Author: Sara RichardsonRelease Date: October 29, 2019
Christmas
is a wonderful time of the year and Christmas romance novels are even
better. I have read every book in the
Rocky Mountain series and for the most part, it has kept me entertained with
its hot cowboys and great heart felt stories.
This story is a little different because it takes place during Christmas
and it jumps right in the middle of Darla and Tye's relationship. Darla and Tye have a friends with benefits
type of relationship, but what happens when someone catches feelings and thing
get messy? Well, let's find out without
spoilers, of course.
Tye
is a bull rider and Darla owns a chocolate and wine shop in Topaz Falls. Topaz
Falls is such a quant small town where everyone knows and helps everybody.
After tragedy hits their friends hard, Tye and Darla jumps at the chance to
help their friends by having a Christmas auction and exciting events. Tired of
living in his brother's shadow, Tye tells his parents that he is engaged to be
married and guess who the lucky fake bride is?
You guessed it, Darla. In
exchange for Tye's celebrity brother for participating in the auction and
bringing big bucks, Darla has agreed to play Tye's fake fiance.
These
characters are not that interesting and I think it's time to end this series
because the characters have shriveled up and dried up. I know that's a harsh
thing to say but I have to be honest.
There was no character arc and they were flat from beginning to
end. I was very underwhelmed with this
story and it didn't have that Christmas charm that I was yearning for. I have
followed this series from the start and I
think that it is time to wrap it up.
Darla was a side character that was initially not that interesting and
that did not change. I honestly miss the Cortez brothers because they had a
great story line and such an amazing arc.
Overall,
the story was okay and I really wanted to see how their relationship would
progress. When everything came to
fruition, my ears perked up because they were dancing around each other for so
long. They had chemistry and they had
such great greats for their friends. I
also liked the fact that Darla was dealing with a great loss and she learned to
accept that.
The
author should have done a prologue of their first meeting because their
relationship seems spacey and things are
missing. It was touched on in the previous installments, but not enough to
warrant a stand alone book. This was the
weakest installment and I will not be reading anymore books in this
series. It was a great ride while it
lasted though.
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐
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