All I Want For Christmas is the Girl in Charge by Chelsea Bobulski

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  Everly Waverly is co-directing and staring as Elizabeth Bennet as in her own stage adaptation of Pride and Prejudice. The only problem is Greg Baily, the boy who was supposed to play Darcy, broke his leg and won't be able to perform. Beckett Hawthorne has his own problems to worry about. He doesn't have any interest in Pride and Prejudice and he definitely doesn't want to play Mr. Darcy, but when he mentions the play to his social worker (big mistake), she pressures him into joining the cast. As the opening night gets closer, Beckett and Everly start to fall in love.

I love the dual POVs and small enemies to lovers trope included in this book. Everly and Beckett were such a cute couple! The characters had great chemistry and I loved every interaction between them. They had great witty banter.

I also like the overlapping characters in this series. It was so great to see Graham didn't totally mess up everyone's lives for good in All I Want For Christmas is the Girl Next Door. Also, this book was so much better than the first book in the series! I definitely want to see more of Beckett in this series. Compared to Graham, he was overflowing with angst.

Chelsea Bobulski writes such realistic characters! Everly and her friends were almost exact copies of my actual friend group. Kind of freaked me out at moments... 

If you like Hallmark movies, this series is for you. It has the same cozy, predictable vibe. All I Want For Christmas is the Girl in Charge was so adorable!

The only thing that I didn't really love was the sudden acts of violence in the book. I know Beckett's home life with his mom and step-dad was supposed to be terrible, but that moment with Roy at the Christmas tree farm really dampened the mood. I understand the scenes were present to add depth to both the novel and Beckett, but I wished the author just left this book as a cute, heartwarming Christmas read.

Page count: 224 pages

Published: November 10, 2021

Genre: contemporary

Series: All I Want For Christmas 

My rating: 3 stars

Trigger warnings: drugs, alcohol, child abuse

Thank you Netgalley for a free eARC in exchange for an honest review!

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