All I Want for Christmas

Maggie Knox — 2022

A pitch-perfect holiday rom com about two oil-and-water reality-star country singers who must fake a relationship in order to win the opportunity of a lifetime, perfect for fans of Sally Thorne's The Hating Game and Christina Lauren's In a Holidaze. When Sadie and Max are selected as contestants on the famed reality singing show Starmaker's special holiday season, Sadie thinks she's finally gotten her big break and Max sees a chance to step out of his megastar father's shadow. But then they're paired up for duet week and stun the world with their onstage chemistry. With fans going wild for #Saxie the judges demand they remain a duo on and offstage, or exit the competition. Faking a relationship shouldn't be too hard, except for one small problem--Sadie and Max can't stand each other. But with their dreams just within reach, they agree to the ruse. Will their fake relationship be exposed before they can win? Or might their phony connection turn real by the Christmas finale?

Reviews

Amelia Hruby@ameliajo

Dec 22, 2023

I love the story idea and I was really enjoying it until they got back from Banff and then it just took way too long and too many random obstacles for them to finally admit they were in love. How many times can Max bail on everything?? It got boring.

belle@bellaobrien333

Dec 17, 2023

very cute holiday fun

Jessica Ford@jessford

Jan 7, 2023

3.5 stars I love a Christmas romcom but this one has a little too much drama.

Camryn Swinamer @camswinamer

Dec 27, 2022

3.5⭐️

Lyndi Stettner@lyndinicole

Dec 22, 2022

i wanted to like it because of the theme and plot but it fell short with the reoccurring drama.

communication is key and this couple need to learn it.

2.5 because i enjoyed the vibes and i haven’t read one like it yet

Soph@soph26

Dec 20, 2022

I really wanted to like this book and the first half was okay but there was just too much unnecessary drama for the couple and Max was unlikeable. Not a dnf because I did wanna know the ending but not as good as I had hoped

Kathryn@katreadsit

Dec 3, 2022

"You can love someone who isn't perfect, and be deeply loved despite your own imperfections.

You and Sadie may not always go together like peas and carrots, but that doesn't mean y'all don't have something worth fighting for."

I wanted to like this so much because it had everything I could want in a holiday romance but this just didn’t click for me.

I was prepared for the miscommunication trope, but this felt like an unhealthy cycle of minimal to no communication between our two MC’s. It would get better and than worse at such regular intervals that it felt like there wasn’t enough story to allow readers to route for Sadie and Max at all.

There also were a few too many unnecessary subplot moments that didn’t add to the story…

That and some other factors I won’t get into because I don’t want to spoil anything ultimately made this a 2/5 ⭐️ read for me.