just couldn't get enough of this book. 

It's fun, it's flirty, it's festive, it's just fabulous. 

We get to learn just why Nina and Tristan seem to be at war, as well as their true feelings that change over the course of the book.  Of  course Tristan being Nina's brother's best friend is an added complication and the fact they are all saying at Nina's parents for the festive period means that although there might be an attraction there is also a lot of subtle teasing, that is fabulous to read. 

I devoured this book, read it in under a day and just loved every second of it.  Another totally entertaining novel from Camilla Isley. 

Thank you to Boldwood Books and Netgalley for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily.