America's Favorite Christmastown

Title: America's Favorite Christmastown

Author: Dawn Klinge

Genre: Christmas, Contemporary Romance

Publisher: Independently Published

Source: JustRead Publicity

My review:

America's Favorite Christmastown by Dawn Klinge is a sweet, quick read. 

America's Favorite Christmastown is set in Icicle Creek, WA. It is a small town with Alexis and Justin coming home for different reasons. They are both flawed characters who need to work through a few things before they can have a relationship.

All the details will give you Hallmark vibes, and America's Favorite Christmastown would make a great movie. As a book, I was missing interactions with other members of the community and would have loved more about the contest, including the other towns that were contenders.

Overall, this novella will leave you feeling warm and cozy.

Thank you to JustRead Publicity tours and the author for the opportunity to read this book. I was not required to provide a positive review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

★★★/5

Synopsis (Goodreads): 

Will going home help Alexis re-discover the true spirit of Christmas?

YouTube vlogger Alexis Jacobson knows how to create the perfect aspirational Christmas for her viewers. She has made promotional videos for resorts and far-flung travel destinations for several successful years. Still, the fantasy she creates isn't real, nor is her relationship with her co-star and business partner. 

When keeping up the illusion gets to be too much, Alexis finds herself out of a job with no place of her own to call home. That's when Alexis's Oma asks for help getting some new vacation rentals in Icicle Creek up and running. Alexis agrees to return to the place she used to call home to stop Oma's plans. Someone Oma's age should be taking it easy, right? 

So when Alexis discovers Justin Karon is the real estate agent behind the proposed deal, she questions his motives. Appearances can be deceiving-as she would know. Justin seems like a great guy, and yes, Alexis had a crush on him back in high school, but a lot has changed since then. Despite her misgivings, sparks start to fly between these two. But are these feelings real? And will going home help Alexis re-discover the true spirit of Christmas?